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SPOT FORECAST FOR 279 MOLDY...BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
754 AM AKDT TUE AUG 5 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 AKDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AT THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THURSDAY, WITH
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S AND MIN RH VALUES IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER
50S. WINDS AT LOWER LEVELS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT DURING THE
PERIOD, ALTHOUGH WINDS AT ELEVATION WILL PICK UP TO AS HIGH AS 15
MPH OR SO FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING AGAIN
TOMORROW. FRIDAY WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHANGE, WITH
HIGHS FALLING INTO THE 60S, AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH GOOD CHANCES
FOR WETTING RAINS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. COOL AND WET WEATHER
CONTINUES SATURDAY AS WELL.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
TSTM COVERAGE.......NONE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 7 MPH.
INVERSION BURNOFF...1000 AKDT.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
TSTM COVERAGE.......NONE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
OVERNIGHT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
INVERSION SETUP.....2300 AKDT.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
TSTM COVERAGE.......NONE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
INVERSION BURNOFF...1000 AKDT.
FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5
THURSDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN
THE MID 70S. LIGHT WINDS.
FRIDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
FORECASTER...SALTZMAN
REQUESTED BY...GALENA ZONE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518195.15/AFG
.DELDT 08/05/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL TRENTON.GIRARD@USDA.GOV,AKYFDC@FIRENET.GOV
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