Wind Advisory 27, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK72 PAFG 301416
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
616 AM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009

AKZ215-301530-
/X.EXP.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-090730T1400Z/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING...
SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT
616 AM AKDT THU JUL 30 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
409 AM AKDT WED JUL 29 2009

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH NARROWING THE RIDGE
OVER EASTERN ALASKA AND WESTERN CANADA ON FRI AS SHORT WAVES MOVE
NORTHEAST AROUND AN EASTERN BERING SEA LOW.

SURFACE: HIGH PRESSURE OVER FAR NORTHERN CANADA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN
THROUGH FRI. A 996 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER KUSKOKWIM BAY EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL TRACK NORTH ALONG THE COAST. AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
THE LOW WILL BE 995 MB 200 NM SOUTH OF NOME. AT 4 AM THU...THE
LOW WILL BE 1000 MB 100 NM NORTHWEST OF NOME. AT 4 PM THU...THE
LOW WILL BE 1003 MB 200 NM NORTHWEST OF CAPE LISBURNE.

NORTH SLOPE: EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 10 TO 20 MPH AS LOW
MOVES NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH
THE LOW WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO BARROW WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL OCCUR FRI AS UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WORKS EAST OVER THE AREA. THE TROUGH WILL BRING WITH IT
COOLER TEMPERATURES DURING THE WEEKEND.

WEST COAST: RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OVER
THE WEST COAST WILL SPREAD NORTH TODAY. THE CENTER OF THE LOW WILL
PASS WEST OF NOME TONIGHT WITH SOUTH WINDS CREATING SMALL CRAFT
CONDITIONS FOR NORTON SOUND AND NORTH WINDS CAUSING SMALL CRAFTS
WEST OF NORTON SOUND. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH OF THE BERING STRAIT
AND WEAKENS ON THU...WINDS WILL DIMINISH...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE
LOW.

INTERIOR: ANOTHER TWO DAYS...TODAY AND THU...OF VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE CHANGE TAKES PLACE. ON FRI...
MODELS AGREE WITH BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES EAST...BUT WITH
THE FORTY MILE COUNTRY LIKELY PERSISTING ANOTHER DAY WITH RECORD
TEMPERATURES. THE MID RANGE...EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOWS DISAGREEMENT
IN MODELS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...THE EAST HALF OF THE INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE VERY
WARM WITH LOW RHS TODAY THROUGH THU. THERE IS SOME RELIEF IN
STORE FOR FRI...EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME EAST PART OF THE INTERIOR.
WINDS GUSTING IN PASSES OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND DELTANA WILL BE
IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...THE TANANA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOUT ONE FOOT
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO COOL
A LITTLE FRI AND SAT...THUS SLOWING GLACIER MELT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ224.

RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210.
&&

JUL 09