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SPOT FORECAST FOR 514 KANUTI RIVER...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
747 AM AKDT SUN JUL 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0735 AKDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
FIRE AREA THROUGH MONDAY CAUSING SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THEN. A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE
FIRE AREA WILL MOVE MOVE SLOWLY NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTING WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG THE THERMAL TROUGH.
EXPECT WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH...HAIL AND AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT....... DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY WITH
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................46 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE
MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 60S. LIGHT WINDS.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...MASON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100704.514KA.02/AFG