High Wind Watch 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 221958
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1158 AM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

AKZ219-230000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SM.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
1158 AM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

 A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE
MILE OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE.

$$

AKZ218-220-224-230000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SM.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...
CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...
BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...
TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...
ALCAN...CHICKEN...BOUNDARY
1158 AM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE MILE
OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE.

$$

AKZ223-230400-
/X.EXB.PAFG.HW.A.0002.050823T1800Z-050824T0900Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
1158 AM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT. 

SOUTH CHINOOK WINDS ARE EXPECTED DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO
50 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. 

TO A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS
HIGH WINDS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

AKZ225-226-230400-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.A.0002.050823T0900Z-050824T0900Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1158 AM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

SOUTH CHINOOK WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 50
MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
PASSES ON TUESDAY. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY LONGER.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS HIGH
WINDS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 222021 CCA
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1221 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

AKZ219-230000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SM.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
1221 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

 A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE
MILE OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE.

$$

AKZ218-220-224-230000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SM.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...
CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...
BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...
TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...
ALCAN...CHICKEN...BOUNDARY
1221 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE MILE
OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE.

$$

AKZ223-230445-
/X.COR.PAFG.HW.A.0002.050823T1800Z-050824T0900Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
1221 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT. 

SOUTH CHINOOK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE
TO 50 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS HIGH
WINDS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

AKZ225-226-230445-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.A.0002.050823T0900Z-050824T0900Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1221 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

SOUTH CHINOOK WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 50
MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
PASSES ON TUESDAY. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY LONGER.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS HIGH
WINDS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 222307
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
307 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

AKZ218>220-224-230015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.SM.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...
BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...GOBBLERS KNOB...FORT YUKON...
VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...
CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...
TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...
ALCAN...CHICKEN...BOUNDARY
307 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE
SMOKE ADVISORY. AREAS OF SMOKE WILL REMAIN NEAR FIRES...BUT THE
WIDESPREAD DENSE SMOKE OF THE LAST WEEK IS GONE IN MOST AREAS.

$$

AKZ225-226-230715-
/X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0002.050823T0900Z-050824T0900Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.050823T0900Z-050824T1400Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
307 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM ADT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM ADT
WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH CHINOOK WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 50
MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
PASSES ON TUESDAY. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND START TO DECREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

$$

AKZ223-230715-
/X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0002.050823T1800Z-050824T0900Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.050823T1800Z-050824T0900Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
307 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM ADT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM ADT
WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH CHINOOK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE
TO 50 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN DECREASE BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

$$

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
600 AM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...A TROUGH WILL DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND
CHUKCHI SEA TODAY. A RIDGE AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN
OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR TO NORTH OF MACKENZIE BAY. THE RIDGE
WILL MOVE EAST INTO CANADA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON A BROAD TROUGH WILL BE OVER WESTERN ALASKA WITH CENTER
WEAKENING OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA.

SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE PRIBILOFS TODAY
AND THEN STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES ONSHORE NEAR KUSKOKWIM BAY
ON TUESDAY. THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTH TO THE
NORTHERN NULATO HILLS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY AND SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH FRIDAY. A WEAK RIDGE
OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS
THE LOW MOVES TO THE SOUTHWEST COAST.

NORTH SLOPE...MAINLY JUST FOG AND LOW CLOUDS THROUGH TUESDAY THEN
AS THE LOW OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA MOVES NORTH OVER THE
NULATO HILLS EAST WINDS WILL PICK UP. ON TUESDAY WINDS WILL LIKELY
BE AROUND 20 KNOTS. ANY PRECIPITATION WITH THE SYSTEM WILL BE
LIGHT AND LIQUID. A LITTLE COOLER AND DRIER AIR MAY ENTER FROM THE
NORTH ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

WEST COAST...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE RAISED OVER THE
NORTHERN BERING SEA TO CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTON SOUND AS LOW
PRESSURE APPROACHES THE SOUTHWEST COAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH GALE FORCE FROM DALL POINT TO WALES ON TUESDAY. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE-HALF INCH WILL BE COMMON WITH ONE INCH
TOTALS LIKELY IN PLACES AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH OVER SOUTHWEST
ALASKA TO THE NULATO HILLS.

INTERIOR...A DRYING TREND TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL GIVE WAY TO MORE
CLOUDS AND SHOWERS SPREADING OVER THE WESTERN TO CENTRAL INTERIOR
TUESDAY AS LOW MOVES NORTH TOWARD THE NULATO HILLS. MUCH OF THE
EAST INTERIOR WILL REMAIN DRY AS WINDS DOWNSLOPE OFF THE ALASKA
RANGE. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP OVER THE ALASKA RANGE TODAY
AND WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY OR WARNING LEVELS THROUGH PASSES
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ETA SHOWS 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AT 850
MB OVER THE ALASKA RANGE.

.HYDRO...THE WEST COAST ZONES WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE RIVER AND STREAM RISES THROUGH TUESDAY.

.FIRE WEATHER...FIRE AREAS OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL HAVE
WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS BEGINNING TONIGHT THEN SPREADING TO
CENTRAL INTERIOR FIRES ON TUESDAY. DOWN SLOPE WINDS OVER THE
ALASKA RANGE WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS FOR THE EASTERN
INTERIOR. STRONG SOUTH WINDS FOR THE ALASKA RANGE WILL LIKELY
PROMPT THE ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS FOR THE
ALASKA RANGE ZONES.

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY:
            ZONE 218 SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE
            ZONE 219 UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY
            ZONE 220 YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS
            ZONE 224 UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY
         DENSE FOG ADVISORY:
            ZONE 202 NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST
            ZONE 203 CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST
            ZONE 204 EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST
            ZONE 213 ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY:
            ZONE 200 NORTON SOUND
            ZONE 210 DALL POINT TO WALES

DA AUG 05