# Fire Weather Watch: Lower Kobuk Valley — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-08 00:03 ingested 2026-07-08 08:26

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## extract

Fire Weather Watch — Lower Kobuk Valley
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
* AFFECTED AREA...Lower Kobuk Valley.

* TIMING...From 10 AM AKDT Wednesday through Wednesday evening.

* THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INDEX...Isolated to Scattered.

* WINDS...West 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* HUMIDITY...As low as 42 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 40s.

* IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are possible due to
scattered thunderstorms. Thunderstorms will come with frequent
lightning and outflow boundaries. Any lightning can cause new
ignitions since the fuels are dry and burnable.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Westerly sea breezes Wednesday afternoon
will likely limit thunderstorm potential along the coast, with
more concern further east into the upper Kobuk.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.