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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1200 PM AKDT SUN AUG 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1128 AKDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS ALOFT WILL TURN WEST TO NORTHWEST ON
MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA THIS MORNING
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE NEAR TANANA THIS EVENING AND OVER THE
CANADIAN BORDER EAST OF FORT YUKON MONDAY MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7-11 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-3400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN. AREAS OF FOG AND
                    SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7-11 MPH DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.
                    BECOMING SOUTH 3-7 MPH BY MIDNIGHT...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    TOWARD MORNING.
CWR.................95 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN IN THE MORNING WITH
                    AREAS OF FOG. SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HANCOCK
REQUESTED BY...JAMES HIGGINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120826.DRYCR.01/AFG