FNAK72 PAFC 182332
FWSALU

SPOT FORECAST FOR LIME HILLS...DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
332 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1431 AKDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
THE LEADING EDGE OF AN EASTERLY WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ALASKA AND
ALEUTIAN RANGES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS IT INITIALLY MOVES
THROUGH AN AREA OF INCREASED INSTABILITY A FEW SHOWERS AND DRY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE AND
NORTH OF ILIAMNA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY DURING THE EVENING...AS WELL AS TO THE NORTH OF KING SALMON
AND DILLINGHAM.

ON WEDNESDAY MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY AND BRISTOL BAY
ZONES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE AS DRY SO THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS HAS BEEN CANCELED.

TEMPERATURE ARE EXPECTED TO COOL EVEN MORE ON THURSDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH VEERING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................6.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT IN THE EVENING FALLING TO 100 FT IN THE LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 18 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 4 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY...MAINLY MID LEVEL CLOUDS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT INCREASING TO 8000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 25 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH OR LESS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT DECREASING TO 100 FT OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 MPH.
$$
FORECASTER...LAWSON
REQUESTED BY...KRISTI BULOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130618.LIMEH.02/ALU