Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

471 
WWAK63 PAFG 012332
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
332 PM AKDT WED JUN 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR...

AKZ220-020600-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110602T0600Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
332 PM AKDT WED JUN 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IS SPREADING COOLER AND DRYER AIR INTO
THE ZONE FROM THE NORTHEAST. THE CHANGE IN THE AIRMASS WILL NOT
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE EFFECT OF THE STRONG WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT...PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHWEST
PORTIONS OF THE ZONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

742 
WWAK63 PAFG 020420
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
820 PM AKDT WED JUN 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR...

AKZ220-020530-
/X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110602T0600Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
820 PM AKDT WED JUN 1 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

DISCUSSION...WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW 25 MPH TONIGHT ALONG WITH RECOVERING
RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
246 AM AKDT WED JUN 1 2011

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. A RELATIVELY
STRONG 975 MB LOW IN THE BERING SEA WILL FILL AND MOVE WEST BY THU
AFTERNOON AS A NEW LOW MOVES ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN AND THEN
DRIFTS TO THE NORTHWEST TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA BY EARLY FRI
MORNING.

CURRENT LOW IN THE BERING WITH ASSOCIATED FRONT HAS SPREAD
PRECIPITATION ALONG THE WEST COAST BUT IS DIMINISHING RAPIDLY.
ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE LEFT THIS MORNING. THE NEXT BERING
SEA LOW WILL LOSE ITS PUNCH IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION BEFORE
ACTUALLY IMPACTING THE WEST COAST.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN LOCKED IN OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. RELATIVELY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH OVER THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE CANADIAN COAST AND THEN INTO NORTHEASTERN
ALASKA. STRONG THERMAL TROUGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH CENTRAL
INTERIOR TODAY BEFORE BEING MODERATED BY THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN REBOUND IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BY FRIDAY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT SATURDAY.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PICK UP IN THE BROOKS RANGE AND THROUGH ZONES
219 AND 220 WITH THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE TODAY AND THROUGH
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR EAST 30 MPH OVER THE ARCTIC PLAIN
AND ZONES 219 AND 220 THOUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY THOUGH.

LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING/BRISTOL BAY AREA AT THE START
OF THE MEDIUM RANGE FRI NIGHT WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY AND
GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BOTH ALOFT AND AT THE SFC IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN PARKED OUT TO THE
NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST.  500 MB HEIGHTS AND 850 MB TEMPS ARE
CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES FROM SAT-TUE...AND TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL.  BEYOND DAY 7...THE NCEP RMOPS INDICATE
THAT THE RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS THE MAINLAND WITH INDICATIONS THAT
TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS BY THE LATE
NEXT WEEK.  THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE WEST
COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE BERING SEA LOW.  SOME MAINLY DIURNAL
SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORE SEASONABLE HEIGHTS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NUMEROUS FIRES BURNING IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR THOUGH AT
LEAST THU. NOTHING IN TERMS OF RAINFALL IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

CF JUN 11