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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 14, 2013, 1:30 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2013, 1:30 PM AKDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2013, 9:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239 WWAK61 PAFC 142130 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 130 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 AKZ141-150500- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0006.130614T2130Z-130615T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 130 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...MAINLY FROM GLENNALLEN NORTH. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING BY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THESE WINDS WILL DIE DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
595 WWAK61 PAFC 142337 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 337 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 AKZ141-151545- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130615T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 337 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN FROM GLENNALLEN NORTH... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...MAINLY FROM GLENNALLEN NORTH THROUGH SUNDAY. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 25 MPH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...13 TO 25 PERCENT. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING BY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL DIE DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. TEMPERATURES WARM DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A DRY NORTHERLY DOWNSLOPE WIND INCREASING FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-151545- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 337 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
871 WWAK61 PAFC 150509 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 909 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 AKZ141-152115- /X.EXP.PAFC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130615T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 909 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR STRONG WIND THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WIND THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...MAINLY FROM GLENNALLEN NORTH THROUGH SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...13 TO 25 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...POSSIBLY GUSTING AS HIGH AS 25 MPH ON MONDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WARM DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS. DRY NORTHERLY DOWNSLOPE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-152115- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 909 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jun 14, 5:15 AM AKDT, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:15 AM AKDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 515 AM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURES ACROSS THE AOR ARE AN AMPLIFYING UPPER-LVL RIDGE THROUGH THE SW MAINLAND FLANKED TO THE WEST BY A COMPLEX UPPER-LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA AND AN UPPER-LOW OVER THE NE GULF OF AK. ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLEX UPPER LOW OUT WEST INCLUDE A SURFACE WAVE 350 MILES WEST OF SAINT PAUL WHICH IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND A WAVE 250 MILES SOUTH OF ATKA QUICKLY TRACKING NORTH. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH PRECEDES THE ALEUTIAN SYSTEM WITH SOME CLOUDS AND A FEW PASSING SHOWERS/SPRINKLES OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. FURTHER EAST...THE UPPER-LOW IN THE NE GULF IS DIPPING SOUTH. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A MID-LVL CIRCULATION ALONG IT'S NORTHERN FLANK PINWHEELING SW THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN WHICH HAS HELPED KEEP SHOWERS GOING EARLY THIS MORNING BACK THROUGH EASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. .MODEL DISCUSSION... THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURES ARE CAPTURED SATISFACTORILY BY THE MODELS AND OVERALL THERE IS ADEQUATE AGREEMENT. THE SURFACE WAVE MOVING UP TO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN CHAIN MOVES TO AROUND 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATKA TONIGHT AND THEN STARTS TO GET ABSORBED BY THE MORE DOMINANT WAVE IN THE WESTERN BERING. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL BERING TO THE W COAST OF AK EARLY SAT WHERE IT WEAKENS. MODELS SHOW OTHER WEAK DISTURBANCES/WAVES PINWHEELING AROUND THE PARENT UPPER-LOW WHICH MEANDERS IN THE VICINITY OF KISKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS SHOW THE UPPER-LOW FILLING AND ELONGATING WITH TIME...WITH A LOBE OF ENERGY CUTTING OFF JUST SOUTH OF UNALASKA WHILE THE NORTHERN LOBE RETREATS UP TOWARDS E SIBERIA EARLY NEXT WEEK. FURTHER EAST...MODELS SHOW RESIDUAL ENERGY FROM THE UPPER-LOW IN THE NE GULF PHASING WITH THE NE PACIFIC LOW AND DEEPENING IT A BIT THIS WEEKEND. THIS DIGGING OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH DOWNSTREAM OF THE SW AK RIDGE AIDS IN THE RIDGE'S AMPLIFICATION INTO THE MAINLAND. THIS RIDGE PINCHES OFF AN UPPER-LVL HIGH NEAR THE UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY SAT NIGHT AND SUN...AND THEN IT DRIFTS TO NW AK EARLY NEXT WEEK. 850 MB TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND TREND FROM NEAR 10C FRI TO 15C AND HIGHER BY MON. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL/GULF... THE MARINE LAYER IS STEADY ACROSS THE GULF AND ONSHORE FLOW IS STILL KEEPING IT A THREAT OVER KODIAK ISLAND. THIS FLOW BECOMES NEUTRAL TO WEAK OFF-SHORE AS THE WEEKEND WEARS ON...SO THIS SHOULD HELP IT RETREAT AND ALLOW FOR INCREASING AMOUNTS OF SUNSHINE TO DEVELOP. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND...THE MARINE LAYER COVERAGE IN COOK INLET SEEMS NOTICEABLY REDUCED COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...BUT IT MAY SNEAK IN FOR A TIME DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE BUILDING UPPER-LVL RIDGE FROM THE SOUTHWEST IS QUICKLY ASSERTING IT'S DOMINANCE AND THE FLOW TONIGHT AND SAT BECOMES MORE DOWN INLET AND OFF-SHORE...HELPING CURTAIL THE THREAT EVEN FURTHER WITH TIME. THERE SHOULD BE AMPLE SUNSHINE FOR THE SOUTHCENTRAL INTERIOR AREAS...WITH A TREND TO SUNNIER CONDITIONS EVEN FOR COASTAL AREAS SUCH AS PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT LINGERS OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN WHICH IS WHERE TODAY'S CONVECTION SHOULD FOCUS. THIS FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS AS THE LOW SLIPS FURTHER AWAY AND THE RIDGING POKES IN THIS WEEKEND. SOUTHWEST/AKPEN... THE SYSTEM IN THE BERING IS MAKING LITTLE HEADWAY EAST...MOVING MORE PARALLEL TO THE SW MAINLAND. BEST CHANCES OF PERIPHERAL RAINS WILL BE ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND WESTERN CAPES OF BRISTOL BAY WHERE WINDS WILL TREND TO MIN GALE OR JUST SUB GALE FORCE AS THE RESIDUAL FRONT BRUSHES THE COASTAL AREAS. THE AKPEN SHOULD BEAR MUCH OF THE BRUNT OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIP AND WINDS...WITH THE SE FLOW ALLOWING FOR LOCAL FUNNELING THROUGH BAYS/GAPS/PASSES. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS... STORM TRACK IS FAVORABLE FOR STEADY RAIN THROUGH THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN CHAIN AND PRIBILOFS. THE SUPPORTING UPPER-JET WILL HAVE PUSHED NORTH OF THE REGION BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND SO PRECIP INTENSITY AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH. WEAK FOLLOW-UP DISTURBANCES ROTATING THROUGH THE FLOW KEEP THE THREAT OF PASSING SHOWERS IN IT'S WAKE HOWEVER. .LONG TERM FORECAST... VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND AS THE UPPER-RIDGE/HIGH DOMINATES THE REGION. THE HIGH PUSHES INTO NORTHERN AK MID NEXT WEEK AND THE JET STREAM WORKING AROUND IT'S CREST BEGINS AIMING BACK DOWN IT'S EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FLANK ALLOWING ENERGY TO PINWHEEL WEST UNDERNEATH IT. MODELS DO INDEED SHOW AN UPPER-LOW ROTATING ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL BY WED IN WHAT THIS COULD BRING THE NEXT SUBSTANTIVE ROUND OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP TO THE REGION. ACROSS THE BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...CONDITIONS REMAIN RELATIVELY BENIGN AS THE CURRENT UPPER-LOW WEAKENS AND THE RESIDUAL ENERGY GLANCES AWAY FROM THE AOR. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...FLOOD ADVISORY...141 MARINE...GALE...165 170 414 FIRE WEATHER...NONE MALOY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:30 AM AKDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 730 AM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 AKZ101-111-121-125-141-145-150200- ...SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... AN UNUSUALLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BEGUN TO INTENSIFY OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. ALONG WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL USHER IN SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA TO ANCHORAGE AND ALL POINTS NORTHWARD. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE 80S AT MANY LOCATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE UNUSUAL IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. INDIVIDUALS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY...NOT ONLY FOR THE HEAT BUT FOR POTENTIAL RISES IN RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS DUE TO INCREASED SNOW MELT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HERE ARE THE CURRENT ANCHORAGE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE RECORDS MAY FALL IN THE NEXT WEEK. JUNE 15.....82 IN 1969 JUNE 16.....79 IN 1936 JUNE 17.....84 IN 1948 JUNE 18.....80 IN 1926 JUNE 19.....77 IN 1961 DIXON/EZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:30 AM AKDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 830 AM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 AKZ101-111-121-125-141-145-150200- ...SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... AN UNUSUALLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BEGUN TO INTENSIFY OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. ALONG WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL USHER IN SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA TO ANCHORAGE AND ALL POINTS NORTHWARD. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE 80S AT MANY LOCATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE UNUSUAL IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. INDIVIDUALS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY...NOT ONLY FOR THE HEAT BUT FOR POTENTIAL RISES IN RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS DUE TO INCREASED SNOW MELT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HERE ARE THE CURRENT ANCHORAGE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE RECORDS MAY FALL IN THE NEXT WEEK. JUNE 15.....82 IN 1969 JUNE 16.....79 IN 1936 JUNE 17.....84 IN 1948 JUNE 18.....80 IN 1926 JUNE 19.....77 IN 1961 DIXON/EZ
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:30 AM AKDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 830 AM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 AKZ101-111-121-125-141-145-141640- ...SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... AN UNUSUALLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BEGUN TO INTENSIFY OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. ALONG WITH AMPLE SUNSHINE THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL USHER IN SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA TO ANCHORAGE AND ALL POINTS NORTHWARD. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE 80S AT MANY LOCATIONS. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE UNUSUAL IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. INDIVIDUALS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY...NOT ONLY FOR THE HEAT BUT FOR POTENTIAL RISES IN RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS DUE TO INCREASED SNOW MELT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HERE ARE THE CURRENT ANCHORAGE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE RECORDS MAY FALL IN THE NEXT WEEK. JUNE 15.....82 IN 1969 JUNE 16.....79 IN 1936 JUNE 17.....84 IN 1948 JUNE 18.....80 IN 1926 JUNE 19.....77 IN 1961 DIXON/EZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jun 14, 11:19 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Jun 14, 11:36 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | AFC | 64 hr | |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | AFC | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.