Wind Advisory 32, NWS Fairbanks, AK

181 
WWAK73 PAFG 172257
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
257 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

AKZ225-181400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
257 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY IN
THE PASSES...

* LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY MORNING
  HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

AKZ226-181400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
257 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY...

* LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY MORNING
  HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

AKZ223-181400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
257 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

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

* LOCATION...NEAR DELTA.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY MORNING
  HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

894 
WWAK73 PAFG 180039
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
439 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

AKZ223-181400-
/X.UPG.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
/X.EXA.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
439 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY FOR
AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATION...AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION

* WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY MORNING 
  THEN INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE. 

&&

$$

AKZ225-181400-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
439 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY
IN THE PASSES...

* LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY MORNING 
  THEN INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY 
  MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

AKZ226-181400-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131019T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
439 PM AKDT THU OCT 17 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY
IN PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA...

* LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH AT TIMES.

* TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME FRIDAY MORNING 
  THEN INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY 
  MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
207 PM AKDT WED OCT 16 2013

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA WITH
A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND HELPING TO DIG THE LONG
WAVE TROUGH INTO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. LARGE AMPLITUDE RIDGE
REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER EASTERN ALASKA AND WESTERN CANADA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO
FRIDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF TYPHOON WIPHA MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS FRIDAY MORNING. AS THE REMOUNTS PLOW EAST INTO BRISTOL
BAY SATURDAY MORNING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS WEAKENED AND SHIFTS
TO THE EAST WITH A RIDGE AXIS OVER THE GREAT BEAR LAKE SUNDAY. THE
TROUGH IN THE BERING SEA MOVES EAST TO BE CENTERED ALONG THE WEST
COAST OF ALASKA.

WINDS ALOFT OVER THE ALASKA RANGE ARE NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG
GENERALLY IN THE 50 TO 60 KT AT RANGE AT 500 MB HOWEVER GAP WINDS
REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE PASSES WITH 6MB DIFFERENCE NORTH AND
SOUTH OF THE RANGE. CURRENT WIND ADVISORY WERE EXTENDED WITH THE
EXPECTATION OF UPPER LEVEL WINDS INCREASING AND GAP WINDS
REMAINING STRONG THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. CURRENT OBLIQUE FLOW
OF THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS TO THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BECOME MORE OF A
CROSS BARRIER FLOW AND WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 60 KTS AT 850 MB
OVER THE ALASKA RANGE AS NOTED ON THE NAM12 WIND FIELDS FORECAST
FOR THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH WIND WATCHES HOISTED FOR THE
WESTERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALASKA RANGES BEGINNING THURSDAY
EVENING AS FORECASTED VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS ACROSS THE ALASKA
RANGE ARE ONE AGAIN INDICATING MOUNTAIN WAVE DEVELOPMENT AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR WARNING LEVEL WIND GUSTS BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING
AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

ON THE SURFACE A 995 MB LOW JUST SOUTH OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND
CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE NORTH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN
INTERIOR. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH EACH 6 HOUR PERIOD THROUGH
TOMORROW NIGHT WITH STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES RANGE POSSIBLE.
GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN UPSLOPE AREAS THE WESTERN BROOKS
RANGE. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY PRECIP IS POSSIBLE IN THE SAME AREAS
OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE REMNANTS OF TYPHOON WIPHA MOVES INTO
BRISTOL BAY SATURDAY AND THEN SLOWLY MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE
EASTERN BERING SEA SUNDAY.

FORECASTED SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATE POSSIBILITY OF A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN AS PRECIP CHANGES FROM SNOW TO RAIN THIS EVENING IN
THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE AND THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL
NORTH SLOPE.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ225.
&&

CCC OCT 13