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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOON LAKE...STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
416 PM AKDT FRI JUL 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1530 AKDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA WILL
MOVE EASTWARD TO THE CANADA BORDER BY SATURDAY EVENING.
THE TROUGH AND THE MOIST FLOW ALOFT PRECEDING IT WILL
BRING RAIN TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO SCATTERED SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT AS
THE TROUGH EXITS EAST INTO CANADA.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PERIODS OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    BECOMING WEST 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO AROUND 500 FT AGL BY 0300.
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). PERIODS OF RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 TO 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12-15 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-4000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12-15 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO AROUND 500 FT
                    AGL BY 0300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...FISCHER
REQUESTED BY...KRISTI BULOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130719.MOONL.01/AFG