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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOUIE CREEK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1049 AM AKDT SAT JUL 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0921 AKDT ON JULY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS
MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA CAUSING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH SUNDAY. A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH STRETCHING EAST TO WEST
ACROSS THE FIRE AREA TODAY WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE FIRE AREA SUNDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG THIS THERMAL TROUGH WITH THE
MAJORITY OF LIGHTING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THIS TROUGH.
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 6-10 MPH BY 3PM.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................37 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75 PERCENT).
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH.
CWR.................27 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 600 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 9 MPH.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER
50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN
THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...CHRISTOPHER FRIAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100703.LOUIE.03/AFG