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SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST VOLKMAR...AK-DAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
240 PM AKDT SUN MAY 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1419 AKDT ON MAY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...STRONG A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM FORT YUKON
TO EAGLE WILL WEAKEN THROUGH MON. THERE ARE GUSTY WEST WINDS
JUST SOUTH OF THIS TROUGH NOW THAT WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT
AS THE TROUGH WEAKENS. AT 230 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF THE FIRE IS MOVING SOUTH TOWARDS THE FIRE. THIS WILL PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS IN THE NEXT HOUR. ALERT FIRE PERSONNEL
TO A SHARP WIND SHIFT IN THE NEXT HOUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
OUTFLOW COMING FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST.


THIS AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
                    WINDS EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHEAST GUSTING TO 30 MPH
                    BETWEEN 300 PM AND 400 PM. EXPECT WINDS TO RETURN
                    TO WEST 5 MPH AFTER 5PM. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 GUSTING TO 15 MPH. WINDS DECREASING TO EAST
                    3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.MEMORIAL DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................12 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...BILL ANEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110529.EASTV.01/AFG