Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at May 25, 2009, 7:43 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 25, 2009, 10:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 35 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2009, 7:43 AM AKDT (15:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2009, 10:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2009, 9:16 PM AKDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK63 PAFG 251543 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 743 AM AKDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-252345- /X.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0005.090525T1800Z-090527T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 743 AM AKDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ZONE 220 SHOULD REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK63 PAFG 252313 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 313 PM AKDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-261730- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 313 PM AKDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ZONE 220 SHOULD REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 261558 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 758 AM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... AKZ221-270000- /X.EXB.PAFG.FW.W.0005.090526T1800Z-090527T0600Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- 758 AM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO RAISE RH VALUES IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. ADDED ZONES 221 THROUGH 224 ALONG WITH ZONE 220 AS SOME AREAS WILL STILL SEE RH VALUES IN THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ222-270000- /X.EXB.PAFG.FW.W.0005.090526T1800Z-090527T0600Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- 758 AM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO RAISE RH VALUES IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. ADDED ZONES 221 THROUGH 224 ALONG WITH ZONE 220 AS SOME AREAS WILL STILL SEE RH VALUES IN THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ224-270000- /X.EXB.PAFG.FW.W.0005.090526T1800Z-090527T0600Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- 758 AM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO RAISE RH VALUES IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. ADDED ZONES 221 THROUGH 224 ALONG WITH ZONE 220 AS SOME AREAS WILL STILL SEE RH VALUES IN THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ220-270000- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 758 AM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ZONE 220 SHOULD REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 262319 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 319 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR... AKZ220-270600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- 319 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ZONE 220 SHOULD REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ221-270600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- 319 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO RAISE RH VALUES IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. ADDED ZONES 221 THROUGH 224 ALONG WITH ZONE 220 AS SOME AREAS WILL STILL SEE RH VALUES IN THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ222-270600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- 319 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO RAISE RH VALUES IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. ADDED ZONES 221 THROUGH 224 ALONG WITH ZONE 220 AS SOME AREAS WILL STILL SEE RH VALUES IN THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ AKZ224-270600- /X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- 319 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO RAISE RH VALUES IN MOST OF THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. ADDED ZONES 221 THROUGH 224 ALONG WITH ZONE 220 AS SOME AREAS WILL STILL SEE RH VALUES IN THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS SHOULD CEASE BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVECTS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM... TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
000 WWAK63 PAFG 270516 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 916 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR... AKZ220>222-224-270630- /X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090527T0600Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-CENTRAL INTERIOR- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY- 916 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITIES ARE INCREASING AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO RED FLAG WARNING LEVELS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. $$ RT MAY 09
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 25, 4:36 AM AKDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:36 AM AKDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 436 AM AKDT MON MAY 25 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL UNDERGO CHANGES EARLY THIS WEEK...AND THE MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM. ALOFT...THE RIDGE THAT IS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST BROOKS RANGE WILL GRADUALLY BREAK DOWN AND GET SHUNTED TO THE SOUTH EARLY THIS WEEK BY A DEVELOPING TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST. ANOTHER CLOSED MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CURRENTLY IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL ALSO GET SQUASHED IN THE PROCESS...BUT WILL REBUILD TO THE NORTH OF KAMCHATKA BY TUES NIGHT. AN UPPER LOW NEAR 80N 160E LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND AS THE ENERGY SPLITS A TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY AMPLIFY ALONG THE WEST COAST TUE AND WED. SURFACE...1030 MB HIGH CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF BANKS ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN CANADA THROUGH TUESDAY. A 1008 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO SIT AND SPIN THROUGH TUESDAY. A 1030 MB HIGH IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL REMAIN IN TACT THROUGH TONIGHT AND SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS TUESDAY. A 995 MB LOW NEAR 82N 165E WILL LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLE BY TUESDAY. INTERIOR...THE THERMAL TROUGH CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AND FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 700 CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES YESTERDAY...MAINLY WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY IN ZONE 225 WEST/SOUTHWEST TO MCGRATH...AND IN ZONE 216 TO THE SOUTH OF GALENA. THE THERMAL TROUGH GETS NUDGED JUST A BIT FURTHER SOUTH TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE TO MCGRATH. THE AIR LOOKS TOO DRY AND STABLE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT FAIRBANKS TO GALENA. THE DEW POINT AT FAIRBANKS HAS DROPPED ABOUT 10F OVERNIGHT...AND THE MORNING SOUNDING IS DRIER AND MORE STABLE THAN 24 HOURS AGO. THE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BE QUITE WARM WITH AN 850MB TEMP OF +10C. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST 80 DEGREE DAY AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NEARLY A MONTH EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PROBLEM REACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPS TODAY...BUT AGAIN IT LOOKS TOO DRY AND STABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT FAIRBANKS NORTH. THE THERMAL TROUGH STRENGTHENS A BIT ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL STILL BE WELL NORTH OF THE INTERIOR...BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE TOO STABLE WITHOUT ENOUGH MOISTURE NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE FOR CONVECTION. AS THE UPPER FLOW TURNS INTO THE SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR SOME STRONGER WIND IN THE AK RANGE PASSES. NORTH SLOPE...THE WARM AIRMASS THAT PRODUCED 850 MB TEMPS OF +6C YESTERDAY ALL THE WAY NORTH TO BARROW WILL BE COMING TO AN ABRUPT END AS A STRONG COLD FRONT ORGANIZES ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL PUSH TO ABOUT BARROW AND KIVALINA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR BACK TO THE BROOKS RANGE AND COASTAL PLAIN ALONG WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS. AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS MORNING ALONG THE BEAUFORT SEA COAST. WEST COAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF GALENA ALONG THE THERMAL TROUGH. MAINLY DRY ALONG THE COAST WITH SOME AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG. AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS MORNING IN THE Y-K DELTA AS WELL AS ON SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. A COLD FRONT ORGANIZING ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL APPROACH THE BERING STRAIT THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE NORTON SOUND BY LATE TONIGHT. A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS WILL BE USHERED IN BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST BY TONIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER... WARM AND DRY ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR TODAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 20 PCT IN MANY AREAS...AND PERHAPS AS LOW AS 15 PCT IN SOME SPOTS. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE WEST TO MCGRATH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN/NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WIND WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT ASIDE FOR AREAS IN/NEAR CONVECTION...BUT THE RHS WILL LIKELY BE LOW ENOUGH TO REQUIRE SOME HEADLINES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. && .HYDROLOGY... A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT TODAY FOR THE YUKON RIVER DELTA. A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COLVILLE RIVER AT COLVILLE UNTIL 6 PM AKDT TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIFIC WARNING AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS FOR MORE DETAILS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ214 FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AKZ203. && CB MAY 09
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.