High Wind Warning 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 172247
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
247 PM AKDT WED SEP 17 2008

AKZ204-180800-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080918T0800Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
247 PM AKDT WED SEP 17 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT
TONIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT
TONIGHT. 

EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING.

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

$$

000 
WWAK71 PAFG 180732
NPWNSB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1132 PM AKDT WED SEP 17 2008

AKZ204-180845-
/X.EXP.PAFG.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080918T0800Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1132 PM AKDT WED SEP 17 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. 

THE STRONG EAST WINDS ON THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST ARE
STARTING TO DIMINISH. THE WINDS ARE NOW GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AND
WILL DIMINISH TO 35 MPH BY MID MORNING THURSDAY.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
440 AM AKDT WED SEP 17 2008

.DISCUSSION...
996 MB LOW NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL WEAKEN INTO A BROAD
TROUGH ACROSS THE ALASKAN INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY
BY 00Z THU...WITH MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF AROUND 1000 MB.
COINCIDING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW...A SHORT WAVE
TROUGH MOVING ONSHORE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL MOVE
NORTHWARD AND LIE EAST-WEST ACROSS THE INTERIOR BY 00Z THU. RAIN
WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR WITH THE WEAKENING
SURFACE LOW AND SHORT WAVE ALOFT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST.

PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WED NIGHT
EXCEPT IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND NORTHERN WEST
COAST WHERE RAIN OR NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE.

ON THURSDAY...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO EXPAND
NORTHWARD OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR... AS THE
MAIN SURFACE LOW MOVES TO NEAR KODIAK ISLAND. SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS WHILE THE EASTERN INTERIOR REMAINS DRY
UNDER DOWNSLOPE FLOW...ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE
EASTERN BROOKS RANGE.

SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE INTERIOR BY
FRI...A WIDESPREAD LOW PRESSURE PATTERN IS EXPECTED WITH MULTIPLE
WEAK LOW CENTERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL
AND WESTERN INTERIOR AND THE WEST COAST... SHOWERS MAY BE NUMEROUS
IN SOME PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. THE EASTERN
INTERIOR IS LIKELY TO REMAIN DRY UNDER DOWNSLOPE FLOW. SPOTTY
LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT
ENOUGH TO MENTION IN FORECAST TEXT.

SNOW LEVEL IN THE ALASKA RANGE IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 4000
FEET MSL.

04Z QUICKSCAT PASS SHOWS EAST WINDS AROUND 30 KT OVER MOST OF
PKZ240-PKZ245...GALES EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL TIGHTENING OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ235.

GALE WARNING...PKZ240-PKZ245.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PKZ235.

&&

RF SEP 08