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SPOT FORECAST FOR BITTER CREEK FIRE...BLM - ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
634 PM AKDT WED JUN 5 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1750 AKDT ON JUNE 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE THIS EVENING BRINGING GUSTY
WINDS WHICH WILL SWITCH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT
AND THEN DIMINISH AS THE FRONT CONTINUES EAST INTO CANADA. SEVERAL
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE WITH THIS FRONT TONIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALLOW THE AIR MASS TO
BECOME UNSTABLE RESULTING IN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THE SLIGHT CHANCE
OF AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM INTO FRIDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
                    WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN
THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.
.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LINGAAS
REQUESTED BY...A  KOHLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130605.BITTE.01/AFG