Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK

000 
WWAK43 PAFG 041347
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
447 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

AKZ226-050100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090105T0900Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
447 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT THROUGH PASSES...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT. 

NORTH WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 25 BELOW ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS AROUND 60
BELOW THROUGH MENTASTA PASS.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
THROUGH ISABEL PASS THIS MORNING TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH WIND CHILLS
AROUND 65 BELOW. THE STRONG WIND AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

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.

$$

AKZ218-050100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T0300Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE
447 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

LOCAL NORTH WINDS OF 20 MPH ON SUMMITS AND ALONG THE DALTON
HIGHWAY NORTH OF COLDFOOT WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES OF
15 TO 25 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ221-050100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T0900Z/
CENTRAL INTERIOR-
INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD
447 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT ON SUMMITS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT. 

A NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ON THE SUMMITS WILL COMBINE
WITH TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 20 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55
BELOW AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER WIND IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ220-050100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0004.090104T1800Z-090105T0900Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
447 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. 

A NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SUMMITS
SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER THIS MORNING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER
THE NORTHERN UPLANDS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW
AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ225-050100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T0900Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
447 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT THROUGH PASSES...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT. 

LOCAL NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN PASSES WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 20 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55
BELOW AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH
LATE TONIGHT. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

$$

000 
WWAK43 PAFG 042155
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1255 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

AKZ218-042300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T0300Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE
1255 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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


$$

AKZ226-050600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090105T2100Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1255 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST MONDAY
THROUGH PASSES...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST MONDAY. 

NORTH WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 25 BELOW ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS AROUND
60 BELOW THROUGH MENTASTA PASS.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
THROUGH ISABEL PASS THIS EVENING TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH WIND
CHILLS AROUND 65 BELOW. THE STRONG WIND AND LOW WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS MONDAY MORNING.

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.

$$

AKZ220-050600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
1255 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY...

A NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SUMMITS
SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER
THE NORTHERN UPLANDS IN THE BY LATE EVENING. THE WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH TEMPERATURES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55
BELOW AT TIMES INTO EARLY MONDAY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ221-050600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/
CENTRAL INTERIOR-
INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD
1255 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY ON
SUMMITS...

A NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ON THE SUMMITS WILL COMBINE
WITH TEMPERATURES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55
BELOW AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER WIND IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ225-050600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
1255 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY
THROUGH PASSES...

LOCAL NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN PASSES WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 20 BELOW TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW
AT TIMES INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH
LATE TONIGHT.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

$$

000 
WWAK43 PAFG 050025
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
325 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

AKZ226-050600-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090105T2100Z/
/X.EXB.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.090105T0300Z-090105T1800Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
325 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY 
THROUGH PASSES...

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY. THE WIND
CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25
BELOW ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW THROUGH PASSES. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.


$$

AKZ220-050600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
325 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY...

NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25
BELOW ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW OVER SUMMITS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ221-050600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/
CENTRAL INTERIOR-
INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD
325 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY
ON SUMMITS...

NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25
BELOW ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW OVER SUMMITS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$

AKZ225-050600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090105T1800Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
325 PM AKST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST MONDAY
THROUGH PASSES...

NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25
BELOW ARE CREATING WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW THROUGH PASSES. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
451 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2009

.DISCUSSION...
STILL NO SIGNS THAT THE CURRENT COLD WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTHERN AK...AND ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR WILL ABATE ANYTIME
SOON. THE MODELS ARE ALL SINGING THE SAME COLD TUNE THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MODEL SPREAD INCREASES IN ABOUT A WEEK WITH
SOME MODELS INDICATING THAT TEMPS MAY RETURN CLOSER TO SEASONABLE
AVERAGE...BUT UNTIL THERE IS A MORE CLEAR SIGN IT LOOKS LIKE COLD
IS THE WAY TO GO FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

INTERIOR...THE PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND REMAINS QUITE BLOCKY WITH
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE BERING SEA INTO EASTERN SIBERIA AND
A LONGWAVE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM WESTERN CANADA INTO EASTERN
ALASKA. 1000-500 MB THICKNESS VALUES ARE DOWN AROUND 490 DAM AND
850 MB TEMPS -25C OR COLDER ACROSS JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE INTERIOR.
THE 850 MB TEMP OFF THE 00Z PAFA SOUNDING WAS -28C. BOTH THE 500
MB HEIGHTS AND 850 MB TEMPS ARE IN THE 10TH PERCENTILE...BUT STILL
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO REACH RECORD LEVELS. ASIDE FROM SOME
CIRRUS A CLEAR SKY IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED
RADIATIONAL COOLING. 50 BELOW OR LOWER EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY
COLDER VALLEYS AROUND FAIRBANKS WITH 60S BELOW ON THE YUKON FLATS.
THE ONLY CONCERNS ASIDE FROM THE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE FOR
AREAS OF DENSE ICE FOG IN THE POPULATED VALLEYS AND FOR WIND
CHILLS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WILL CONTINUE THE DENSE FOG
ADVISORY FOR THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE MAYBE
A BIT OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE VISIBILITY FOR A TIME EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT IT SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. THERE CONTINUES TO BE
ENOUGH WIND EXPECTED ACROSS THE SUMMITS TO MAINTAIN THE ONGOING
WIND CHILL ADVISORIES IN ZONES 218 AND 221 AS WELL AS THROUGH THE
PASSES OF THE AK RANGE.

NORTH SLOPE...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE FOR LOW WIND CHILLS ALONG THE
BEAUFORT SEA COAST. A 1000 MB LOW VCNTY OF BANKS ISLAND WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO A SURFACE TROUGH WEST OF BANKS ISLAND ON
SUNDAY. A DECENT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW AND A 1033 HIGH
OFF THE NW COAST OF ALASKA WILL PRODUCE 20 TO 30 MPH WIND FROM
DEADHORSE EAST INTO TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND ALONG THE
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST. WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 50 TO
60 BELOW RANGE. WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON TEMPS AS THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE TODAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS
AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW. IF THEY DO NOT RISE FAST ENOUGH THE WIND
CHILLS COULD FOR A TIME REACH WARNING LEVELS. THE OTHER CONCERN
WILL BE FOR SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT. DO NOT
EXPECT ENOUGH BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING SNOW FOR A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY.

WEST COAST...RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS A BIT SOUTH OF POINT HOPE TODAY AS A
STORM SYSTEM PASSES BY SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS...BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WIND FOR ANY MARINE HEADLINES OR
WIDESPREAD WIND CHILL CONCERNS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE
UNSEASONABLY COLD...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPS INLAND. THERE IS ENOUGH
WIND IN THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY FOR A WIND CHILL ADVISORY TODAY AND
WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE YUKON DELTA AS WELL AS ALONG THE
CHUKCHI SEA COAST.

WILL ISSUE ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT TO ADDRESS THE
EXPECTED CONDITIONS IN THE MID-RANGE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ215-AKZ218-
AKZ221-AKZ225-AKZ226.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ222.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

CB JAN 09