High Wind Watch 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 291333
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
433 AM AST THU NOV 29 2007

AKZ211-292000-
/X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0004.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST-
INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN
433 AM AST THU NOV 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP
THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BY FRIDAY WILL
BE EAST AT 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH. CONDITIONS
SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRI NIGHT.

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

$$

AKZ212-292000-
/X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0004.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
INCLUDING...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL...ELIM...KOYUK...
SHAKTOOLIK
433 AM AST THU NOV 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

EAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP
THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BY FRIDAY WILL
BE EAST AT 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. CONDITIONS
SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRI NIGHT.

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

$$

AKZ213-292000-
/X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0004.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
433 AM AST THU NOV 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

EAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP
THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BY FRIDAY WILL
BE EAST AT 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH. CONDITIONS
SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRI NIGHT.

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

$$

AKZ214-292000-
/X.UPG.PAFG.HW.A.0004.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0007.071129T1500Z-071201T0300Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
433 AM AST THU NOV 29 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

EAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP
THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BY FRIDAY WILL
BE EAST AT 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH. CONDITIONS
SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRI NIGHT.

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

$$

ES NOV 07

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
459 AM AST WED NOV 28 2007

...UPDATED DISCUSSION FOR THE INTERIOR...

.DISCUSSION...FEATURES TO WATCH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
INCLUDE THE BROAD AND PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE COMPLEX OVER THE
BERING SEA AND THE RIDGE BUILDING OVER MAINLAND ALASKA.

NORTH SLOPE...PESKY PATCHY STRATUS AND FOG FROM BARROW WEST SHOULD
BEGIN TO BE CLEARED OUT LATER TODAY AS THIS MORNINGS LIGHT WIND
REGIME BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED OUT OF THE EAST. THEN A FEW DAYS OF
DRY WEATHER...AND HOPEFULLY LESS FOG. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE EAST AND PARALLEL TO THE COAST.

WEST COAST...BUSY DAYS AHEAD ON THE ACTIVE EAST SIDE OF THE LOW
PRESSURE COMPLEX OVER THE BERING SEA. EXPECT TEMPERATURES WILL BE
TOO WARM FOR A BLIZ ANYWHERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK...AND
PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO THE AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM POINT HOPE TO GALENA. ONE TRICKY SUBTLETY IS THE POSSIBILITY
OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE ROUGHER TERRAIN OF THE NULATO HILLS OF
ZONE 215...AS PUDDLES OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE MAY BE TOUGH TO
SCOUR OUT OF ALL THE VALLEY BOTTOMS AND THE RAIN COULD MOVE IN
ABOVE THAT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE PREDOMINANT CONDITION...
HOWEVER...SO WE WILL KEEP THE WORDING CONSERVATIVE WITH THIS.
MARINE AREA 210 MAY GET STORM FORCE WINDS THU. FORTUNATELY FOR US
ON THE AMERICAN SIDE OF THE BERING SEA THE SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION
OF THE WINDS IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR COASTAL FLOODING.

INTERIOR...WIND ADVISORIES FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED. 700MB FLOW HAS LIKELY BECOME TO SOUTHWESTERLY TO TRIGGER
STRONG WINDS IN THE PASSES WHICH RUN NORTH-SOUTH. WIND SPEEDS
ALOFT ARE ALSO ON THE WAY DOWN. BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT WILL BRING
SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER TO THE INTERIOR...SO NO END TO THE
SNOW DROUGHT IN FAIRBANKS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. WITH
MINIMAL SOLAR INPUT THIS TIME OF YEAR...THIS IS A RECIPE FOR
EXTREME SURFACE- BASED RADIATION TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS IN VALLEY
BOTTOMS WHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR. FOR SEVERAL MODEL RUNS NOW THE ETA
MOS HAS BEEN MUCH TOO WARM FOR SUCH VALLEY BOTTOM
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN INTERIOR. GFS MOS HAS
BEEN MUCH BETTER AND IS AGAIN PREFERRED THIS MORNING.

EXTENDED FORECAST...NARROW RIDGE NOW BUILDING OVER THE INTERIOR IS
PROGGED TO PINCH OFF AS A CUTOFF HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THAT CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE IDEA...SINCE IT
IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SUCH A LONG AND NARROW RIDGE ALOFT CAN
PERSIST. THIS CHANGE WOULD BRING A COLD EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT INTO
THE INTERIOR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215.
&&

ES NOV 07