


Spot Forecast Request
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
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634 BMBB91 PAFG 122200 STQAFG A SPOT FORECAST REQUEST FOR PROJECT "2025 UAF Starvation Gulch Bonfires" HAS BEEN MODIFIED REQUEST TYPE: IMMEDIATE REQUEST ACTION: MODIFIED DATE: 09/13/25 TIME: 2000 DELIVER DATE: 09/12/25 DELIVER TIME: 1500 SUBMIT DATE: 09/12/25 SUBMIT TIME: 1400 PROJECT NAME: 2025 UAF Starvation Gulch Bonfires PROJECT TYPE: OTHER REQUEST REASON: PUBLIC SAFETY REQUESTING AGENCY: University Fire Department REQUESTING OFFICIAL: Kyle Green, Fire Marshal EMERGENCY PHONE: 907-474-5755 EMAIL: kgreen38@alaska.edu STATE: AK DLAT: 64.8545 DLON: 147.8319 CLON: -147.8319 FAX: OUTLOOK FORECAST: No START TIME FORECAST: No SIZE (ACRES): REQUESTING HYSPLIT: NO FORMAT: C INTERVAL: 3,1,1,1 WEATHER CONDITION AT INCIDENT OR NEARBY STATIONS ...REMARKS... This spot weather forecast is requested by the Fire Marshal for the University Fire Department. This request is for permitting and oversight responsibilities of this office related to UAFs Starvation Gulch bonfires. Between 6-8 large bonfires are ignited as part of a campus tradition of more than 100-years conveying the passing of knowledge from class to class. Weather forecasts specific for the event are necessary to assure the fires can be ignited without harming adjacent infrastructure or compromising the observing publics safety attending the event. Winds and precipitation can affect the piles with how they burn and the convective columns from them which could affect nearby adjacent infrastructure and the observing publics safety. Please feel free to contact Fire Marshal Kyle Green if you have any further questions or related needs. ...WEATHER PARAMETERS REQUESTED... CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION: 1,0,0,0 SURFACE WIND: 1,0,0,0 WIND CHILL: 0,0,0,0 HUMIDITY: 1,0,0,0 SNOWFALL AMOUNT: 0,0,0,0 SEA ICE CONCENTRATION: 0,0,0,0 PRECIPITATION AMOUNT: 1,0,0,0 SKY/WEATHER: 1,0,0,0 TRANSPORT WINDS: 1,0,0,0 VISIBILITY: 0,0,0,0 MIXING HEIGHT: 1,0,0,0 TEMPERATURE: 1,0,0,0 CEILING: 1,0,0,0 SITE: AFG OFILE: 2521350.0 TIMEZONE: AKST9AKDT