Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK

821 
WWAK63 PAFG 221408
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
608 AM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR DELTA JUNCTION AND
VICINITY...

AKZ223-230400-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0001.130522T1900Z-130523T0400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
608 AM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

120 
WWAK63 PAFG 222219
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
219 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR DELTA JUNCTION AND VICINITY...

AKZ223-230400-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130523T0400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
219 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

326 
WWAK63 PAFG 230337
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
737 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...

AKZ223-230600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130523T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
737 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...HUMIDITIES WILL RISE AFTER 10 PM AND WINDS WILL 
  BEGIN TO DECREASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

244 
WWAK63 PAFG 230533
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
933 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOW HUMIDITY FOR A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...

AKZ223-230645-
/X.EXP.PAFG.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130523T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
933 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOW HUMIDITY...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

HUMIDITIES HAVE BEGUN TO RISE. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH 
WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
155 PM AKDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR IS PROGGED TO
BREAK DOWN INTO A LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW BY WEDNESDAY.
UPPER RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN REBUILDING OVER THE
INTERIOR FRIDAY AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN ALASKA
FROM THE BROOKS RANGE SOUTHWARD BY SATURDAY. THIS TREND
IS INDICATED BY THE OPERATIONAL GFS/ECMWF AND THEIR
ENSEMBLE MEANS.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALOFT NEAR THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE
TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND TO THE
GULF OF ANADYR BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS IT MERGES WITH
ANOTHER UPPER LOW MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. GFS/ECMWF SIMILAR ON THE FORECAST
POSITION FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MOVING THE LOW CENTER
TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND.

AT THE SURFACE...A 998 MB LOW JUST WEST OF THE PRIBILOFS WILL
MOVE TO ABOUT 100 MILES WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...FILLING TO AROUND 1002 MB. A TROUGH WILL EXTEND
FROM THE LOW WEST SOUTHWESTWARD TO A WEAK LOW EAST OF THE
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. THE TWO LOW CENTERS ARE EXPECTED
TO COMBINE INTO A SINGLE 1008 MB CENTER OVER THE GULF OF
ANADYR BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW
WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST TONIGHT...BECOMING
MAINLY RAIN THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD
THURSDAY NIGHT. OVER THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE AND ARCTIC
SLOPE...THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE MIXED RAIN
AND SNOW.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER MANY PARTS
OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LIKELY TO
EXCEED 70 DEGREES. LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES...BELOW 30
PERCENT IN MANY PARTS OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR...LIKELY TO
CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. SOME SITES WILL HAVE
MIN RH BELOW 20 PERCENT. EASTERN INTERIOR WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...SO NO RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE YUKON RIVER AT FORT YUKON
AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT DOWNSTREAM TO TANANA
AS BREAKUP ON THE YUKON RIVER PROGRESSES. A NASA/GSFC RAPID
RESPONSE MODIS IMAGE TAKEN MAY 20 SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE FLOODED
AREA ON THE YUKON RIVER EXTENDING FROM UPSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM
ALMOST TO CIRCLE. AT ITS WIDEST POINT...ABOUT 12 TO 20 MILES
UPSTREAM FROM FORT YUKON...THE FLOODED AREA APPEARS TO BE AS
MUCH AS 7 OR 8 MILES WIDE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ220.
FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ221.
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220.

&&

RF MAY 13