Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK63 PAFG 032204
RFWAFG

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
204 PM ADT SUN JUN 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR...

AKZ218-040300-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070604T0300Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
204 PM ADT SUN JUN 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WIND...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 30 PERCENT OR LESS WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME...THUS THE
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT SUNDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

AKZ220-040300-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070604T0300Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
204 PM ADT SUN JUN 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WIND...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
OF 30 PERCENT OR LESS WILL ALSO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME...THUS THE
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ADT SUNDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

000 
WWAK63 PAFG 040209
RFWAFG

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
609 PM ADT SUN JUN 3 2007

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

AKZ218-220-040315-
/X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070604T0300Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
609 PM ADT SUN JUN 3 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
526 AM ADT SUN JUN 3 2007

.DISCUSSION...
RIDGE ALOFT BUILDING FROM BC NORTHWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST
ALASKA BY TUE AFTERNOON. BROAD LOW PRESSURE PERSISTING OVER THE
GULF OF ALASKA AND SOUTHERN BERING SEA. MODERATE TO STRONG BETWEEN
THIS FEATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IS QUITE UNUSUAL
FOR SUMMER...ESPECIALLY WITH THE VERY WARM AIRMASS OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.

AT THE SURFACE...BROAD THERMAL TROUGH IN ARC FROM GALENA TO
NORTHWAY. 1033 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER BANKS ISLAND WITH RIDGE
WESTWARD THROUGH THE BEAUFORT SEA. 1017 MB HIGH OVER BRISTOL BAY.

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON LARGE SCALE FEATURES. NOTE THAT THE
00Z GFS HAD BOGUS DEEP CLOSED LOW MOVING WESTWARD INTO ALASKA FROM
THE NWT NEXT WEEKEND. NO OTHER MODEL HAS THIS AND THE 06Z GFS ABANDONED
THIS SOLUTION.

FOR THE NORTH SLOPE...SAT PIXS THIS MORNING SHOW STRATUS HAS RAPIDLY
DECREASED IN COVERAGE ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA IN
THE PAST FEW HOURS. RESULT MAY BE A FAIRLY SUNNY DAY EVEN ON THE
COAST BUT WITH LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW ST COULD REFORM MOST ANY
TIME. INLAND AREAS WILL BE INCREASING HOT NEXT FEW DAYS.

FOR THE WEST COAST...SOME CONVECTION AGAIN LIKELY INLAND AREAS
TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT ST/FOG EXCEPT THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT.

FOR THE INTERIOR...CONVECTION IS THE MAJOR FORECAST PROBLEM. MORE
THAN 300 LIGHTNING STRIKES SAT...MOSTLY IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR
AND CENTRAL ALASKA RANGE...BUT SOME STRIKES INLAND SEWARD PEN AND
YUKON-TANANA UPLANDS AS WELL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE NOT VERY HIGH
WITH MOST PLACES RECEIVING NO MEASURABLE RAIN. THIS PATTERN LIKELY
TO BE REPEATED NEXT SEVERAL DAYS..THO 12Z RAOBS SHOW CONSIDERABLE
INCREASE IN PWS AND MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN INCREASING AVAILABLE
MOISTURE EVEN MORE OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
MARGINAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN THE USUAL WINDY SPOTS IN
THE NORTHERN INTERIOR TODAY DUE TO COMBINATION OF WINDS AND RH.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220.
&&

RT JUN 07