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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
830 AM AKDT MON JUN 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0810 AKDT ON JUNE 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING BURNING OFF BY NOON FOLLOWED
BY MUCH DRYER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIATE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE DRY AIR THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE ALL OF THE MOISTURE HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE SOUTH.
NOT MUCH RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE SURFACE IF STORMS HAPPEN TO
FORM NEAR THE BURN AREA. WINDS COULD BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. OVERALL FLOW WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST TODAY...WHICH
SHOULD AID THE DRYING AIR AT THE SURFACE. EXPECT A SLIGHT WARMING
TREND THROUGH THE WEEK WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE
OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW 50. HIGH 76.
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LOW 50. HIGH 77. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW 53. HIGH 72. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...TAMI DEFRIES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100621.WILLO.01/AFG