648
FNAK71 PAFC 030358
FWSAER
SPOT FORECAST FOR FOREST FAIR...GIRDWOOD FIRE RESCUE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
758 PM AKDT THU JUL 2 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1900 AKDT ON JULY 03.
DISCUSSION
A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE FRONT RANGE OF THE
CHUGACH MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM INTO LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY FRIDAY NIGHT, MORE WIDESPREAD
CLOUD COVER, ALONG WITH LIGHT RAIN, WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FORECAST
AREA AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE KENAI PENINSULA. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR STEADY RAIN (60-80%) WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AM AND
NOON SATURDAY. FOR SATURDAY, THE STEADY MORNING RAIN WILL TAPER TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THE AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS WELL
SOUTH OF THE KENAI PENINSULA AND THE FRONT RETREATS BACK OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF. THE STRENGTHENING LOW WILL YIELD AN INCREASE IN
EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS FOR SATURDAY, WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH
POSSIBLE AT TIMES, MAINLY BETWEEN 2PM AND 8 PM. ANY SCATTERED
SHOWERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY LATE
SATURDAY EVENING WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
FRIDAY NIGHT
CHANCE OF PCPN......AROUND 20 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING INCREASING TO AROUND 60 PERCENT BY
MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
CHANCE OF PCPN......AROUND 80 PERCENT IN THE MORNING DECREASING
TO AROUND 40 PERCENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).E WIND AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
BY AROUND NOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.13 INCHES.
SATURDAY NIGHT
CHANCE OF PCPN......AROUND 40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15
15 MPH THROUGH LATE EVENING BECOMING EAST
AROUND 5 TO 9 MPH BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.04 INCHES.
SUNDAY
CHANCE OF PCPN......AROUND 20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).EAST WINDS AROUND 3 TO 7 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES.
FORECASTER...MARKLE
REQUESTED BY...MICHELLE WESTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2616674.0/AER
.DELDT 07/02/26
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