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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOOSE MOUNTAIN...DIV OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
411 PM AKDT SAT MAY 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1335 AKDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM FAIRBANKS TO EAGLE
WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT AND WEAKEN. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE
TODAY ALONG THIS TROUGH WITH HUMIDITIES IN THE MID TEENS. RH RECOVERY
WILL OCCUR AFTER 10PM TONIGHT.

A WEATHER FRONT OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL DRIFT NORTH AND DISSIPATE
OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR SUNDAY. THIS IS BRINGING COOLER AND MORE
MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR TODAY WHICH
WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER THE FIRE AREA SUNDAY. THIS MEANS RH WILL
REMAIN ABOVE 25% SUNDAY AND MONDAY. IT ALSO MEANS THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHER SUN AND MON THAN TODAY.

.REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........15-20% THROUGH 10PM THEN RECOVERY TO 46 PERCENT
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 MPH. GUSTS 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MEMORIAL DAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE 70S.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS
AROUND 70. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...PETER BUTTERI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110528.MOOSE.01/AFG