Wind Advisory 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

811 
WWAK73 PAFG 311456
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
556 AM AKST MON JAN 31 2011

AKZ225-010300-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.110131T1456Z-110201T0300Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
556 AM AKST MON JAN 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN
PASSES OF THE ALASKA RANGE...

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

AT WINDY PASS...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WERE BLOWING OVERNIGHT. THE
WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. THE WIND WILL THEN DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 

BELOW THE HIGH COUNTRY THE WIND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG.
HEALY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE WINDS UP TO 35 MPH TODAY.

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.

&&

$$

101 
WWAK73 PAFG 010014
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
314 PM AKST MON JAN 31 2011

AKZ225-010600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
314 PM AKST MON JAN 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN
WINDY PASS...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH IN WINDY PASS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING...THEN START
DIMINISHING.

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.

&&

$$

288 
WWAK73 PAFG 010540
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
840 PM AKST MON JAN 31 2011

AKZ225-010645-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110201T0600Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
840 PM AKST MON JAN 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
221 PM AKST SUN JAN 30 2011

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT MON AFTERNOON AND THEN
THE MODELS DIVERGE ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE NEW LOW MOVING UP FROM
THE YK DELTA. BY EARLY TUE MORNING THE GFS HOLDS THE LOW IN NORTON
SOUND WHILE THE NAM RAPIDLY MOVES IT TO NORTHWEST OF POINT HOPE
AND MAINTAINS THE STRENGTH AND EVEN DEEPENS THE LOW. THE GFS DOES
TRY TO DEVELOP A WEAK LOW OFF OF POINT LAY BY MON AFTERNOON BUT
APPEARS TO BE JUST FROM A WEAKNESS IN THE GRADIENT FIELD WITH SOME
TROUGHING.

WINDS OVER THE WEST COAST WILL LIKELY DECREASE MON AS THE SURFACE
LOW MOVES NORTH TO NEAR THE SEWARD PENINSULA.

THE REMAINDER OF THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES APPEAR TO BE IN SYNC WITH
EACH OTHER THOUGH. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE MONDAY AND THEN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
WILL BUILD IN A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
STATE AS A TROUGH DIGS IN OVER THE WEST COAST.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH
TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS NORTH TO AT LEAST THE SEWARD
PENINSULA IN THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING OVER
THE CENTRAL INTERIOR ALASKA RANGE ZONES AS THE RIDGE EXPANDS WEST.
AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES NORTH ON MON...THIS SHOULD
INCREASE THE WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE ZONE 225 TO NEAR ADVISORY
LEVEL AGAIN FOR THE PASSES. THIS WILL DIMINISH AGAIN ON MON EVENING
AS THE TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH.

THE OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING TO THE GULF COAST WILL LIKELY PROVIDE
SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TO THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF ZONE 226
BEGINNING MON NIGHT AND WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH TUE.

&&

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

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

CF JAN 11