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SPOT FORECAST FOR TETLIN JUNCTION RIDGE...AK-TAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
356 PM AKDT SAT JUL 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1509 AKDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.






.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH NORTH OF THE FIRE AREA WILL
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INTERIOR SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MOVE TO THE UPPER YUKON VALLEY MONDAY. THIS WILL
KEEP THE SURFACE WIND DIRECTION OVER THE FIRE AREA MAINLY
OUT OF THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. THE AIR MASS WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY
UNSTABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 10 TO 18
                    MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 0-3 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL BY 0300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 0-3
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL BY 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH 5-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 0-3
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL BY 0300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 0 TO 3 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 0-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
                    6 TO 10 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...FISCHER
REQUESTED BY...TERRY GALLAGHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130706.TETLI.01/AFG