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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHITANATALA  222...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
500 AM AKDT TUE AUG 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1847 AKDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA THIS
MORNING LIFTS NORTHEAST AND INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR THIS
AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO CANADA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA
TODAY WITH SOME LINGERING SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED BY LATE IN THE WEEK...BUT
A RETURN TO THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................28 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................21 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 17 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS AROUND 60. LIGHT
WINDS.
.SATURDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS AROUND 60. LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...KIDWELL
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BUTTERI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100816.CHITA.01/AFG