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SPOT FORECAST FOR TETLIN JCT  RIDGE...AK STATE DIV OF FORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
414 PM AKDT THU AUG 15 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1529 AKDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE YUKON FLATS AND TANANA UPLANDS CONTINUES
TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTHEAST OVER FIRE TONIGHT.
EXPECT ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
EXPECT SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF
OF ALASKA WILL PUSH A MOIST AIR MASS INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA OVER THE
WEEKEND. EXPECT NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED ONLY DROP TO AROUND 40 PERCENT BOTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY SHOULD
BE BETWEEN 80 AND 90 PERCENT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND NEAR 90 PERCENT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WILL DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EXCEPT GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH
                    THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 15 MPH.
.MONDAY...
CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS
IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COX
REQUESTED BY...DIANE RUSH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130815.TETLI.01/AFG