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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIRCH CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
620 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0140 AKDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR THIS
AFTERNOON...BRINGING SOME SHOWERS TO THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH...EXCEPT
                    12 TO 16 MPH ON RIDGES.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH...EXCEPT TO 15 MPH
                    ON RIDGES...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH
                    THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING EXCEPT
                    TO 15 MPH ON RIDGES...BECOMING LIGHT AFTER NOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HANCOCK
REQUESTED BY...LINDSEY KOLB
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.BIRCH.01/AFG