Wind Advisory 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK

084 
WWAK73 PAFG 032334
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
234 PM AKST FRI DEC 3 2010

AKZ223-041200-
/X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-101204T1800Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
234 PM AKST FRI DEC 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST SATURDAY. 

A SOUTH WIND OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
BY MORNING. THE STRONG WIND MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

AKZ225-041200-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
234 PM AKST FRI DEC 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKST SATURDAY THROUGH
WINDY PASS...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKST SATURDAY. 

A SOUTH WIND OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH WINDY PASS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND MAY ALSO
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

482 
WWAK73 PAFG 040435
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
735 PM AKST FRI DEC 3 2010

AKZ225-040545-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-101204T1200Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
735 PM AKST FRI DEC 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

AKZ223-040545-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-101204T1800Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
735 PM AKST FRI DEC 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
308 PM AKST THU DEC 2 2010

.DISCUSSION...

A STRONG 973 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 500 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA TONIGHT
AND TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND ON FRIDAY. A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SURFACE...THE LOW WILL REMAIN A 975-980 MB LOW AS IT MOVES TO
NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY 00Z SAT AND THEN CROSSES THE AK PENINSULA
SAT AND MOVES INTO THE WESTERN GULF/KODIAK ISLAND AREA SAT NIGHT.

WEST COAST..THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOWFALL
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...AN EAST WIND OF 35 TO 50 MPH
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR
FREEZING AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES THROUGH AND THE MILDER
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY PREVENT ANY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM
LASTING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES 213 AND 214. WINTER
STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES 212 AND ZONES 215. A
WINTER STORM WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR ZONE 216. THE SNOW WILL
SPREAD INTO THAT ZONE ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO
ZONES 207-209 AND 217 LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

INTERIOR...AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND, SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD
INTO WESTERN ZONE 221 AND 220 LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL WITH THIS FRONT. WINTER WX ADVISORIES
MAY BE NEEEDED FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AS CHINOOK FLOW KICKS IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND IS FOLLOWED BY
CLOUDS AND SNOW.

NORTH SLOPE...SOME FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS ALONG PARTS OF THE
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST AND INTO THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL BE PASSING
SOUTH OF THE AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ANYWHERE
ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE BERING SEA LOW
MOVES TOWARD KODIAK AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WELL
OFFSHORE. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME BRISK WINDS ACROSS THE ARCTIC
MARINE AREAS BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR SAT MORNING...BUT WITH NO NEW SNOW
ON THE HORIZON...AND THE WIND NOT EXPECTED TO BE ALL THAT STRONG
IT IS UNLIKELY THERE WILL BE ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH BLOWING
SNOW.

MEDIUM RANGE...GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE PERIOD WILL BE ONE OF
MERIDIONAL FLOW WITH A STRONG RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN BERING AS THE MAINLAND IS LOCKED UNDER A TROUGH WITH A
DEEP ANCHORING LOW IN THE GULF. THIS WILL MEAN A FAIRLY COLD
AIRMASS...BUT WITH LOT OF STATUS THAT WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM
GETTING AS COLD AS DURING OUR CURRENT BRIEF COLD SNAP.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ224.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ215.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213-AKZ214.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ216.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

JK DEC 10