FNAK71 PAFC 221729
FWSAER

SPOT FORECAST FOR WRST BACKCOUNTRY RX...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
929 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...PERIODS OF CLOUDS AND SUN TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES FROM THE EAST TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL FORM OVER THE WRANGELL MOUNTAINS
BUT WITH WEAK WINDS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MOVING OFF OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE
AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
RESULT IN LIGHT RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. CLEARING
WILL COMMENCE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING A RENEWED SLIGHT CHANCE
OF A SHOWER OFF OF THE WRANGELL MOUNTAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.                    A
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    LIGHT RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 4 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CASSELL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES SULLIVAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120522.WRSTB.02/AER