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SPOT FORECAST FOR WRST BACKCOUNTRY RX...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
842 AM AKDT TUE MAY 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 AKDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL OVER THE YUKON WILL MOVE WESTWARD OVER THE BURN
AREA THIS MORNING BRING STEADY LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN WILL
BE LIGHTER AND MORE INTERMITTENT AS YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. THE CLOUD
COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE COOL SIDE AND RELATIVE HIMDITIES ON THE
MOIST SIDE. WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE
UPPER WAVE. WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE WEAK SIDE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS
                    THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES
                    AS YOU HEAD AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FEET IN THE EVENING FALLING TO 2500 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FEET OR HIGHER.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BAINES
REQUESTED BY...JAMES SULLIVAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120522.WRSTB.01/AER