FNAK79 PAFG 081525
FWSAFG

SPOT FORECAST FOR HASTINGS...BLM-AFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
725 AM AKDT FRI JUL 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0659 AKDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE THERMAL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN SEWARD PENINSULA TO JUST
SOUTH OF FORT YUKON AND EAST INTO CANADA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH
SATURDAY. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE
INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE ALSO THROUGH SATURDAY. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS...EXCEPT GUSTY
NEAR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
                    WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...LITTLE
REQUESTED BY...IADP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110708.HASTI.01/AFG