Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK63 PAFG 171547
RFWAFG

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
747 AM ADT WED MAY 17 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 10 PM ADT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG
   WINDS FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR...

ZONES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE
220 - YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS

AKZ220-180000-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060518T0600Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
747 AM ADT WED MAY 17 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM ADT THIS
EVENING. 

DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN FALL BELOW 40 PERCENT
BY AFTERNOON...CREATING RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ABOVE 40 PERCENT BY 10 PM THIS EVENING
AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP...TO EASE THE FIRE DANGER.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

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WWAK63 PAFG 172313
RFWAFG

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
313 PM ADT WED MAY 17 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN
   INTERIOR...

FIRE WEATHER ZONE IN THIS CANCELLATION
220 - YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS

AKZ220-180015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060518T0600Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
313 PM ADT WED MAY 17 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. WINDS ARE ONLY GUSTING TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
211 PM ADT TUE MAY 16 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE 982 MB LOW OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN BY
ABOUT 10 MB OVER THE NEXT 24 HR AS IT DRIFTS EAST...AND
BY ANOTHER 10 MB WED NIGHT AND THU AS IT TURNS NORTHWEST TO
BE NEAR CAPE NAVARIN AT 4PM THU. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS LOW PRESENTLY LIES FROM ABOUT TIN CITY TO NOME TO
EMMONAK AND IS BECOMING DIFFUSE.  IT HAS LOST ITS SUPPORT ALOFT.
THE TROUGH ALOFT HAS OUTRUN IT AND LIES FROM ABOUT SHISHMAREF
TO UNALAKLEET. THIS TROUGH ALOFT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING OVER ZONE 208...INLAND PORTIONS OF ZONE 209...
EASTERN 210...AND ZONES 216 AND 217. A SEPARATE FEATURE...
A WEAK LOW ALOFT WEST OF FAIRBANKS...WILL MOVE NORTHWEST
AND ALSO CONTRIBUTE SOME OF THIS ACTION GOING OVERNIGHT.

CONVECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED OVER ZONES 221 AND 222 SO
FAR TODAY...BUT WE EXPECT SOME DEVELOPMENTS THIS EVENING AS
THE LITTLE LOW ALOFT MOVES NORTHWEST...ALLOWING THE LESS
STABLE AIRMASS TO THE SOUTHEAST TO MOVE BACK IN OVER THE
AREA. LESS ACTION HERE THAN FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST THOUGH.

ANOTHER LOW ALOFT...THIS ONE OVER THE WRANGELS...WILL DRIFT
NORTH-NORTHEAST. THIS FEATURE WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN ZONE 224 AND PORTIONS
OF ZONES 220...225...AND 226. IT IS ALSO ENTRAINING COOLER
AIR FROM NORTHWEST CANADA THOUGH...REDUCING THE POTENTIAL
FOR THUNDER (AT LEAST) OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR ON WED.

EXPECT THE SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR TO STRENGTHEN
TONIGHT AND THU. WITH THE HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN NOT
GOING ANYWHERE SOON...EXPECT INCREASING EAST WINDS OVER THE
ARCTIC COAST....WITH THE USUAL STRATUS AND FOG FROM AT LEAST
BARROW EAST.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210.
&&

DJH MAY 06