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FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR WRST HQ PILE BURN...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
914 AM AKDT SUN OCT 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0805 AKDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY TO INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW
THROUGH MONDAY AS A STRONG LOW MOVES TOWARDS THE GULF OF ALASKA. EXPECT LIGHT
WINDS TO INCREASE FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON...
WHERE SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE COPPER RIVER. MOST OF THE COPPER RIVER
VALLEY WILL STAY FAIRLY DRY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON UNDER THICKENING CLOUD
COVER BEGINNING THIS EVENING...WITH AN ISOLATED SNOW OR RAIN SHOWER BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 14.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH.
CWR.................0
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 17 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 23 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CASSELL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES SAVAGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111022.WRSTH.01/AER