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Spot Forecast for 218 Ninetyeight...Bureau of Land Management
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1154 PM AKDT Thu Jul 24 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on July 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure will be building in the Eastern Interior, bringing
isolated thunderstorm chances, warmer temperatures, and gusty
winds. Showers should begin to develop by noon Friday, and will
continue through the evening. If a thunderstorm does develop it
should be after 3pm. Temperatures will continue to warm this
weekend, with Sunday being the warmest and driest day.
Northeasterly winds will begin Friday morning. The forecast for
the strong winds however, are backing off and pushing the
strongest winds to Saturday afternoon.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the morning, then numerous rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................25 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph in the morning
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 7 to 12 mph with gusts up to 18 mph
being possible.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 2600 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph.
Inversion burnoff...1000 AKDT

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the evening, then slight chance of rain showers
                    overnight.
CWR.................38 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......Isolated.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph.
Inversion setup.....2300 AKDT

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Isolated rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 20 mph being possible.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 4000 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph.
Inversion burnoff...0800 AKDT

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs around 80. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...DENNIS
Requested by...Military Zone
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516341.23/AFG
.DELDT 07/25/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bprotas@blm.gov,jray@blm.gov,thatfield@blm.gov,lburwell@blm.gov,akyfdc@firenet.gov