Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

889 
WWAK62 PAFG 260106
RFWWCZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
506 PM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND THE NULATO
HILLS...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY
FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS
INCLUDING GALENA...

AKZ212-260600-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130626T0600Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
506 PM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WIND...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* 20 FT WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ216-260600-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130627T0500Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
506 PM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN 
  SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT DEVELOP AGAIN ON WED AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH WED EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

333 
WWAK62 PAFG 260549
RFWWCZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
949 PM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WIND FOR EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND THE NULATO HILLS...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY
FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS
INCLUDING GALENA...

AKZ212-260700-
/X.EXP.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130626T0600Z/
EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS-
949 PM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WIND...

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



$$

AKZ216-262200-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130627T0500Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
949 PM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN 
  SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT BUT DEVELOP AGAIN ON WED AND CONTINUE 
  THROUGH WED EVENING. 

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.

&&

$$

712 
WWAK62 PAFG 261443
RFWWCZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
643 AM AKDT WED JUN 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON
VALLEYS INCLUDING GALENA...

AKZ216-270500-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130627T0500Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
643 AM AKDT WED JUN 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL RECOVER ABOVE 15 PERCENT DURING THE 
  OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. 

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.

&&

$$

443 
WWAK62 PAFG 262220
RFWWCZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
220 PM AKDT WED JUN 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON
VALLEYS INCLUDING GALENA...

AKZ216-270500-
/X.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130627T0500Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
220 PM AKDT WED JUN 26 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL RECOVER ABOVE 15 PERCENT DURING THE 
  OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. 

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.

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
536 AM AKDT TUE JUN 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS ARE IN RELATIVE AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER...HOWEVER ALL
APPEAR TO HAVE INITIALIZED TOO COOL ALOFT ONCE AGAIN. BUT THIS
TIME ONLY BY A DEGREE OR TWO ON TEMPERATURES AT 850MB. IN THE
UPPER LEVEL THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE REINFORCE ITSELF OVER
THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF ALASKA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THERE
IS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING ALONG THE YUKON DELTA AND
TOWARDS ST LAWRENCE ISLAND TODAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY GET ABSORBED
INTO THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS DEVELOPING OVER THE BERING SEA.
THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHWARD UP THE WESTERN
COASTLINE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE HIGH
PRESSURE ACROSS THE INTERIOR TO WEAKEN AND PUSH EASTWARD BACK INTO
CANADA.

AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA TODAY. THE TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH AND THE LOW TROUGH IN THE INTERIOR WILL
ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE ALONG THE ARCTIC COASTLINE...PARTICULARLY
FROM FLAXMAN TO THE DEMARCATION POINT. HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE YUKON
DELTA BY FRIDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IN THE INTERIOR
DEVELOPS INTO A CLOSED LOW AND MOVES NORTHEAST INTO CANADA ON
FRIDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...DENSE FOG CONTINUES ACROSS BARTER ISLAND THIS
MORNING AND AREAS OF FOG ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL
SLOWLY SHIFT EAST TODAY. WINDS HAVE INCREASED PARTICULARLY ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS OF ZONE 245 AND HAVE ISSUED A BRISK WIND
ADVISORY. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AS THE
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. THE STRATUS AND FOG WILL
DIMINISH AS WELL ONCE THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TO THE EAST. THERE IS
SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE AND OCCASIONALLY SNOW BEING RECORDED AT BARROW
THIS MORNING. THE DRIZZLE SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WITH
SOME CLEARING WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD AS WELL.

WESTERN ALASKA...RAIN SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN ALASKA COASTLINE...PARTICULARLY OVER THE
YUKON DELTA AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES OVER THE AREA.
SOME AREAS SUCH AS SHISHMAREF IS ALSO RECEIVING SOME FOG WITH
VISIBILITIES REACHING AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. AS THIS
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...THE BERING STRAIT WILL SEE
INCREASED WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH TIN
CITY RECORDING WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED...WITH THE WINDS DIMINISHING BY THIS EVENING.

CENTRAL AND INTERIOR ALASKA...THE HEAT CONTINUES WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING RECORD OR NEAR RECORD ACROSS MUCH OF
THE INTERIOR. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES AS WELL. YESTERDAY...FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SET A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 66F DEGREES WHICH
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 65F SET IN 1971. TODAY LOOKS TO BE
ANOTHER REPEAT AS WELL...WITH THE LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE THUS
FAR BEING 70F DEGREES AT FAI. BOTH HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS WARMING
CONTINUES ALOFT WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE.

THE OBSERVED 850MB TEMPERATURE FROM THE FAI SOUNDING THIS MORNING
WAS 16.4C. ALL OF THE MODELS SHOW THE 850MB TEMPERATURES WARMING
THROUGH THE WEEK WITH THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED RECORD 850MB
TEMPERATURE EVER IN JUNE IN FAIRBANKS BEING 19.1C ON JUNE 16TH
1969 AND ALL TIME RECORD OF 20.8C ON JULY 26, 1955. WITH THE WARMING
TEMPERATURES ALOFT...WE SHOULD SEE FAI REACH UP AT LEAST 90F WHICH
WOULD BE THE FIRST IN 2013. THE LAST TIME FAI REACHED ABOVE 90F
DEGREES WAS AUGUST 15, 2010.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...EXTREME. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH
CONTINUED DRYING WILL MAKE CONDITIONS SUPER VOLATILE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ245.
&&

MAK JUN 13