746  
FNAK71 PAFC 150235  
FWSAER  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR SEATTLE FIRE...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK  
635 PM AKDT MON SEP 14 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 AKDT ON SEPTEMBER 15.    
DISCUSSION  
 
SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING AROUND 4 AM TO 20 TO 25  
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, REMAINING GUSTY INTO THE EARLY  
AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE DAY  
AROUND 7 PM. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING, WITH RAIN  
BECOMING LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN  
TUESDAY EVENING, THEN SHIFT FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST AND  
EVENTUALLY WEST OVERNIGHT. LIGHTER WINDS CONTINUE WEDNESDAY,  
GENERALLY 7 TO 15 MPH, WITH ONLY ISOLATED MORNING RAIN SHOWERS.  
 
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................29 PERCENT INCREASING TO 39 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
TSTM COVERAGE.......NONE.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 22 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO  
AROUND 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP  
TO 37 MPH IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.23 INCHES.  
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.  
 
TIME (AKDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........91 74 100 100  
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE  
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN  
CWR.............30 30 30 40  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 50 90 100  
TEMP............44 48 51 51  
RH..............88 88 82 84  
20 FT WIND......SE 22G33 SE 24G37 SE 23G35 SE 14G21  
MIX HGT (FT)....500 1100 1100 700  
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 10 SE 15 SE 15 SE 12  
   
TUESDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). RAIN EARLY IN  
THE EVENING, THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE  
IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS  
OVERNIGHT.  
CWR.................39 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER 3 AM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
TSTM COVERAGE.......NONE.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.  
MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND  
OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 8  
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.24 INCHES.  
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.  
 
TIME (AKDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM  
SKY (%).........100 100 74 30  
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE SCTTRD ISOLTD  
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RNSHWR RNSHWR  
CWR.............40 40 40 40  
CHC OF PCPN (%).100 90 40 20  
TEMP............50 49 47 44  
RH..............88 86 90 86  
20 FT WIND......SE 14G21 SE 12G17 SW 7G10 W 10G16  
MIX HGT (FT)....700 700 500 500  
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 12 S 6 W 6 W 7  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN  
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................9 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
TSTM COVERAGE.......NONE.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.  
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTH 7 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.  
 
TIME (AKDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM  
SKY (%).........37 73 71 69  
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE  
CWR.............0 0 0 0  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 10  
TEMP............41 44 51 54  
RH..............93 90 74 63  
20 FT WIND......W 12G16 W 10G14 SW 7 S 8  
MIX HGT (FT)....500 500 1900 1900  
TRANSPORT WIND..W 8 SW 6 SW 7 S 9  
 
 
 
FORECASTER...METZLER/RUX  
REQUESTED BY...IC5 TRAINEE SUZORE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2621904.0/AER  
.DELDT 09/14/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL REBECCA.SUZORE@USDA.GOV  
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