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Spot Forecast for 255 Christian...Bureau of Land Management
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1257 AM AKDT Mon Aug 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 AKDT on August 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A front moves south over the fire this afternoon. Ahead of the
front scattered showers are expected increasing to numerous as the
front passes over with isolated thunderstorms possible amongst
these showers. Winds will be out of the West-southwest ahead of
the front and will shift northeast behind the front overnight
tonight into Tuesday. Gusts up to 25 mph are possible overnight
tonight. Cooler conditions and scattered showers remain Tuesday
after the front has passed. Pressure builds back in slightly
Wednesday allowing some warming, but falls again Thursday into
Friday with cooler, showery conditions expected for the weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the morning, then numerous rain
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................20 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......West-southwest winds around 15 mph in the morning
                    become light in the afternoon and the become
                    northeast 10 to 15 mph in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 4300 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Inversion burnoff...10am.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers and isolated thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
CWR.................10 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 8 to 10 mph overnight. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 11 mph.
Inversion setup.....9pm, as elevated inversion around 1500 feet.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the morning, then scattered rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph in the morning
                    becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph.
Inversion burnoff...Inversion remains throughout the day at around
                    1000 to 2000 feet.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
Highs around 60. East winds around 10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...STOKES
Requested by...Upper Yukon Zone
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517911.15/AFG
.DELDT 08/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL akyfdc@firenet.gov,bpitts@blm.gov,kshields@blm.gov,aswatson@blm.gov