FNAK79 PAFG 170008 FWSAFG SPOT FORECAST FOR TETLIN JCT RIDGE...AK STATE DIV OF FORESTRY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 408 PM AKDT FRI AUG 16 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1516 AKDT ON AUGUST 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AS SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT MOVES OVER THE FIRE. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY BE HEAVY SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY OVER THE FIRE. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................5 PERCENT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................25 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CWR.................50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE. RAIN LIKELY. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................60 PERCENT. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY... CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .TUESDAY... CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. LIGHT WINDS. .WEDNESDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...COX REQUESTED BY...DIANE RUSH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130816.TETLI.01/AFG