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Dense Smoke Advisory 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this dense smoke advisory at Jul 4, 2007, 4:38 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jul 4, 2007, 9:38 AM AKDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2007, 4:38 AM AKDT (12:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 4, 2007, 9:38 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2007, 11:52 AM AKDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dense smoke advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense smoke advisory went out at Jul 4, 12:11 AM AKDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:11 AM AKDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 511 AM ADT WED JUL 4 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE UPON NORTHERN ALASKA...WITH STABLE HIGH OVER LOW BLOCKING PATTERN EXPECTED TO PERSIST A WEEK OR MORE. 575 DM HIGH NEAR KOTZEBUE WOBBLES QSTNRY INTO THE WEEKEND...PERHAPS WEAKENING A LITTLE. 544 DM LOW ALOFT CONTINUING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHWEST BERING SEA. BROAD LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR WITH THERMAL TROUGH ANVIK- MCGRATH-NENANA-NORTHWAY DRIFTING NORTHWARD NEXT TWO DAYS. NORTH SLOPE...NO SIGN OF STRATUS OFFSHORE...SO EXCEPT FOR SOME LOCAL OVERNITE FOG WE KEEP IT UNCOMMONLY SUNNY AND MILD ON THE COAST. WEST COAST...ONLY STRATUS AND FOG ON SAT PIXS IS ZONE 213. ISOLATED CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF 160W. PRESSURE GRADIENT STRONG ENOUGH TO LARGELY DOMINATE THE SURFACE FLOW...SO VERY WARM RIGHT TO THE COAST. INTERIOR...CONVECTION IS THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM. MODELS HAVE MORE WIDELY SPREAD INSTABILITY THAN ON TUE...WHICH WAS MAINLY OVER THE SE INTERIOR AND IN THE ALASKA RANGE. TEMPS QUITE WARM...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WHERE CLOUDS AND THUNDER SHOULD BE THE LEAST. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... HOT TEMPS WILL THREATEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR LOW RHS IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. && .HYDROLOGY... NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && RT JUL 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:24 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Jul 4, 6:52 AM AKDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Jul 4, 7:19 AM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | AFG | 26 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.