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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
958 AM AKDT SUN JUN 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0936 AKDT ON JUNE 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STEADY SHOWERS RESULTING FROM AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES SOUTH OVER THE ALASKA
RANGE. MONDAY MORNING WILL MOST LIKELY START OUT PRETTY FOGGY AND THEN
CLEAR BY NOON. IT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD RESULT IN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING IN TOMORROW AS WELL...BRINGING IN
DRAMATICALLY DRYER AIR. MINIMUM RHS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS
BY TUESDAY. AN EASTERLY WAVE COMING IN SOMETIME MID WEEK WILL CUT
OFF THE DRY AIR AND BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAINY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. DENSE FOG TOWARD
                    MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (40-60 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG IN THE
                    MORNING. ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND
                    5 MPH AROUND NOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
SUNNY. DRY. LOW 50. HIGH 77. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
LOW 51. HIGH 74. LIGHT WINDS.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS. LOW 50.
HIGH 72. LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...AMBER SUNDERLAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100620.WILLO.01/AFG