FNAK71 PAFC 181453 FWSAER Spot Forecast for Kiley River...Division of Forestry & Fire Protection National Weather Service Anchorage AK 653 AM AKDT Mon May 18 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKDT on May 18. .DISCUSSION... Gusty winds are expected this afternoon and through the overnight hours as a front moves towards the north Gulf coast before tapering off tomorrow morning. Chance for rain showers tonight, with highest chances from Cooper Landing east. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Isolated rain showers early in the morning, then scattered rain showers in the late morning and afternoon. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Tstm Coverage.......None. Max temperature.....Around 52. Min humidity........45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 12 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 14 mph. Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. TIME (AKDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........62 62 62 72 72 72 76 76 76 73 73 Weather cov.....ISO ISO ISO SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Temp............40 42 45 47 49 50 52 52 52 51 51 RH..............78 68 60 55 55 51 47 46 45 45 45 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 12 12 20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 17 17 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.8 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.2 3.2 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Transp wind spd.5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 14 14 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Scattered rain showers early in the evening. Isolated rain showers after 3 am. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. Tstm Coverage.......None. Min temperature.....Around 41. Max humidity........69 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 14 mph. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 7 to 14 mph. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. TIME (AKDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........73 68 68 68 49 49 49 65 65 65 90 90 Weather cov.....SCT ISO ISO Weather type....RW RW RW CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chc of pcpn (%).30 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 Temp............51 50 49 47 46 44 43 42 41 41 41 41 RH..............46 47 50 54 58 62 65 69 68 66 65 64 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..12 14 14 14 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.17 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 9 9 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7 Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.14 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Isolated rain showers early in the morning. Isolated rain showers early in the afternoon, then chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. CWR.................0 percent increasing to 12 percent late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Tstm Coverage.......None. Max temperature.....Around 51. Min humidity........51 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 12 mph shifting to the west around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 13 mph shifting to the south 6 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches. Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches. TIME (AKDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........90 89 89 89 90 90 90 86 86 86 86 86 Weather cov.....ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO CHC CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 20 20 10 10 10 20 20 20 40 40 Temp............42 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 50 50 50 50 RH..............64 64 62 59 57 56 55 54 55 55 51 51 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E SE SE SE W W 20 FT wind spd..7 10 10 10 12 12 12 7 7 7 5 5 20 FT wind gust.8 16 16 16 16 16 16 8 8 8 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 Transp wind dir.E E E E SE SE SE S S S SE SE Transp wind spd.8 13 13 13 13 13 13 8 8 8 6 6 $$ Forecaster...Mitchell Requested by...Teresa Rose Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2613796.2/AER .DELDT 05/18/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL teresa.rose@alaska.gov