Wind Chill Advisory 55, NWS Fairbanks, AK

920 
WWAK41 PAFG 192327
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
227 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011

AKZ201-200600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-110220T1500Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
227 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. 

WIND SPEEDS TO 20 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES OF 20 BELOW TO
25 BELOW WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILL OF 50 BELOW OR COLDER WITH WIND SPEEDS OF AT
LEAST 15 MPH IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTION TO COVER
ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

199 
WWAK41 PAFG 200453
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
753 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011

AKZ201-200600-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-110220T1500Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
753 PM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING ARE IN THE 5 TO 15 BELOW RANGE...AND
THE WIND CHILLS ARE NOT COLD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT INTO THE ADVISORY
RANGE OF 50 TO 59 BELOW. THEREFORE THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
126 AM AKST SAT FEB 19 2011

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT GFS/NAM/EUROPEAN RUNS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD
AGREEMENT ON THE WEATHER SCENARIO OUT THROUGH MON.

WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALONG 160W MOVING EAST TO THE
ALCAN BORDER BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...GRADUALLY WEAKENING
IN AMPLITUDE. A BRIEF DUSTING OF SNOW IN INTERIOR
AREAS WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT MOVES EAST.

LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING IN SOUTHEAST PARTS OF
AKZ224 AND CENTRAL/EASTERN AKZ226 THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL
PRODUCE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW.

965 MB STORM NOW JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL KAMCHATKA
PENINSULA WEAKENING TO 977 MB OVER THE GULF OF
ANADYR BY 12Z SUN...AND TO 986 MB JUST WEST OF
KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 00Z MON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AROUND 03Z SUN...
AND IN AKZ207-AKZ209 ABOUT 6 HOURS LATER.

ALL MODELS INDICATING SIGNIFICANT QPF WITH THIS
SYSTEM WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 6 INCHES
EXPECTED OVER MOST WEST COAST ZONES AND IN AKZ215.
NORTHERN PARTS OF SEWARD PEN IN AKZ210 WILL HAVE
LESS SNOW DUE TO DOWNSLOPE.

SNOW SPREADING RAPIDLY INTO THE CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR
SUN THROUGH SUN EVENING AS A FLAT HIGH SPEED WESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT PUNCHES EASTWARD BEHIND A SHORT WAVE RIDGE.
FAIRBANKS AREA COULD SEE UP TO AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW
DURING THE 36 HOUR PERIOD SUN THROUGH MON.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...GFS/EURO BUILDING HIGH AMPLITUDE
RIDGE ALOFT OVER ALASKA BY WED WHICH IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE EASTWARD AND BREAK DOWN BY WED AS ANOTHER
SURGE OF MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW MOVES INTO THE
FORECAST AREA. TRACK AND TIMING OF SURFACE SYSTEMS
IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...ONE OR TWO LOWS MAY TRAVEL
OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
ARCTIC...ANOTHER STORM POSSIBLE IN THE BERING FRIDAY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ209-AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220.

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

RF FEB 11