High Wind Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

275 
WWAK72 PAFG 270622
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1022 PM AKDT SAT OCT 26 2013

AKZ227-271430-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0014.131027T0800Z-131027T2000Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
1022 PM AKDT SAT OCT 26 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT SUNDAY
NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE...

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 
  MPH. 

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT AKDT 
  TONIGHT THROUGH 12 NOON AKDT SUNDAY. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

011 
WWAK72 PAFG 271302
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
502 AM AKDT SUN OCT 27 2013

AKZ227-272000-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-131027T2000Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0015.131027T1400Z-131027T2000Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
502 AM AKDT SUN OCT 27 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE...

A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY
FOR AREAS NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
325 AM AKDT SAT OCT 26 2013

.DISCUSSION...
LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE FROM BRISTOL BAY TO THE
CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA PROGGED TO BUILD RAPIDLY THROUGH
SUN WITH THE RIDGE AXIS MOVING TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY
MID DAY SUN...AND INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY SUN NIGHT.
A STRONG SURGE OF SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL GENERATE
A SURFACE LEESIDE NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE AND STRONG
CHINOOK WINDS IN AND NEAR ALASKA RANGE PASSES.

WINDS ALOFT BELOW 700 MB ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE ARE
EXPECTED TO MAX OUT AT 75-80 KT IN ZONE 227...70-75
KT IN ZONE 225...90-95 KT IN ZONES 223 AND 226.
STRONGEST SURFACE WINDS IN ZONE 227 ARE EXPECTED
TO BE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MONDAY. IN ZONES
223-225-226 THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT
AND MON. A PERIOD OF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL
PRECEDE THE STRONGEST WINDS IN ZONES 223-225-226.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS COULD BE IN THE RANGE OF 70-85 MPH
IN THE MOST FAVORABLE WIND PRONE AREAS.

A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL TRANSIT EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN ALASKA MON THROUGH MON NIGHT AFTER THE STRONG
RIDGE EXITS. THIS TO BE FOLLOWED BY A TEMPORARY REBUILD
OF UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR TUE AND TUE
NIGHT...BUT THIS WILL BE OF SHORT DURATION WITH THE RIDGE
LIKELY COLLAPSING BY WED AFTERNOON. ONLY WEAK GAP WINDS
ARE EXPECTED IN THE ALASKA RANGE WITH THIS SECOND AND
WEAKER RIDGE.

RAPIDLY FILLING 1000 MB LOW NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND
WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SUN
MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE WEST
COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR WITH THIS DYING SYSTEM.
WITH 1000-850 MB LAYER MEAN TEMPERATURES WITHIN A FEW
DEGREES OF ZERO CELSIUS...PRECIPITATION COULD BE
RAIN...SNOW...OR MIXED.

A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND
WESTERN INTERIOR SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER
PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION. MULTIPLE PRECIP TYPES EXPECTED...BUT
MOST LIKELY WILL BE RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS AND SNOW OR
MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. AGAIN...1000-850 MB
LAYER MEAN TEMPERATURES REMAINING WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF ZERO
CELSIUS. ASSOCIATED 986 MB LOW DEVELOPING ABOUT 200 MILES SW OF
NUNIVAK ISLAND LATE SAT NIGHT...MOVING TO ABOUT 125 MILES SW OF
GAMBELL BY LATE SUN NIGHT.

PROGRESSIVE PATTERN LIKELY CONTINUING INTO THE OUTLOOK
PERIOD...WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVING INTO THE
CENTRAL OR WESTERN PARTS OF NORTHERN ALASKA BY THE WEEKEND.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ227.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.
&&

RF OCT 13