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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 8, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Aug 8, 2013, 2:08 PM AKDT. It took effect at Aug 8, 2013, 9:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2013, 2:08 PM AKDT (22:08 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2013, 9:00 PM AKDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2013, 8:57 PM AKDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

953 
WWAK73 PAFG 082208
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
208 PM AKDT THU AUG 8 2013

AKZ223-091300-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.130809T1700Z-130810T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
208 PM AKDT THU AUG 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM AKDT
SATURDAY. 

* LOCATION...NEAR AND SOUTH OF DELTA JUNCTION.

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE
  INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-091300-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.130809T0500Z-130810T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
208 PM AKDT THU AUG 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT
SATURDAY. 

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. 

* TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN AFTER MID-EVENING AND
  INCREASE SOME FRIDAY MORNING...THEN CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

JL AUG 13
8 follow-up statements
323 
WWAK73 PAFG 091251
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
451 AM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

AKZ223-100000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.130809T1251Z-130810T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
451 AM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATION...FROM DELTA SOUTH.

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-100000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
451 AM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...THEN
  CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$
101 
WWAK73 PAFG 092245
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
245 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

AKZ223-101330-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
245 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATION...FROM DELTA JUNCTION SOUTH.

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-101330-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
245 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
JL AUG 13
639 
WWAK73 PAFG 100713
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1113 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

AKZ222-101600-
/X.NEW.PAFG.SM.Y.0005.130810T0713Z-130810T2000Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
1113 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A DENSE
SMOKE ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT SATURDAY. 

* LOCATION...SMOKE COVERS THE AREA. THE THICKEST SMOKE IS EAST OF
  FT WAINWRIGHT OVER NORTH POLE AND EIELSON AFB.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE-QUARTER MILE IN SMOKE WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...DENSE SMOKE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE
  SMOKE WILL LIFT SOME BY NOON SATURDAY. THE TWO RIVERS AREA 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE MILE
OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE. IF OUTDOORS...PROLONGED PHYSICAL
EXERTION SHOULD BE REDUCED OR STOPPED.

&&

$$

AKZ223-101400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
1113 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATION...FROM DELTA JUNCTION SOUTH.

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND DIMINISH EARLY 
  SATURDAY MORNING. 

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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-101400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1113 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND DIMINISH EARLY 
  SATURDAY MORNING. 

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.

&&

$$
071 
WWAK73 PAFG 101211
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
411 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

AKZ223-110000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0200Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
411 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...FROM DELTA JUNCTION SOUTH.

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DIMINISH 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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-110000-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0200Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
411 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DIMINISH 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.

&&

$$

AKZ222-102000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SM.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130810T2000Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
411 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY...

* LOCATION...SMOKE COVERS MOST OF THE AREA. THE THICKEST SMOKE IS
  EAST OF FT WAINWRIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE-QUARTER MILE IN SMOKE 
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...DENSE SMOKE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE
  SMOKE WILL LIFT SOME BY NOON SATURDAY. AREAS OF DENSE SMOKE MAY
  PERSIST IN THE TWO RIVERS AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE MILE
OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE. IF OUTDOORS...PROLONGED PHYSICAL
EXERTION SHOULD BE REDUCED OR STOPPED.

&&

$$
977 
WWAK73 PAFG 101637
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
837 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

AKZ223-101745-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0200Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
837 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH AMAY OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON. 

$$

AKZ226-110000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0200Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
837 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DIMINISH 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.

&&

$$

AKZ222-102000-
/X.CON.PAFG.SM.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130810T2000Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
837 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY...

* LOCATION...SMOKE COVERS MOST OF THE AREA. THE THICKEST SMOKE 
  IS EAST OF FT WAINWRIGHT. 

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE-QUARTER MILE IN SMOKE 
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...DENSE SMOKE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 
  THE SMOKE WILL LIFT SOME BY NOON SATURDAY. AREAS OF DENSE 
  SMOKE MAY PERSIST IN THE TWO RIVERS AREA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED TO ONE MILE
OR LESS IN WILDFIRE SMOKE. IF OUTDOORS...PROLONGED PHYSICAL
EXERTION SHOULD BE REDUCED OR STOPPED.

&&

$$
JL AUG 13
297 
WWAK73 PAFG 101959
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1159 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

AKZ222-102100-
/X.CAN.PAFG.SM.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130810T2000Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
1159 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE
SMOKE ADVISORY. 

VISIBILITIES MAY LOCALLY BE REDUCED TO 1 MILE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON
OTHERWISE VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED. 

$$

AKZ226-110200-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0200Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1159 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THEN DIMINISH 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.

&&

$$
171 
WWAK73 PAFG 102245
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
245 PM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

AKZ226-110600-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0600Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
245 PM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

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

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

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER 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.

&&

$$
940 
WWAK73 PAFG 110457
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
857 PM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

AKZ226-110600-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130811T0600Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
857 PM AKDT SAT AUG 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Aug 8, 5:04 AM AKDT, 9 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:04 AM AKDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
504 AM AKDT THU AUG 8 2013

.DISCUSSION...

DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM WITH A 993 MB
LOW AT THE SURFACE JUST SOUTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND THIS MORNING.
VERTICALLY STACKED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY
OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THROUGH SATURDAY THEN WEAKENING
AND LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY. SOUTHERLY CHINOOK
FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THROUGH
SATURDAY.

WESTERN ALASKA...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINING OVER
THE SOUTHERN BERING...SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE
AROUND THE LOW BRINGING RAIN SHOWERS FROM ZONE 210 SOUTH
THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE FOR SOME
EMBEDDED LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY.
AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST...IT WILL PUSH
CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION FURTHER INTO CENTRAL ALASKA INTO THE
WEEKEND.

NORTH SLOPE...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE SLOPE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP FOR NORTHWEST
ALASKA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE FROM BARROW EAST THROUGH THIS MORNING.

INTERIOR...ANOTHER WARM DAY FOR THE INTERIOR YESTERDAY.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AUGUST 7TH FOR FAIRBANKS WAS 85 DEGREES.
THIS WAS THE HOTTEST READING EVER RECORDED FOR AUGUST
7TH...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1968. THIS WAS THE 35TH
DAY THIS SUMMER OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER.
THE TEMPERATURE FOR FAIRBANKS WILL LIKELY HIT 80 AGAIN FOR
THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GET PUSHED FURTHER EAST ON FRIDAY
REDUCING TEMPERATURES ACROSS INTERIOR BY 3 TO 5 DEGREES...BUT
STILL REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. DRY CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY
THROUGH UPCOMING WEEKEND. SOUTHERLY FLOW CHINOOK PATTERN WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE INTERIOR ON THURSDAY AND BECOME STRONGER ON
FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR DELTA JUNCTION AREA AND ALASKA
RANGE PASSES.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

FIRE WEATHER...
RED FLAG CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR ZONES 223...225
AND ZONE 226 THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGER GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
ALONG THE ALASKAN RANGE MAINLY THROUGH THE PASSES AS WELL. EXPECT
THESE CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY
INTO SATURDAY.

HYDROLOGY...
NONE.

&&

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

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

JK AUG 13

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:14 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG36 hr
Aug 8, 2:08 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG14 hr
Aug 8, 2:24 PM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG38 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.