High Wind Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 161659
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
759 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006


AKZ201-170115-
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0004.060216T2100Z-060217T1200Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
759 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM AST
FRIDAY NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM AST FRIDAY. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 70 MPH NEAR CAPE LISBURNE FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THOUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY.

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

$$

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 162146
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1246 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006

AKZ201-171200-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T1200Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
1246 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AST FRIDAY. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 70 MPH NEAR CAPE LISBURNE FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE
FRIDAY.

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

$$

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 170538
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006

AKZ201-170645-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T1200Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
153 PM AST WED FEB 15 2006

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 36 HOURS. AT THAT
TIME THE MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER SOMEWHAT IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE
LOW MOVING IN FROM WRANGEL ISLAND. WILL GO WITH THE GFS AT THIS
TIME BECAUSE OF RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY. THE ECMWF HAS FLOPPED
PRETTY LARGE IN THE LAST 12 HOUR RUN. IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS
IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER MUCH EXCEPT FOR THE ARCTIC COAST FOR
WINDS AND SOME FRONTAL BOUNDARY SNOW.

THE TREMENDOUS SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM NEAR THE TROPICS HAS SENT
THE ARCTIC COAST TEMPERATURES TO RECORD HIGHS. BARROW WAS 45
DEGREES WARMER THAN THEIR NORMAL HIGH ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF
THE WARM FRONT PASSING THROUGH. THIS SET A RECORD FOR BARROW ON
TUE. THE COLD AIR REMAINS POISED OVER FAR EAST RUSSIA AWAITING A
MECHANISM TO TRANSPORT IT EASTWARD. THE LONG RANGE SUGGESTS THAT
BY LATE THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK A LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTER
WILL AGAIN TRANSITION THROUGH ALASKA AND LAST MOST OF THE WEEK.

WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THE NORTHWEST COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THU MORNING. THE WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE ON THE ARCTIC COAST THU
EVENING AND CREATE BLOWING SNOW.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS CURRENTLY OVER THE ALCAN BORDER
TRANSITIONS EASTWARD...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER
THE STATE. SNOW WILL END OVER THE WEST COAST BY THU MORNING AND
SOME SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD WITH THE MINIMAL COLD FRONT IN THE
UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

WHEN THE SECOND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RIDGE TRANSITIONS IN ON FRI AND
SAT IT WILL PUSH SUBSTANTIALLY WARMER UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND
RAISE THE HEIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ALASKA TILL ABOUT SUN NIGHT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.
&&

CF FEB 06