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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
818 AM AKDT TUE JUN 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 AKDT ON JUNE 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A BAND OF STRATIFORM RAIN IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST JUST EAST OF FAIRBANKS.
MOST OF THE RAIN WILL MISS THE FIRE AREA WITH ONLY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS
MORNING. DAYTIME HEATING WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS CAN
PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE
FAIRLY LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500-8100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER NOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600-7400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS
IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...KRYSTON
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON POE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100629.WILLO.02/AFG