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SPOT FORECAST FOR TETLIN JCT  RIDGE...AK STATE DIV OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
437 PM AKDT TUE AUG 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1547 AKDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE YUKON IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN WEDNESDAY AS A
DISTURBANCE ALOFT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. EXPECT ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS WELL AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A THERMAL TROUGH NORTH OF THE FIRE
WILL STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY CAUSING WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO
20 MPH TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (40 TO 50 PERCENT) IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH
                    THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING. WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...COX
REQUESTED BY...DIANE RUSH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130813.TETLI.01/AFG