Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

372 
WWAK63 PAFG 240540
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
940 PM AKDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR
STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR
STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE ALASKA
RANGE...

AKZ223-241800-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110725T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
940 PM AKDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR
STRONG WIND...

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

* 20 FT WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S.

* TIMING...BETWEEN 2 PM AST SUN THROUGH 10 PM AST SUN.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-241800-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110725T0600Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
940 PM AKDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR
STRONG WIND...

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

* 20 FT WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 70S.

* TIMING...BETWEEN 1 PM SUN AND 10 PM SUN.

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.

&&

$$

948 
WWAK63 PAFG 241547
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
747 AM AKDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF
THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE...

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND FOR A PORTION OF
THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...

AKZ223-226-241700-
/X.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110725T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
747 AM AKDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND...

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

SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG BUT WITH THE INCREASE IN 
LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE...THE RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
336 AM AKDT SAT JUL 23 2011

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...MODELS CONTINUE TO HANDLE MAJOR FEATURES QUITE WELL
THROUGH 78 HOURS. 500 MB...LOW NORTH OF DEADHORSE WILL DRIFT EAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO BE OVER BANKS ISLAND MONDAY. WEAK RIDGE OF
HIGHER PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC OVER THE ALASKA
PENINSULA AND INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL ROTATE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AS A SIGNIFICANT LOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BERING
SEA MOVES TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LOW
WILL THEN SETTLE IN OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA REMAINING NEARLY
STATIONARY THROUGH MID WEEK. 850 MB TEMPERATURE WILL FALL 4 TO 6
CELSIUS BY MONDAY.

SURFACE...WEAK LOW PRESSURE REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR. RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND RETREAT
SOUTH. 989 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO NEAR
NUNIVAK ISLAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A 992 MB LOW...THEN MOVES TO
THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A 998 MB LOW. THERMAL TROUGH REMAINS ALONG
THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY. RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH IN OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. WEAK CHINOOK WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
ALASKA RANGE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

ARCTIC SLOPE...WEAK LOW THAT HAS BEEN BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE
EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL FINALLY DISSIPATE SATURDAY EVENING.
1008 MB HIGH WILL REMAIN 300 NM NORTH OF BARROW THROUGH MONDAY.
EASTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL INTO MID WEEK. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY IN THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE.

WEST COAST...SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN COASTAL AREAS EARLY...THEN
PERIODS OF RAIN AFTER NOON FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTH.
RAIN WILL WORK ITS WAY INLAND THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH MOST AREAS
RECEIVING LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO
25 MPH THROUGH CHANNELED AREAS TODAY AS THE LOW IN THE BERING
SEA MOVES TO THE YUKON DELTA. SLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE.

INTERIOR...WEAK CHINOOK THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES TODAY
AS LOW APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. WINDS SHOULD PEAK OUT AROUND
35 MPH. MOST THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO EASTERN
PORTIONS OF ZONES 218...220...AND ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER IN 224.
THERE WILL STILL BE SLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRIKES OUTSIDE
THOSE AREAS. HIGHS TODAY WILL AGAIN BE IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S FOR
MOST AREAS WITH THE COOLING TREND BACK TO NEAR NORMALS BEGINNING
SUNDAY. INCREASING CLOUDS LATER TODAY WITH SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE
WESTERN INTERIOR ZONES EARLY SUNDAY.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...POTENTIAL FOR SMALL CRAFT
CONDITIONS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST...NORTHWEST COAST...AND THROUGH
THE BERING STRAIT FOR WINDS AND SEAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR
WILL PRIMARILY BE IN THE 20S AND LOW 30S AGAIN TODAY. POTENTIAL
FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS AS WEAK CHINOOK DEVELOPS THROUGH THE
ALASKA RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE ON THE
RISE THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR SUNDAY. THE SYSTEM IN THE BERING SEA
WILL MOVE INLAND SPREADING AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE WESTERN
INTERIOR WITH RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST.

&&

HYDROLOGY...REMAINS QUIET WITH RIVERS ALL NEAR NORMAL STAGE
LEVELS. SOME SMALL RISES IN RIVER LEVELS MAY OCCUR TODAY ON
GLACIAL FED RIVERS AS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.
&&

SDB JUL 11