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SPOT FORECAST FOR JADE MOUNTAINS...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1001 AM AKDT TUE JUL 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0942 AKDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD TROUGH DROPPING OUT OF THE NORTH WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY COOL TODAY. RIDGING BUILDING IN BEHIND
THE TROUGH WILL RAISE TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RHS A BIT FOR
WEDNESDAY. WEAK INSTABILITY IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
COULD SPARK A WET THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...BUT SHOWERS ARE MORE
LIKELY THAN THUNDERSTORMS. MUCH WARMER AND DRYER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PERIODS OF RAIN.
                    ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................35 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED WET
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1200 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING WEST.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) WITH ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (45-55 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 IN THE MORNING BECOMING 4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 54. HIGH 79. LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 57. HIGH 78. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW 57. HIGH 70. LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...LARISSA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100706.JADEM.01/AFG