Wind Advisory 17, NWS Fairbanks, AK

190 
WWAK73 PAFG 012218
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
218 PM AKDT MON JUL 1 2013

AKZ223-021400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130703T0000Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
218 PM AKDT MON JUL 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...FROM DELTA SOUTH.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

AKZ226-021400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130703T0000Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
218 PM AKDT MON JUL 1 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

724 
WWAK73 PAFG 021333
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
533 AM AKDT TUE JUL 2 2013

AKZ223-030600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130703T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
533 AM AKDT TUE JUL 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...FROM THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA SOUTH.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

AKZ226-030600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130703T0600Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
533 AM AKDT TUE JUL 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

&&

$$

539 
WWAK73 PAFG 030535
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
935 PM AKDT TUE JUL 2 2013

AKZ223-226-030645-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-130703T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE...
MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...TRIMS CAMP...
EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
935 PM AKDT TUE JUL 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 


$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
211 PM AKDT SUN JUN 30 2013

.DISCUSSION...
THE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR PORTIONS OF ALASKA WILL BE
COMING TO AN END. ALL MODELS ARE SHOWING HIGH PRESSURE IN THE
UPPER LEVELS GETTING PUSHED INTO CANADA AND THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL
LOW LOCATED SOUTH OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY MONDAY. THIS UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL PLACE MUCH OF ALASKA UNDER SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH
500MB HEIGHTS RETURNING BACK TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF
5570M OVER FAIRBANKS SPECIFICALLY. ALL MODELS SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW OVER THE WEST COAST SLOWLY NORTHWARD TOWARD THE BERING STRAIT
BY FRIDAY. SEVERAL IMPULSES ROTATING AROUND THIS UPPER LOW
FEATURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE WESTERN COAST OF ALASKA WITH
PERIODS OF SHOWERS. MODELS THEN SHOW THE LOW FEATURE MOVING
TOWARDS THE ARCTIC COAST BETWEEN POINT LAY AND CAPE LISBURNE BY
SUNDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS SHOWN TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH
OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HOWEVER...BOTH
THE ECMWF AND GFS DIFFER IN THE STRENGTH AND LOCATION OF THIS
UPPER LEVEL LOW.

AT THE SURFACE...THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
FEATURE WILL MOVE OVER THE BERING SEA AND AND WEAKEN TO 986MB LOW
BY TUESDAY OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE LOW TROUGH OVER INTERIOR
ALASKA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CANADA BY TUESDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE MACKENZIE DELTA
IN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE BERING STRAIT CAUSING SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT. CURRENTLY HAVE BRISK WIND ADVISORIES FOR
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THERE IS ALSO A WEAK IMPULSE MOVING
NORTHWARD CAUSING THE RAIN SHOWERS ALONG PUBLIC ZONE 201 AND 202.
ANTICIPATE AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS AREA...BESIDE THE
CURRENT THE DENSE FOG LOCATED OVER BARTER ISLAND. EXPECT DENSE FOG
TO REMAIN IN PLACE AS EASTERLY WINDS REMAIN IN PLACE. ONCE HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES THIS SHOULD INCREASE VISIBILITIES OVER BARTER
ISLAND. CERTAINLY WITH THE FLOW FROM THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST...BROOKS RANGE SHOULD SEE SOME UPSLOPE FLOW THAT ALLOW
FOR RAIN SHOWERS. HOWEVER...ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE
CONFINED TO THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE TODAY AND MONDAY.

WEST COAST...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
ALASKA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...THERE
WILL ALSO BE INCREASED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AS THE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. THERE WILL BE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS KOTZEBUE AND NORTH SOUNDS. DENSE FOG
WAS ALSO BEING RECORDED BETWEEN POINT HOPE AND NORTH OF CAPE
KURSENSTERN.

CENTRAL AND INTERIOR ALASKA...WITH ALL THE ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES RECENTLY...FAIRBANKS SET SOME ADDITIONAL RECORDS
REGARDING THE HEAT. TODAY MARKED A NEW RECORD FOR FAIRBANKS WITH
THE NUMBER OF 80F DEGREE DAYS OR WARMER IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WITH
16 DAYS... THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 15 DAYS SET IN 1957. ANOTHER
NEW RECORD FOR FAIRBANKS WAS THE WEEK OF JUNE 23RD THROUGH JUNE
29TH MARKED THE WARMEST WEEK ON RECORD. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE IN
FAIRBANKS FOR THIS PAST WEEK WAS 74.8F DEGREES...WHICH BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 74.7F ON JUNE 20TH THROUGH JUNE 26TH IN 1991.

AS MENTIONED...THE RECORD BREAKING HEAT WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
ALASKA ONCE AGAIN. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CONFINED TO
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOCALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE ALASKAN RANGE THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW. AT
2 PM AKDT...ANTLER CREEK WAS SUSTAINED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55
MPH.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN BROOKS
RANGE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ALSO...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR...MAINLY ALONG
THE ALCAN BORDER FOR TODAY AND MONDAY. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY
GUSTING TO 30-40 MPH DEVELOPING NEAR ALASKA RANGE PASSES
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THESE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
MAIN CONCERNS ALONG THE NABESNA RIVER NEAR NORTHWAY VILLAGE AS
RECENT PRECIPITATION AND HIGH ELEVATION GLACIAL SNOWMELT HAS SHOWN
A RISE IN WATER LEVELS. HOWEVER...RIVER MODELS SHOW THE WATER
LEVELS SLOWLY DECREASING. HIGHER FREEZING LEVELS OVER THE
ALASKAN RANGE WILL ALSO START TO DROP AS TEMPERATURES DROP BACK
TO NEAR NORMAL BY MONDAY...WHICH WILL LIMIT ADDITIONAL SNOWMELT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

MAK JUN 13