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Spot Forecast for 344 Otter...Bureau of Land Management
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
546 PM AKDT Tue Jul 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 AKDT on July 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will continue to bring warmer temperatures and lower
RHs. Temperatures will be in the mid 70s by Thursday with minimum
RH values around 30 percent. The stronger Northeast winds on
Wednesday could bring drier air and briefly drop the RH values
into the upper 20s. The northeast winds will begin to strengthen
around 10 am tomorrow, and is expected to go until midnight.
This evening we are seeing thunderstorms develop around the fire.
These will continue for the next couple of hours before weakening.
We are not expecting thunderstorms Wednesday or Thursday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Haze. Isolated
                    showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds of 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph.
Inversion setup.....0200 AKDT

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 5000 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph.
Inversion burnoff...0500 AKDT

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Haze.
CWR.................0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph.
Inversion setup.....0300 AKDT

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Haze in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL increasing to 6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph.
Inversion burnoff...0700 AKDT

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. East
winds around 8 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. East
winds around 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...DENNIS
Requested by...Uppee Yukon Zone
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516808.5/AFG
.DELDT 07/01/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL akyfdc@firenet.gov,kkdavis@blm.gov