High Wind Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 271300
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007

AKZ212-271800-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071227T1800Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...
SHAKTOOLIK
400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS MORNING
FOR AREAS NEAR UNALAKLEET...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AST THIS
MORNING. 

IN AREAS NEAR UNALAKLEET...EAST WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE 
BY MID-MORNING. 

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

$$

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 271800
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
900 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007

AKZ212-271900-
/X.EXP.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071227T1800Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...
SHAKTOOLIK
900 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM AST THIS MORNING FOR
AREAS NEAR UNALAKLEET...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM AST THIS MORNING. 

WINDS AT UNALAKLEET HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING AND WILL
REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

$$

ES DEC 07

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
142 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007

.DISCUSSION...FEATURE OF INTEREST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IS A
SURFACE LOW NOW NEAR THE TIP OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA AROUND 960MB.
THIS FEATURE IS ALREADY VERTICALLY STACKED AND OCCLUDED...WITH THE
JET UNDERNEATH IT BECOMING INCREASINGLY ZONAL. MOST OF THIS
FEATURES ENERGY WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT
ASSOCIATED REMNANTS WILL TAKE THE FORM OF A 980MB LOW NEAR SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND FRI AFTERNOON. THIS LOWS OCCLUDED FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM THE LOW CENTER DOWN TOWARD SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THE LACK
OF ANY MERIDIONAL PUSH ALOFT MEANS THIS OCCLUSION WILL BE HINDERED
IN MAKING NORTHWARD PROGRESS...ONE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS IS THAT THE
PRECIP ASSOCIATED WIT THE FRONT WILL HANG BACK CLOSE TO THE FRONT
WHILE THE STRONGEST SURFACE WINDS WILL BE IN THE TIGHTER SEA LEVEL
PRESSURE GRADIENT NORTH OF THE FRONT. UPSHOT IS LOW LIKLIHOOD FOR
OVERLAP OF SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS...SO WE WILL NOT ISSUE ANY
BLIZZRD WATCHES FOR WEST COAST SOUTH OF BERING STRAIT AT THIS
TIME.

SEA LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MEANS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
OF LOW WIND CHILLS IN THE USUAL WINDY LOCATIONS. WORKING AGAINST
ANY SERIOUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OCCURING...HOWEVER...IS THE
SYNOPTIC-SCALE WARM ADVECTION COMING ALONG WITH THE SURFACE LOW.
THE 850MB TEMPERATURE OF -23C ON FAIRBANKS MORNING RAOB IS LIKELY
THE COLDEST WE WILL HAVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

NORTH SLOPE...SURFACE WINDS IN ZONES 203 AND 204 ARE COMPLICATED
AGAIN BY THE SUBTLE TROUGH SIGNAL RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. MODERATE
HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE REMAINS CENTERED ABOUT 500 MILES
NORTH OF BARROW AND WILL REMAIN A FACTOR FOR NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS...AND WILL PROVIDE EASTERLY WINDS FOR AREAS NOT AFFECTED BY
MINOR TROUGH IN ZONES 203/204.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

ES DEC 07