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SPOT FORECAST FOR 514 KANUTI RIVER...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
720 AM AKDT MON JUL 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0730 AKDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING WEATHER FRONT SHOULD BRING STRATIFORM
RAINS TO THE FIRE BY LATE THIS MORNING WHICH SHOULD TAPER OFF TO
SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS OF WEAK
INSTABILITY REMAINING IN THE AREA THIS EVENING...SO A WET THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

RIDGING EXPECTED TO BUILD IN MID-LATE WEEK BRINGING DRYER CONDITIONS
AND A RETURN OF A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN DEVELOPING BY
                    NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH
                    BY 1000.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
                    ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
                    ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND
                    EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW 49.
HIGH 70. LIGHT WINDS.
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY SUNNY. LOW 50. HIGH 69. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW 51. HIGH 74.
LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...MASON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100705.514KA.01/AFG