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SPOT FORECAST FOR KUNGIAKROK CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
720 AM AKDT FRI JUL 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1822 AKDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH STRETCHING FROM DILLINGHAM TO TANANA
TO CIRCLE AND EAST WILL PERSIST INTO SAT AND THEN STRENGTHEN SAT
NIGHT AND SUN. THIS WILL CAUSE SURFACE WINDS TO INCREASE SAT NIGHT
AND SUN ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA. AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS TODAY WILL
BECOME MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALLOWING
SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS (75-85 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 3 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...JULIE VORACHEK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120705.KUNGI.01/AFG