High Wind Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK73 PAFG 120420
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
720 PM AST MON FEB 11 2008

AKZ223-121400-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.080212T0420Z-080212T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
720 PM AST MON FEB 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST TUESDAY FOR
AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST TUESDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

IN AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING.


A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 

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NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
515 AM AST MON FEB 11 2008

.DISCUSSION...MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE UNDERWAY FOR NORTHERN
2/3 OF AK. UPPER LOW THAT WAS OVER CENTRAL/ERN INTERIOR
SUN HAS NOW RETROGRADED BACK WEST NEARLY TO NORTON SOUND.
RETURN SOUTH FLOW AROUND IT IS ADVECTING WARMER AIR AND
SOME MOISTURE NORTH AS FAR AS PAIN-PAFA-PFYU THIS MORNING.
COLDEST AIR OVER CENTRAL/ERN INTERIOR BEING MODIFIED BY
CLOUD COVER AND MIXING FROM NE SURFACE WINDS BREAKING
VALLEY INVERSIONS.

MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH KEY FEATURES THROUGH
SHORT/MID TERM. WEAKENING SURFACE LOW IN GULF AK WILL
LIFT N OVER S-CENTRAL AK TONIGHT...AND REMAINS OF IT ACROSS
AK RANGE AND CENTRAL INTERIOR TUE AS NORTON SOUND UPPER LOW
SLOWLY ROLLS BACK NW TOWARD BERING STRAIT. THIS FIRST WAVE
WILL BRING AREAS -SN TO MUCH OF INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE
LATE TODAY INTO TUE...AS WELL AS MUCH WARMER AIR. THIS
COMBINED WITH WEAKENING NE-E SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS TODAY
HAVE ALLOWED US TO END WIND CHILL/WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
MOST INTERIOR ZONES EXCEPT NEAR BROOKS RANGE. N SLOPE WILL
SEE INCREASING E WINDS THOUGH TONIGHT/TUE AS THE WAVE LIFTS
N...ALONG WITH FLURRIES OR AREAS -SN.

COLD AIR WILL HANG IN OVER W COAST INTO WED. THEN THE UPPER
WILL PIVOT BACK OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AS A STRONGER LOW
PUSHES N FROM THE WRN GULF AK LATE WED/THU. THIS LOW THU WILL
LIFT N AS AN UPPER SHORT-WAVE OVER INTERIOR AND LIKELY BRING
A QUICK SHOT OF SNOW THEN AND SOME SHORT-LIVED COOLING BEHIND.
ECMWF AND GFS ALL SHOW SRLY FLOW CONTINUING IN LONGER RANGE
WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPS. NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ217-AKZ218.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235-PKZ240.
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MAR FEB 08