Wildfire — Tok Cutoff, Alaska

2025-08-06 · Tok Cutoff, Alaska

Event narrative

The TKRA2 (Tok River Valley), WMEWC (Mentasta), CZOA2 (Chistochina), and AK906 (Tok Cutoff) weather stations reported temperatures at or above 75F, breezy winds, and relative humidity levels near 25% from 4 PM to 8 PM AKDT on August 6th.

Wider weather episode

In early August, A persistent ridge of high pressure set up over Southcentral Alaska. This ridge, centered in the Gulf of Alaska, brought above average temperatures, breezy winds and, low relative humidity levels to the Copper River Basin on August 6th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1275459. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.