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SPOT FORECAST FOR HASTINGS...DIV OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
325 PM AKDT TUE JUN 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1421 AKDT ON JUNE 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THIS AFTERNOON A THERMAL TROUGH LIES EAST-WEST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL INTERIOR...WITH LOWER PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF FAIRBANKS.
THE AXIS OF THE TROUGH LINE CURRENTLY LIES NEAR OF THE FAIRBANKS
AREA. THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY...TO BE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF
ALASKA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE
TROUGH WILL RESULT IN WINDS OVER THE FIRE AREA BECOMING
SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AND INCREASING SOME. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES FARTHER NORTHWARD.
THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO RETURN SOUTHWARD TO BE OVER THE
FIRE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING...RESULTING
IN WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME UNSTABLE WEDNESDAY
WITH BROAD BUT WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ALOFT. THESE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH DAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) IN THE EVENING.
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 TO 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE MAINLY SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH FOR
                    THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    6-10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH DURING THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68 TO 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 TO 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 TO 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING DIMINISHING TO 3-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 TO 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOWS NEAR 50. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 70S. LIGHT WINDS.
.SATURDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS NEAR 50.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. LIGHT WINDS.
.SUNDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...FISCHER
REQUESTED BY...PAUL KAISER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110607.HASTI.01/AFG