Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Anchorage, AK

872 
WWAK61 PAFC 260438 CCA
RFWAER

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
837 PM AKDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG CONDITIONS OCCURRING NOW AND EXPECTED TO RESUME LATE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER
VALLEY IN THE MATANUSKA VALLEY...

.STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED FOR DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST
UNTIL THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY WIND ABATES LATER THIS EVENING. 

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE EAST WILL
ALLOW FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RECOVER MODESTLY FROM SATURDAY'S
LOW READINGS. HOWEVER...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES BY THE AREA
THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN BY
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING.
THOUGH THERE IS DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FORECASTED CLOUD
COVER...IT IS LIKELY THAT FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER 20S WILL OCCUR ALONG THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY.

AKZ141-260545-
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COPPER RIVER BASIN-
837 PM AKDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE
COPPER RIVER BASIN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELED THE
RED FLAG WARNING.

RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RECOVERED ABOVE 15 TO 20 PERCENT. 

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AKZ111-262100-
/X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0002.130526T0437Z-130526T0700Z/
/X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0003.130526T2300Z-130527T0700Z/
MATANUSKA VALLEY-
837 PM AKDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WIND OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY... 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR
STRONG WIND OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. A RED
FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM AKDT SUNDAY.

* LOCATION...OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY.

* 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...25 TO 35 PERCENT.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING UNTIL THE KNIK VALLEY WIND
  SUBSIDES. A DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION MID TO LATE
  AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE
  KNIK RIVER VALLEY AND THEN SUBSIDE TOWARD LATE SUNDAY EVENING. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

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016 
WWAK61 PAFC 260703
RFWAER

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1103 PM AKDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY...

AN APPROACHING EASTERLY WAVE WILL BRING STRONG WIND AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THE
KNIK RIVER VALLEY....BEFORE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES SUNDAY NIGHT.

AKZ111-262315-
/X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T0700Z/
/X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0003.130526T2300Z-130527T0700Z/
MATANUSKA VALLEY-
1103 PM AKDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM AKDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG WIND OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND OUT OF THE KNIK
RIVER VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO
11 PM AKDT SUNDAY.

* LOCATION...OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY.

* 20 FT WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT.

* TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

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