Wind Advisory 19, NWS Fairbanks, AK

590 
WWAK72 PAFG 082229 CCA
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
228 PM AKDT THU AUG 8 2013

CORRECTED TIMING SECTION

AKZ227-091315-
/X.COR.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.130809T0600Z-130810T0200Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
228 PM AKDT THU AUG 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
AKDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  MOST OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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

039 
WWAK72 PAFG 091253
NPWWCZ

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

AKZ227-100000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130810T0200Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
453 AM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

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

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

846 
WWAK72 PAFG 092156
NPWWCZ

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

AKZ227-101300-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
156 PM AKDT FRI AUG 9 2013

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

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND DIMINISH TOWARD
  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

819 
WWAK72 PAFG 101205
NPWWCZ

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

AKZ227-101315-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-130810T1400Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
405 AM AKDT SAT AUG 10 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
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