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SPOT FORECAST FOR STUART CREEK 2...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1218 AM AKDT SUN AUG 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2209 AKDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FIRE WILL PERSIST TONIGHT.
A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FIRE SUN AFTERNOON
AND MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE FIRE SUN NIGHT AND MON. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO
BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH SUN MORNING THEN BECOMING WESTERLY
SUN EVENING THROUGH MON.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE FIRE AREA MONDAY BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS.
A SECOND UPPER LEVEL FEATURE MAY MOVE OVER THE FIRE TUE NIGHT AND WED
BRINGING A CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30 PERCENT). SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41 TO 55...COOLEST IN VALLEYS.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 TO 100 PERCENT...DRIEST ON RIDGES.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 MPH OR LESS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30 PERCENT). SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62 TO 75...WARMEST IN VALLEYS.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 TO 45 PERCENT...DRIEST IN VALLEYS.
WIND (20 FT)........UP SLOPE 3-5 MPH. ABOVE 2500 FT WINDS SOUTH 10G18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 55...COOLEST IN VALLEYS.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-90 PERCENT...DRIEST ON RIDGES.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTS 12 MPH IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 TO 70...WARMEST IN VALLEYS.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...BRADER
REQUESTED BY...MATT SNYDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.STUAR.03/AFG