FNAK79 PAFG 071527
FWSAFG

SPOT FORECAST FOR HASTINGS FIRE...AK STATE DIV OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
727 AM AKDT THU JUL 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0710 AKDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE THERMAL TROUGH LIES ALONG THE NORTH SLOPES
OF THE ALASKA RANGE THEN NORTHWESTWARD TO THE NORTHERN SEWARD
PENINSULA. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS PUSHING NORTH FROM THE THE
GULF OF ALASKA. MOISTURE IS FLOWING INTO THE INTERIOR FROM THE
SOUTHWEST WITH WARM AIR FLOWING IN FROM THE EAST. VERY UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND TOMORROW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UP VALLEY AND UPSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...WITH SHOWERS
                    TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........RECOVERY TO AROUND 75 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY
                    WITH MID SLOPE AND RIDGE LINE RECOVERY TO
                    AROUND 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 4 MPH LATE IN THE
                    EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........UP VALLEY AND UPSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 16 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.

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FORECASTER...BERG
REQUESTED BY...JODI BRADY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110707.HASTI.01/AFG