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SPOT FORECAST FOR CRATER CREEK...ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
525 AM AKDT WED AUG 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2043 AKDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG FRONT EAST OF THE FIRE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE FIRE FROM THE WEST WED AND EARLY
THURSDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE THURSDAY EVENING
BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. CEILINGS WILL LIFT AND BECOME
SCATTERED AT AROUND 5000 FT THIS MORNING AND REMAIN SCATTERED
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RECENT RAINS COMBINED WITH SCATTERING
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PROMOTE AREAS OF FOG WHICH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO LESS THE 1 MILE AT TIMES IN THE MORNING IN LOW LYING
AREAS. FOG THAT DEVELOPS DURING THE OVER NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING HOURS
WILL DISSIPATE BY AROUND 10 AM.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-55 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...COX
REQUESTED BY...JAKE DOLLARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.CRATE.01/AFG