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Spot Forecast for Nelchina Glacier Fire...SOA DOF
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
720 PM AKDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 AKDT on July 03.
.DISCUSSION...

Conditions will remain dry this evening through Friday evening
with a general south to southwesterly wind across the forecast
area. Additional cloud cover is expected overnight tonight through
early Friday morning which could help to keep overnight low
temperatures a couple of degrees warmer than previous nights. An
isolated rain shower is possible Friday evening through around
midnight. Better chances for rain showers will develop by around
noon Saturday and continue into Saturday evening. Expect high
temperatures around 70 degrees for Friday with diminishing cloud
cover. Highs on Saturday will be slightly cooler with an increase
in cloud cover.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 14 mph in the evening
diminishing to around 5 to 10 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Around 4600 ft AGL falling to around 300 ft
AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph shifting to the west 6 to 9
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.


.FRIDAY (INDEPENDENCE DAY)...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) early in the
morning. Then becoming partly cloudy
(40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph in the morning
                    becoming south late morning through early
afternoon...then becoming SW and increasing
to 8 to 16 mph by mid afternoon.
Mixing height.......Around 400 ft AGL early morning rising to
around 4200 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast 6 to
                    10 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.


.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers early in the evening through early
Saturday morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL in the evening falling to around
300 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 9 mph shifting to the west 7 to
                    10 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers early in the morning, then scattered
                    rain showers in the late morning and afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 15 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent in the morning increasing to
50 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    south late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Around 300 ft AGL in the morning rising to
around 3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.06 inches.


$$
Forecaster...Markle
Requested by...Ben Englehardt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516889.4/AER
.DELDT 07/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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