Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Anchorage, AK

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THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.

$$

SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
200 PM AKDT SUN JUN 16 2013

.MODEL DISCUSSION...MODEL FORECASTS ARE REASONABLE AND IN GOOD
AGREEMENT ON SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM.
AFTERNOON PACKAGES WILL BE BASED IN PART ON THE NAM IN THE EAST AND A
BLEND OF THE NAM AND ECMWF IN THE WEST.

.ANALYSIS
.500 MB...THE LARGE BLOCKING HIGH OVER THE MAINLAND HELD IN PLACE FOR
YET ANOTHER DAY. MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CIRRUS CLOUDS
ROTATING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE CENTER ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL
MAINLAND. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALSO SHOWED MID AND HIGH LEVEL
MOISTURE..ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL BERING
SEA...STREAMING NORTH ACROSS THE AK PEN AND EASTERN BERING. THE
BLOCKING PATTERN OVER THE MAINLAND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK
THOUGH IT CHANGES ORIENTATION SOME. THE MAINLAND RIDGE RETREATS TO
THE NORTHERN TIER OF ALASKA WED AS A LOW MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE
YUKON TERRITORY MOVES TO THE GULF OF ALASKA WED AFTERNOON. THIS SETS
UP A STRONG EAST FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE AND WILL
LIKELY BE REFLECTED WITH STRONGER SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND
LOCALLY GUSTY PRESSURE DRIVEN FLOWS ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL MON AND TUE.
THE LONG WAVE OUT WEST SLOWLY WEAKENS AND LIFTS NORTH WED.

.SURFACE...

A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED FROM SE ALASKA TO OVER THE NORTH
GULF THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WAS OBSERVED INLAND. GUSTY GAP WINDS
WERE EVIDENT ACROSS THE EASTERN KENAI NEAR WHITTIER AND ACROSS VALDEZ
NARROWS. FAIR SKIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A LITTLE CIRRUS WAS EVIDENT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND. THE STRATUS DESK OVER THE GULF
RETREATED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST SOME OVERNIGHT AND ONLY A WEAK MARINE
LAYER WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE NORTHERN INLET. CLOUDY CONDITIONS WERE
ALSO OBSERVED OVER THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS WITH RAIN ALONG A
WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS THE AK
PEN AND EASTERN BERING SEA. THE THERMAL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND OVER THE NEXT DAY
OR SO WITH ANOMALOUSLY WARM 850 MB TEMPS.

.SHORT TERM FORECAST...

THE MAIN SURFACE FEATURE WILL BE THE STRENGTHENING SURFACE TROUGH
STRETCHING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE MAINLAND. 850 MB TEMPS WILL REMAIN
WARM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD 70S TO 80S
WITH SOME 90S IN INTERIOR AREAS. THE UPPER CAP ACROSS ACROSS THE
MAINLAND FORECAST AREAS WILL SUPPRESS CONVECTION TODAY. MON AND TUE
COULD BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS THE CAP WEAKENS WITH THE RETREAT OF THE
UPPER HIGH TO THE NORTH. THINKING NOW MAYBE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL(SOME DRY) ALONG MAINLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BEST TUE. WET
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS AS A SERIES OF
SURFACE LOWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROAD UPPER TROUGH CONTIUES ITS
INFLUENCE ACROSS THE REGION.

FIRE WEATHER HAZARDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AS WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS INLAND
AREAS FROM THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TO INTERIOR SW ALASKA. RED FLAG
CONDITIONS FOR LOW RH VALUES SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MON/TUE EVE FOR
THE KUSKOKWIM VALLY...INTERIOR BRISTOL BAY...SUSITNA VALLEY AND THE
COPPER RIVER BASIN. INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL
WILL ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND
NE WINDS ACROSS THE MAT VALLEY MON AFTERNOON AND TUE. THESE TWO ZONES
ARE FLAGGED FOR WATCHES MON AFTERNOON AND TUE AND MOST LIKELY WILL BE
UPGRADED. THE MAT VALLEY IS THE MOST CHALLENGING OF THE TWO IN
COORDINATING CRITICAL RH VALUES WITH WINDS. WINDS COULD DIE IN THE
AFTERNOON BEFORE CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE REACHED. THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THE MAT WINDS AT NIGHT WILL DRY THINGS OUT ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.LONG TERM FORECAST...
A PATTERN SHIFT FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THE END OF THE WEEK LOOKS POSSIBLE
WITH THE RIDGE CENTER MOVING NORTH. MODELS DIFFER WITH THE ALIGNMENT
ON THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES...BUT WITH THE PATTERN CHANGE
TEMPERATURES MAY MODERATE AT THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A POSSIBILITY
FOR SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE GULF.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAGS ZONE 111 141 145 152 161(INLAND).

RMC JUN 13