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Spot Forecast for 7 Mile Lookout...Northern Forestry Dispatch Center
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1219 AM AKDT Sat Aug 16 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on August 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Wet and cloudy conditions will continue through this morning with
widespread rain showers in the area before rain tapers off in the
afternoon, although scattered showers will continue into the
night hours. Most showers will probably end by Sunday morning,
although there is a low chance that they could continue into the
late morning. Gusty northwest winds continue today but will
gradually weaken heading into the overnight hours. High
temperatures today will rise into the upper 40s to near 50
degrees, warming by a few degrees on Sunday and the 60s Monday.
Overnight inversion potential will be low. Wetting rain chances
return Tuesday afternoon.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Widespread rain showers
                    in the morning, then scattered rain showers in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................32 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 12 to 18 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 21 mph.
Inversion burnoff...No inversion.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers.
CWR.................21 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Min temperature.....Around 38.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 12 to 18 mph gusting to 25 mph
                    in the evening, weakening to 10 to 15 mph
                    early Sunday morning.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 18 mph.
Inversion setup.....No inversion.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the morning.
CWR.................1 percent.
Tstm Coverage.......None.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 16 mph.
Inversion burnoff...No inversion.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with slight chance of rain. Lows around 40. Highs
in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Cloudy with chance of rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the
mid 60s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...SALTZMAN
Requested by...Clinton Northway
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519697.4/AFG
.DELDT 08/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL liz.wallace@alaska.gov,jessi.morse@alaska.gov,clinton.northway@tananachiefs.org