FNAK71 PAFC 271456 FWSAER Spot Forecast for Chugach hand pile burning...USFS National Weather Service Anchorage AK 656 AM AKDT Mon Oct 27 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 AKDT on October 27. .DISCUSSION... Today,northerly winds with isolated flurries possible this morning. Light winds, of varying direction, will prevail through tomorrow with the continued likelihood of scattered snow showers as rounds of shortwaves move over the area. A stronger system moves toward the area Wednesday and though confidence in its exact location is low, it will bring an increase of precipitation over the area. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of snow early in the morning, then scattered snow showers late in the morning. Isolated snow showers early in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 39. Min humidity........70 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the east 3 to 5 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. TIME (AKDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........72 72 58 58 58 52 52 52 57 57 Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCT SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO Weather type....SN SN SW SW SW SW SW SW CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 Temp............31 31 31 32 34 36 36 37 38 36 RH..............84 84 84 81 78 75 74 72 70 72 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N E E 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 Transp wind dir.N N NE NE NE E E E E E Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 Vent (m^2/s)...335 361 550 547 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Scattered snow showers through the day. Scattered rain showers in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 12 percent. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. Max temperature.....Around 41. Min humidity........62 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph. Pcpn amount.........0.13 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. TIME (AKDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........72 78 78 78 78 78 78 72 72 72 70 70 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCH SCH Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW RW RW RW RS RS CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 50 50 50 50 50 50 20 20 Temp............32 32 32 32 32 34 36 38 39 39 40 39 RH..............75 76 78 80 81 78 75 72 69 66 62 66 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE NE 20 FT wind spd..6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 20 FT wind gust.7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.9 10 10 10 9 9 9 13 13 13 10 10 Vent (m^2/s)...503 619 795 1991 1847 $$ Forecaster...Pietrycha Requested by...Nathan Basford Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2524148.1/AER .DELDT 10/27/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL nathan.basford@usda.gov