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Spot Forecast for 330/348 Wood...BLM
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
652 AM AKDT Mon Aug 7 2023

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on August 07. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON AKDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A weather front will move from southeast to northwest over the 
fire area today. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the 
front. Today will be slightly cooler than yesterday with higher 
minimum RH values, with the cooling trend continuing for Tuesday.
Another disturbance will bring additional rain showers to the 
fire area on Tuesday. East winds 5 to 10 mph will shift to become 
southeasterly 5 to 10 mph around 4 PM this evening.

A fire weather watch is in effect for this afternoon and evening
due to thunderstorms producing frequent lightning in the area. 

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Areas of smoke 
                    through the day. Isolated showers and 
                    thunderstorms in the morning. Scattered showers 
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
CWR.................10 percent. 
LAL.................4. 
Max temperature.....Around 80. 
Min humidity........34 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph becoming southeasterly
                    around 4 PM. Gusty and erratic winds 
                    expected near thunderstorms. 
Ridgetop wind.......East 5 to 10.  
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL increasing to 10000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 11 mph. 
Inversion burnoff...9 AM. 

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Areas of smoke 
                    through the night. Scattered thunderstorms in 
                    the evening. Scattered rain showers through the 
                    night. 
CWR.................10 percent. 
LAL.................4. 
Min temperature.....Around 48. 
Max humidity........100 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the 
                    northwest around 1 AM. Gusty and erratic winds 
                    expected near thunderstorms. 
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast around 5 mph.  
Mixing height.......10000 ft AGL decreasing to 300 ft AGL in the 
                    late evening and overnight. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 4 mph. 
Inversion setup.....11 PM. 

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Areas of smoke 
                    through the day. Scattered rain showers and 
                    isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Numerous 
                    rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the 
                    afternoon. 
CWR.................37 percent. 
LAL.................3. 
Max temperature.....Around 75. 
Min humidity........47 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 7 to 10 mph in 
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected 
                    near thunderstorms in the morning. Gusty and 
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in 
                    the afternoon. 
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast around 5 mph.  
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL increasing to 7000 ft AGL in the 
                    late morning and afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Northeast around 4 mph. 
Inversion burnoff...9 AM.  

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms. Areas of smoke. Lows
in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds around 5 mph. 
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy with numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds. 
.FRIDAY...
Showers likely and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs around 70. Light winds. 

$$
Forecaster...METZGER
Requested by...Brad Weller
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2318129.6/AFG
.DELDT 08/07/23
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