Wind Advisory 38, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 072356 CCA
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
255 PM AKST SUN DEC 7 2008

CORRECTED ZONE 222

AKZ219-081515-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.081208T1500Z-081209T1500Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
255 PM AKST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM AKST
TUESDAY FOR AREAS BELOW TREE LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM AKST
TUESDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS WITH 
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$

AKZ221-081515-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.081208T1500Z-081209T1500Z/
CENTRAL INTERIOR-
INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD
255 PM AKST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM AKST
TUESDAY FOR AREAS BELOW TREE LINE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM AKST
TUESDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS WITH 
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$

AKZ222-081515-
/X.COR.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.081208T1500Z-081209T1500Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
255 PM AKST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM AKST
TUESDAY FOR EXPOSED AREAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM AKST
TUESDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS WITH 
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS INCLUDES AREAS THAT
TYPICALLY EXPEREINCE SIGNIFICANT NORTHEAST WINDS...INCLUDING
PORTIONS OF CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD...THE STEESE HIGHWAY AND HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WITH NORTHEAST EXPOSURES. WINDS THIS STRONG ARE NOT
EXPECTED IN THE FAIRBANKS URBAN AREA.

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$
RT DEC 08

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 081211
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
311 AM AKST MON DEC 8 2008

AKZ219-221-222-081315-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.081208T1500Z-081209T1500Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-CENTRAL INTERIOR-MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD...
FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...NORTH POLE...
MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...CHENA HOT SPRINGS...
SOURDOUGH CAMP
311 AM AKST MON DEC 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THESE WIND ADVISORIES ARE BEING MERGED INTO THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES FOR THESE AREAS.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
553 AM AKST SUN DEC 7 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
ALOFT...
A RIDGE ALOFT NOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BERING WILL BUILD
OVER WESTERN ALASKA TODAY AND FORM A HIGH ALOFT OVER MOST OF
NORTHERN ALASKA MON WHICH WILL DRIFT NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST
TUE.

A LOW ALOFT IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WELL SOUTH OF DUTCH
HARBOR IS NOW BEGINING TO DEEPEN SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS IS PULLING
SOME SHORT WAVE ENERGY FROM THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA INTO IT. MORE
SHORT AVE ENERGY WILL INJECT INTO THIS FEATURE FROM THE WEST ON
MON CAUSING TI IT DEEPEN FURTHER.

A SHORT WAVE FROM FORT YUKON TO BETHEL WILL MOVE TO EAGLE TO
DENALI BY 3PM SUN...TO DAWSON TO PAXSON BY 3AM MON AND THEN
REMAIN STATIONARY MON AND MOVE BACK TO THE NORTHWEST MON NIGHT.
SNOW SOUTHEAST OF THE TROUGH WILL PERSIST WITH CLEARING TO THE
WEST OF IT. HAVE ENDED SNOW ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 219 220 221 AND
222. THOSE AREAS HAD GENERALLY 3-5 INCHES OF SNOW.
STILL HAVE ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 223 224 FOR 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
UP TO 6 INCHES IN ZONE 226.

AT THE SURFACE...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE JUST NORTHEAST OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO THE
BEAFORT SEA MON PM AND THEN PERSIST. THIS IS CAUSING SOUTHEAST
WINDS AND CLEARING FROM BARROW WEST WHICH SHOULD PERSIST INTO MON.
EAST WINDS EAST OF BARROW WILL CAUSE STRATUS AND FOG/FLURRIES TO
PERSIST THERE INTO MON.

A RIDGE FROM THIS HIGH SOUTH ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA WILL
MOVE TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR TO SEWARD PENINSULA BY SUN PM...PERSIST
INTO MON...AND MOVE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST TUE. THIS IS CAUSING
NORTHEAST WINDS TO DECREASE ACROSS THE INTERIOR TODAY. THE WINDS
WILL INCREASE SOME TONIGHT AND MORE SO ON MON AS A STRONG SURFACE
LOW MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. STRONG EAST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE INTO ACCROSS THE INTERIOR MON-TUE WITH 70 MB OF GRADIENT
ACROSS THE STATE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS COULD PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WITH ALL OF THE NEW SNOW IN THE TANANA
VALLEY JET AREA...AND THE HILLS BETWEEN LIVENGOOD AND COLDFOOT AND
OTHER. THIS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME COLD WIND CHILLS MON.

THIS LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA MAY SPREAD MORE SNOW INTO THE
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR MON NIGHT AND TUE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS INTIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLLUTIONS THROUGH 3PM
SUN. AFTER THAT THE GFS KEEPS MOVING THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH THAT IS OVER
THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR OF ALASKA TO THE EAST WHILE THE NAM STALLS
THIS FEATURE. WE FAVOR THE NAM SOLLUTION OF STALLING THIS FEATURE
TONIGHT AS THE DEEP LOW NOW DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF
ALASKA WILL PULL SOME OF THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY SOUTHWEST AND SLOW
THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF SHORT WAVE. THE ECMF AGREES WITH THE NAM
ON THIS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ226.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

JB DEC 08

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1032 AM AKST SUN DEC 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 AM     HEAVY SNOW       8 W TWO RIVERS          64.87N 147.17W
12/07/2008  M4.5 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0629 AM     SNOW             UNIVERSITY WEST         64.85N 147.87W
12/07/2008  M3.1 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

0630 AM     SNOW             FAIRBANKS               64.81N 147.86W
12/07/2008  M3.2 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            AURORA SUBDIVSION

0700 AM     SNOW             E FORT WAINWRIGHT       64.84N 147.65W
12/07/2008  M3.5 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

0757 AM     HEAVY SNOW       CENTRAL                 65.57N 144.86W
12/07/2008  M5.6 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 8AM FRIDAY

0800 AM     HEAVY SNOW       8 WSW CHATANIKA         65.07N 147.73W
12/07/2008  M5.0 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

0800 AM     SNOW             5 NW FAIRBANKS          64.87N 147.98W
12/07/2008  M2.7 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            GOLDSTREAM CREEK AT MILLER EXT RD

0900 AM     SNOW             UNIVERSITY WEST         64.85N 147.87W
12/07/2008  M3.3 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

0933 AM     SNOW             5 ESE ESTER             64.85N 147.86W
12/07/2008  M2.8 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DR