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Spot Forecast for Oregon Lakes...AFS
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
318 PM AKDT Thu May 9 2019

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 AKDT on May 09. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM AKDT
SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
A strong weather front will move north of the Alaska Range Friday
afternoon, and to the West Coast and North Slope by Saturday
afternoon. This storm will bring strong southerly chinook winds 
to the north side of the Alaska Range from Fri afternoon through 
Saturday, with Min RHs in the 25-30% range Fri and Sat. This will 
cause possible Red Flag conditions at the fire from noon Fri 
through 6pm Sat. Windy conditions Friday night will allow an 
RH recovery Fri night to only 40-50%.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). 
CWR.................0 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Max temperature.....Around 58. 
Min humidity........22 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 mph with gusts to 19 mph. 
Ridgetop wind.......South 15 mph.  
Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 15 mph. 
INVERSION BURNOFF...occurred about 10 am. 

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). 
CWR.................0 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Min temperature.....Around 41. 
Max humidity........57 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. 
Ridgetop wind.......South 15 mph.  
Mixing height.......10200 ft AGL decreasing to 1000 ft AGL overnight. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. 
INVERSION SETUP.....midnight.  

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). 
CWR.................1 percent. 
LAL.................1. 
Max temperature.....Around 61. 
Min humidity........25 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 18 mph increasing in the afternoon to 
                    south 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. 
Ridgetop wind.......South 30 mph 
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 8700 ft AGL in the 
                    afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Southeast 30 mph. 
INVERSION BURNOFF...8am.  

$$
Forecaster...BRADER
Requested by...Travis Howell
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 1908274.7/AFG
.DELDT 05/09/19
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