FNAK72 PAFC 170235
FWSALU

SPOT FORECAST FOR LIME HILLS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
635 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1746 AKDT ON JUNE 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR THE
LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS AND SMOKE NEAR THE FIRE LIKELY STIFLED NEAR
SURFACE TEMPERATURES TODAY AND DECREASED THE MIXING OPPORTUNITY.
SOME NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS A THERMAL
LOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA BUT WITH PEAK SURFACE HEATING
ALREADY REACHED THE SURFACE BASED INVERSION WILL RETURN
OVERNIGHT. BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS STRENGTHENING THE SUBSIDENCE
INVERSION ALOFT THIS EVENING. BASED ON 00Z TUE SOUNDING DATA FROM
KING SALMON AND MCGRATH THE INVERSION ALOFT ABOVE THE FIRE IS
LOCATED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 6000-9000FT. THIS INVERSION ALOFT IS
LIKELY TO STICK AROUND UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGING BEGINS TO BEGINS TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800FT.
MIXING WINDS........NW 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5
TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT.
MIXING WINDS........NW 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LAWSON/CLAY
REQUESTED BY...KRISTI BULOCK  FMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130616.LIMEH.02/ALU