Gale Warning 49, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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FZAK51 PAFG 250934
CWFNSB

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-260045-
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A 995 MB LOW 600 MILES NORTH OF CAPE LISBURNE WILL
MOVE TO 800 MILES NORTH OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA
BY 4 AM MONDAY...WEAKENING TO 1002 MB.


$$

PKZ225-260045-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. FOG.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.MON...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG.
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG.
.TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-260045-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-260045-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

.TODAY...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-260045-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-260045-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
134 AM ADT SUN JUN 25 2006

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

RF/CF JUN 06

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
221 AM ADT SAT JUN 24 2006

.DISCUSSION...
STEADY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR...BUT CLOUD
COVER REMAINS OVER ZONES 223-224-226 AT THIS TIME.
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE
CENTRAL INTERIOR TODAY...AND BE PUSHED TO THE NORTHEAST
SUNDAY AS A WEAK TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN
INTERIOR. THIS TROUGH WILL WEAKEN SOME OVER THE WESTERN
INTERIOR SUNDAY NIGHT. A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR.

THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LIKELY LIMITED TO ISOLATED ACTIVITY
OVER EASTERN ZONE 220 - ZONE 224. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER A LARGER AREA TOMORROW AS THE SHORT WAVE DEVELOPS
OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TOMORROW
WILL LIKELY BE IN PARTS OF ZONES 218 AND 219 - ZONES 220-221-222-223-
224-225-PARTS OF ZONE 226.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
WINDS IN THE INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY BELOW 15 MPH
TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL BE
ABOVE 40 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS. SOME DRYING MAY OCCUR
SUNDAY UNDER RIDGING ALOFT. NO RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
THE SALCHA RIVER AT THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY HAS CLIMBED TO
11.92 FEET AT 10 PM FRIDAY...BUT THE RATE OF RISE IS SLOWING.
THE SALCHA RIVER WILL LIKELY CREST AT THE BRIDGE OVERNIGHT.
THE STAGE OF THE GOODPASTER RIVER HAS CLIMBED TO 20.05 FEET AT
10 PM FRIDAY...0.55 FEET ABOVE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH
STAGE. THE GOODPASTER RIVER MAY BE CRESTING AT THIS TIME.
THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY IS CLOSED BETWEEN MILE 218/TRIMS CAMP
AND MILE 246/DONNELLY AREA. RAIN HAS ENDED...AND WATER
LEVELS IN SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY BE FALLING DURING THE
DAY TODAY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.

FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ222 - SALCHA RIVER AND FOR THE TANANA RIVER
  IN THE SALCHA AREA.
FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ223 - ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS INCLUDING THE
  TANANA RIVER.
FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ224 - ALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE UPPER
  GOODPASTER - UPPER SALCHA AND FORTYMILE RIVER BASINS AND FOR
  SMALL STREAMS CROSSING THE ALASKA HIGHWAY WEST OF TOK.
FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ226 - ALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ALONG THE
  RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM DONNELLY DOME TO TRIMS CAMP - ALL
  STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE ALASKA RANGE BETWEEN THE RICHARDSON
  HIGHWAY AND THE TOK CUTOFF.

&&

RF JUN 06