Wind Advisory 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

471 
WWAK72 PAFG 052030
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1130 AM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

AKZ227-060000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100306T0000Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
1130 AM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON IN PASSES...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON.

IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

884 
WWAK72 PAFG 052221
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
121 PM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

AKZ227-060300-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100306T0300Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
121 PM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN
PASSES...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

824 
WWAK72 PAFG 060300
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
600 PM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

AKZ227-060400-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100306T0300Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
600 PM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED...AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
408 AM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT MODEL RUNS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 00Z MON.
956 MB LOW ABOUT 50 NM S OF COLD BAY AT 06Z THU WILL
BEGIN TO FILL THIS AFTERNOON AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD.
BY 12Z SAT THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A 980 MB CENTER
NEAR TANANA. BY 12Z SUN THE LOW WILL BE ABOUT 100 NM SE OF
INUVIK FILLING TO 988 MB.

THE LOW WILL GENERATE SNOW IN THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT
OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...SPREADING TO
MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR SAT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
TODAY THROUGH SAT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MOST AREAS
WHERE SNOW IS EXPECTED. A FEW AREAS MAY SEE SOMEWHAT
LARGER AMOUNTS.

INTERIOR ZONES ALONG AND IN THE LEE OF THE ALASKA
RANGE WILL BE DRY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS STRONG SOUTHERLY
FLOW AND DOWNSLOPE DRYING SETS UP. SNOW AMOUNTS OF
UP TO 1 INCH...LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES...TONIGHT IN ZONES
218-219-220-221-222-NORTHWEST PARTS ZONE 224 AS THE
WEAKENING SURFACE LOW LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST...
SETTING UP LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THESE AREAS
WHICH WILL ALLOW MOISTURE AND COLDER AIR TO MOVE IN
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS LIKELY IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES
TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES 225-226
WILL BE EXTENDED TO 10 PM THIS EVENING.

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR SAT NIGHT AND
SUN AS THE SURFACE LOW LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST. BY
SUN AFTERNOON...850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL BE -20C OR
COLDER OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA EXCEPT
FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERIOR.

A BRIEF PERIOD OF SOME MODERATION POSSIBLE DURING THE
EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EPISODE OF SOUTHERLY
FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR WHICH SHOULD
PUSH THE COLDER AIR BACK TO THE WEST...BUT COLDER AIR
WILL LIKELY MOVE BACK INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR
BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS COLD TROUGHING ALOFT EXPANDS
EASTWARD.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

RF MAR 10