FNAK79 PAFG 070301
FWSAFG

SPOT FORECAST FOR BITTER CREEK FIRE...BLM - ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
701 PM AKDT THU JUN 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1820 AKDT ON JUNE 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TO
BEAVER CREEK IN CANADA WILL PERSIST JUST SOUTH OF THE FIRE THROUGH
SATURDAY. A WEAKLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45 TO 55 PERCENT) THIS EVENING WITH
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (65 TO 75 PERCENT) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF PM THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.MONDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS AROUND 70.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...LINGAAS
REQUESTED BY...A  KOHLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130606.BITTE.01/AFG