Wind Chill Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 292327
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
227 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008

AKZ206-011500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080301T1500Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
227 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY
FOR AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. 

IN AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 BELOW WILL GENERATE WIND CHILL TO 60 BELOW
THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 MPH BY MORNING...
BUT WIND CHILL WILL REMAIN NEAR 60 BELOW OVERNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW 
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN AREAS NEAR ATIGUN PASS THIS EVENING.

ELSEWHERE IN PASSES...WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED
SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

$$

AKZ204-011500-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-080301T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
227 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15 MPH WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 25 BELOW WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...GENERATING WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SATURDAY.

$$

000 
WWAK41 PAFG 011445
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
545 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008

AKZ206-011545-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080301T1500Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
545 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL WARNING. 


$$

AKZ204-011545-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0050.000000T0000Z-080301T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
545 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
439 AM AST FRI FEB 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS MOVED SOUTH FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC AS PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT. CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST EAST OF MACKENZIE BAY. DECENT
COLD ADVECTION NOW OCCURRING WITH ARCTIC FRONT AS IT SLIDES
SOUTHWARD OVER THE STATE.

CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT IS OUTRUNNING THE GRADIENT
PACKING. IF THIS CONTINUES THEN THE INTERIOR WIND CHILLS MAY NOT
MATERIALIZE AS WELL AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH PASSES IN THE BROOKS RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT.

EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH IN EASTERN ARCTIC LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE MAJORITY OF THE COLD ADVECTION WILL HAVE PUSHED THROUGH BY THEN.

COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWEST TO THE YUKON
KUSKOKWIM DELTA THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL COLD BALL LOW
WILL SLIDE DOWN THE TROUGH AND BE IN BRISTOL BAY BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL JUST PIN WHEEL FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

UPPER HIGH OVER FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL RETROGRADE BACK WEST
THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN
FROM THE SOUTH OVER MOST ALL OF ALASKA. THIS WILL CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO SOAR IN MOST OF THE STATE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY HOLD ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK. INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY SEE AMBIENT AIR
TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR FREEZING AGAIN AND WITH THE SET UP OF
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CAUSING SOME DOWNSLOPE...ABOVE FREEZING
TEMPERATURES MAY BE SEEN AS WELL STARTING AROUND TUESDAY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-
AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ245.
&&

CF FEB 08