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SPOT FORECAST FOR YUCH PILE BURNING...NPS (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
724 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 AKDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LOW ACROSS NORTHWEST ALASKA WILL ADVANCE TOWARD THE THE AREA
SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE FOR AN UNSETTLED WEEKEND WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF RAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.  THERE IS THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM SATURDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-60 PERCENT). INCREASING CLOUDS
                    TOWARD MORNING (65-90 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-100 PERCENT) WITH SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN PERIODS OF RAIN
                    AFTER NOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........56-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER
                    NOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER NOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 AFTER NOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BOGEL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES SAVAGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110813.YUCHP.01/AFG