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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Anchorage, AK

June 14, 2013

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC48 hr
Jun 14, 11:19 AM AKDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAFC6 hr
Jun 14, 11:36 AM AKDTAreal Flood WarningAFC24 hr
Jun 14, 3:37 PM AKDTFire Weather WatchAFC64 hr
Jun 14, 3:37 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFC4 days
Jun 14, 3:47 PM AKDTFire Weather WatchAFC24 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.