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SPOT FORECAST FOR FIRE 501 PAT CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
209 PM AKDT WED JUL 7 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1342 AKDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MODERATE WEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. HOT DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED
ON FRIDAY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY IN THE UPPER TEENS EXPECTED TOMORROW.
DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH
                    BY 1900 BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON AND
                    EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 2 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
HOT AND DRY. PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. LOW 55. HIGH 86. LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO
15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
.SATURDAY...
NOT AS WARM. MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOW 56. HIGH 79. LIGHT WINDS.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS 57.
HIGH 71. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...KUBICHECK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100707.FIRE5.01/AFG