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SPOT FORECAST FOR TETLIN JCT  RIDGE...STATE FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
410 PM AKDT WED AUG 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1519 AKDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A THERMAL TROUGH CONTINUES TO WOBBLE AROUND OVER THE YUKON FLATS AND
EXTENDING EAST INTO THE YUKON. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN
POSITIONED OVER THE YUKON CONTINUES TO RECEDE INTO THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES. AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RETREATS INTO CANADA A MORE MOIST
SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL NUDGE DAY TIME MINIMUM RH VALUES UP TO THE 35 TO 40
PERCENT RANGE AND WILL KEEP NIGHT TIME RECOVERY LEVELS AROUND 85 PERCENT.
THE THERMAL TROUGH WILL NORTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE WILL CAUSE GUSTY
NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS. WIND
GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
COOLER. CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS
IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH.
.MONDAY...
CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COX
REQUESTED BY...DIANE RUSH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130814.TETLI.01/AFG