Wind Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK73 PAFG 071318
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
418 AM AST MON JAN 7 2008

AKZ218-071430-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080107T1500Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE
418 AM AST MON JAN 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

AKZ219-072130-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0002.080107T1318Z-080108T1400Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
418 AM AST MON JAN 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST TUESDAY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

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

NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ABOVE TREE LINE THERE WILL BE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES. THIS INCLUDES THE FINGER
MOUNTAIN AREA ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY.


A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. 

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RT JAN 08

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
257 PM AST SUN JAN 6 2008

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THIS WILL KEEP BELOW TO WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT 850 MB
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE COLD AIR LOOKS TO GET
REINFORCED BY AN ADDITIONAL SHOT OF COLD AIR BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK WHICH WILL GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH.

ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR...CLOUDS ALONG WITH FLURRIES AND
PATCHY FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. THE CLOUDS WILL KEEP
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR EARLY JANUARY. IN ANY
SPOTS WHERE THE CLOUDS THIN OUT TEMPERATURES COULD QUICKLY DROP TO
30 TO 40 BELOW...BUT MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY HOLD ONTO A LOT OF
CLOUD COVER IN THE SHORT TERM.

THERE IS A STRONG ENOUGH PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A MESO RIDGE
ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA TO
PRODUCE SOME LOCAL WIND CHILLS TO AROUND 45 BELOW IN THE PASSES
OF THE BROOKS RANGE IN ZONE 206 THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. A TROUGH
WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST OFF THE ARCTIC COAST IN THE BEAUFORT SEA
THROUGH MONDAY WHICH WILL KEEP THE WIND MORE OR LESS OUT OF THE
WEST ACROSS ZONES 203. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE THE WIND
WILL MOSTLY BE 10 MPH OR LESS...AND MAINLY OUT OF THE NORTHEAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE COLD IN THE ARCTIC THROUGH
TUESDAY...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE WIND SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT ENOUGH TO
MITIGATE ANY WIND CHILL CONCERNS.

ALONG THE WEST COAST...IT WILL REMAIN MAINLY DRY FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE AREA REMAINS IN NORTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE
BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH. IT WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN
WINDY IN FAVORED SPOTS ALONG THE COAST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ALONG THE BERING STRAIT. THERE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ENOUGH WIND IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY TO SUSTAIN
WIND CHILLS TO AROUND 50 BELOW THROUGH MONDAY.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

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

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

JAN 08