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WWAK61 PAFC 060008
RFWAER
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
408 PM AKDT SAT AUG 5 2023
AKZ141-060800-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-230806T0800Z/
COPPER RIVER BASIN-
408 PM AKDT SAT AUG 5 2023
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT
FOR HOT DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...
* WINDS...SOUTH 12 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING...NOON TODAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.
* LOCATION...THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. AREA OF HIGHEST CONCERN IS
ALONG THE COPPER RIVER.
* IMPACTS...RAPID IGNITION, GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES, AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.
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