Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 14, 2013, 3:37 PM AKDT. It took effect at Jun 15, 2013, 1:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days. 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, 3:37 PM AKDT (23:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2013, 1:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 11:18 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ AKZ145-151545- /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 337 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
13 follow-up statements
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. && $$ AKZ145-152115- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 909 PM AKDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. * TIMING...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
952 WWAK61 PAFC 151431 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 631 AM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 AKZ141-160645- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 631 AM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN FROM GLENNALLEN NORTH... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON 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 EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH ON MONDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WARM DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES 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. && $$ AKZ145-160645- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.130615T2100Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 631 AM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. * TIMING...EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
133 WWAK61 PAFC 152117 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 117 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 AKZ141-161330- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 117 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WARM DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES DROPPING WELL 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. && $$ AKZ145-161330- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130618T0600Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 117 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO NEAR 90...WARMEST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. * TIMING...EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
642 WWAK61 PAFC 152338 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 338 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 AKZ141-161545- /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0600Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 338 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WARM DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EXTEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES DROPPING WELL INTO THE TEENS. DRY NORTHERLY DOWNSLOPE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AND POSSIBLY EXTEND THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ AKZ145-161545- /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0600Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 338 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TIMING...EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ111-161545- /X.EXB.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 338 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...MATANUSKA VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 35 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH MAINLY OUT OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER VALLEY...STRONGEST LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MARGINAL DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER THREAT BEGINS DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...WITH A MUCH GREATER POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
976 WWAK61 PAFC 160015 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 415 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 AKZ145-161615- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0600Z/ /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 415 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO A RED FLAG WARNING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...SUSITNA VALLEY NORTH OF TALKEETNA THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY TOWARD CANTWELL AND THE DENALI HIGHWAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXPAND SOUTH FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TIMING...EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ141-161615- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 415 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WARM DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EXTEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES DROPPING WELL INTO THE TEENS. DRY NORTHERLY DOWNSLOPE WIND WILL INCREASE FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY AND POSSIBLY EXTEND THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ AKZ111-161615- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 415 PM AKDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...MATANUSKA VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH MAINLY OUT OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER VALLEY...STRONGEST LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MARGINAL DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER THREAT BEGINS DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY...WITH A MUCH GREATER POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
590 WWAK61 PAFC 161511 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 711 AM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 AKZ141-171645- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0600Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 711 AM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COPPER RIVER BASIN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 15 TO 20 PERCENT TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY POSSIBLY DROPPING TO 15 PERCENT MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH STRONGER WINDS. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTH TO EAST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH TO EAST 10 TO 25 MPH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERING TO NEAR 50 PERCENT DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. 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. && $$ AKZ145-171645- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 711 AM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD 15 TO 20 PERCENT WITH CONDITIONS AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERING TO NEAR 50 PERCENT DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ111-171645- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 711 AM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE MATANUSKA VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD 25 TO 30 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...STRONGEST OUT OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...THE WORST CONDITIONS LOOK TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE ONLY MINIMAL RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS DUE TO PERSISTENT WINDS RETARDING TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS FROM DROPPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
667 WWAK61 PAFC 162313 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 313 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 AKZ141-171830- /X.UPG.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0600Z/ /X.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0009.130617T2000Z-130619T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 313 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COPPER RIVER BASIN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-171830- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 313 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ AKZ111-171830- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 313 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE MATANUSKA VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...STRONGEST OUT OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER VALLEY ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY SWITCH TO SOUTHEASTERLY OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING...THE WORST CONDITIONS LOOK TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE LITTLE TO NO RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS DUE TO PERSISTENT WINDS KEEPING THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WELL MIXED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
238 WWAK61 PAFC 170523 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 923 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 AKZ141-172130- /X.EXP.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130617T0500Z/ /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.130617T2000Z-130619T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 923 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COPPER RIVER BASIN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 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. && $$ AKZ145-172130- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 923 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ111-172130- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 923 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE MATANUSKA VALLEY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...STRONGEST OUT OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER VALLEY ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY SWITCH TO SOUTHEASTERLY OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING...THE WORST CONDITIONS LOOK TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE LITTLE TO NO RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS DUE TO PERSISTENT WINDS KEEPING THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WELL MIXED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
935 WWAK61 PAFC 171514 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 714 AM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 AKZ111-180715- /X.UPG.PAFC.FW.A.0003.130617T2000Z-130619T0800Z/ /X.EXB.PAFC.FW.W.0009.130618T0600Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 714 AM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIER AIR TO MIX DOWN FROM ALOFT RESULTING IN LOW HUMIDITIES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ141-180715- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.130617T2000Z-130619T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 714 AM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST MAINLY NORTH OF GLENNALLEN THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM TODAY AND TUESDAY. 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. && $$ AKZ145-180715- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 714 AM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH RECOVERY DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
977 WWAK61 PAFC 180021 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 421 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 AKZ111-181630- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.130618T0600Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 421 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE OUT OF THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIER AIR TO MIX DOWN FROM ALOFT RESULTING IN LOW HUMIDITIES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ141-181630- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 421 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST MAINLY NORTH OF GLENNALLEN THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM TODAY AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-181630- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 421 PM AKDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM TODAY AND TUESDAY WITH RECOVERY DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. 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. && $$
763 WWAK61 PAFC 181512 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 712 AM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 AKZ111-190715- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 712 AM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL FINALLY LIGHTEN UP BY LATE THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL QUICKLY RECOVER TONIGHT AS THE WINDS DIE DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ141-190500- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 712 AM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM AKDT TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND FROM GULKANA NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER THIS EVENING AS THE WINDS LIGHTEN UP. 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. && $$ AKZ145-190500- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0500Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 712 AM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTHWARD. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM WITH RAPID RECOVERY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
963 WWAK61 PAFC 182252 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 252 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 AKZ101-190800- /X.EXA.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ ANCHORAGE- 252 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE ANCHORAGE BOWL... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION... SOUTH AND WEST ANCHORAGE AND THE UPPER HILLSIDE * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT * 20 FT WIND...SOUTHEAST WIND 20 TO 35 MPH * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80 * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES WILL PERSIST UNTIL MIDNIGHT BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND RH VALUES SLOWLY RECOVER. 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. && $$ AKZ141-190800- /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ COPPER RIVER BASIN- 252 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND FROM GULKANA NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER THIS EVENING AS THE WINDS LIGHTEN UP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$ AKZ145-190800- /X.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 252 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE SUSITNA VALLEY...WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM TALKEETNA NORTHWARD. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * TIMING...LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM WITH RAPID RECOVERY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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. && $$ AKZ111-190800- /X.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ MATANUSKA VALLEY- 252 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS THE MATANUSKA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * 20 FT WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS MORNING AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH THE KNIK RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL FINALLY LIGHTEN UP BY LATE THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL QUICKLY RECOVER TONIGHT AS THE WINDS DIE DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC. && $$
195 WWAK61 PAFC 190718 RFWAER URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1118 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 AKZ101-111-141-190830- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ ANCHORAGE-MATANUSKA VALLEY-COPPER RIVER BASIN- 1118 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE ANCHORAGE BOWL MATANUSKA VALLEY AND COPPER RIVER BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS ARE STILL GUSTY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ALLOWING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO IMPROVE INTO THE LOW 40S. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ AKZ145-190830- /X.CAN.PAFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130619T0800Z/ SUSITNA VALLEY- 1118 PM AKDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY THROUGHOUT THE SUSITNA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS THE SUSITNA VALLEY WITH LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO RECOVER THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
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, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:15 AM AKDT, 10 hours 22 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
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, 1:30 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFC | 8 hr | |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | AFC | 64 hr | |
| 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.