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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 21, 2014

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2014, 7:08 AM AKDT. It took effect at May 22, 2014, 10:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2014, 7:08 AM AKDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2014, 10:00 AM AKDT
Expired
May 22, 2014, 10:00 PM AKDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

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

973 
WWAK62 PAFC 211508
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
708 AM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

AKZ155-220715-
/O.UPG.PAFC.FW.A.0013.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
/O.NEW.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
708 AM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT THURSDAY
FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM
AKDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATION...LOWEST RH VALUES INLAND...STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE 
  COAST.

* 20 FT WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES... 51 TO 58 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
796 
WWAK62 PAFC 212004
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1204 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

AKZ152-221315-
/O.EXA.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
1204 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT THURSDAY
FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM
AKDT THURSDAY.

* 20 FT WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...57 TO 62 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ161-221315-
/O.EXA.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
1204 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT THURSDAY
FOR STRONG WIND FOR BRISTOL BAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM
AKDT THURSDAY.

* LOCATION...WORST CONDITIONS INLAND.

* 20 FT WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...59 TO 67 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ155-221315-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
1204 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...

* LOCATION...LOWEST RH VALUES INLAND...STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE 
  COAST.

* 20 FT WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE 
  RECOVERING THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...51 TO 58 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$
314 
WWAK62 PAFC 220000
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

.SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING AS
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES AWAY AND A REINFORCING SURGE OF
DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM BEHIND. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED DAYTIME
HEATING OVER THE AREA TOMORROW...WHICH WILL HELP RH VALUES AGAIN
DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. MEANWHILE...NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO
INCREASE AS THIS NEW AIRMASS MOVES IN...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS
LIKELY FOUND OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA.

AKZ152-221600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...

* 20 FT WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ155-221600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...

* LOCATION...LOWEST RH VALUES INLAND...STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE 
  COAST.

* 20 FT WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ161-221600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM AKDT
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS BRISTOL BAY...

* LOCATION...ACROSS BRISTOL BAY...WORST CONDITIONS FROM KING
  SALMON NORTHWARD.

* 20 FT WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING
  THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$
603 
WWAK62 PAFC 221507
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
707 AM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

AKZ152-230600-
/O.EXT.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T1800Z-140523T0600Z/
LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
707 AM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY...

* 20 FT WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH RH VALUES DROPPING BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE RECOVERING DURING THE
  LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ155-230600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
707 AM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA...

* LOCATION...LOWEST RH VALUES INLAND...STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE 
  COAST.

* 20 FT WINDS...15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH RH VALUES DROPPING BELOW
  CRITICAL LEVELS IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE RECOVERING DURING THE
  LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ161-230600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.140522T2000Z-140523T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
707 AM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
AKDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND ACROSS BRISTOL BAY...

* LOCATION...ACROSS BRISTOL BAY...WORST CONDITIONS FROM KING 
  SALMON NORTHWARD.

* 20 FT WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. RH VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL
  LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE RECOVERING TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$
981 
WWAK62 PAFC 230007
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
407 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

.DRY AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TOMORROW...WITH
WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AIRMASS FROM THE BERING SEA WILL
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY EARLY THIS WEEKEND...FIRST
IMPACTING THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BY LATE FRIDAY. THIS AIRMASS WILL
THEN SPILL INTO THE BRISTOL BAY ZONE AND LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY BY
SUNDAY.

AKZ152-230600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140523T0600Z/
LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
407 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

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

* 20 FT WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES WILL PERSIST
  THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE RECOVERING DURING THE LATE
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ155-230600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140523T0600Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA-
407 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

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

* LOCATION...LOWEST RH VALUES INLAND...STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE 
  COAST.

* 20 FT WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES WILL PERSIST
  THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE RECOVERING DURING THE LATE
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$

AKZ161-230600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140523T0600Z/
BRISTOL BAY-
407 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

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

* LOCATION...ACROSS BRISTOL BAY...WORST CONDITIONS FROM KING 
  SALMON NORTHWARD.

* 20 FT WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MID TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES WILL PERSIST
  THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE RECOVERING DURING THE LATE EVENING
  AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.

&&

$$
214 
WWAK62 PAFC 230609
RFWALU

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1009 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

AKZ152-155-161-230715-
/O.EXP.PAFC.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140523T0600Z/
LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-KUSKOKWIM DELTA-BRISTOL BAY-
1009 PM AKDT THU MAY 22 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WIND FOR THE LOWER
KUSKOKWIM VALLEY THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND BRISTOL BAY...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS RECOVERED THIS EVENING AND RED FLAG
CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING.

$$

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 21, 6:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
600 AM AKDT WED MAY 21 2014

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO SPAN ACROSS THE MAINLAND
WITH A CLOSED LOW CENTER NOW IN THE EASTERN GULF. TO THE
WEST...RIDGING STILL REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE BERING WITH A
CLOSED LOW SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. THE CURRENTLY ZONAL JET
STREAM IS SOUTH OF 40N AND THEREFORE THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS ARE
NEARLY STATIONARY THIS MORNING. A SHORTWAVE IS MOVING ALONG THE
BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN MAINLAND EARLY THIS
MORNING...INITIATING A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND
BRISTOL BAY. OTHERWISE...THE WEATHER IS RELATIVELY QUIET ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE STATE WITH LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS
SLOWLY INCREASING AS MOISTURE STREAMS AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEMS.

&&

.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN
SLOWLY DIVERGE IN SOLUTION ON THE PATTERN SHIFT BEGINNING THIS
WEEKEND. FOR TODAY...COLD AIR IS FILTERING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AS
THE SHORTWAVE DROPS TOWARD THE BASE OF THE TROUGH. COOL TEMPERATURES
THIS MORNING WILL BE SLOW TO WARM...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON AS A DRIER AIR MASS
RESIDES OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND. FIRE CONCERNS STILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE SOUTH AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY AND
TEMPERATURES REBOUND INTO THE 50S AND 60S DURING THE AFTERNOONS INTO
THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS ENERGY FROM THIS WAVE
WILL INCREASE NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WEST COAST AND ALONG THE
COOK INLET.

&&

.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL
INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST COAST TAPER OFF COMPLETELY LATER TODAY AS THE LOW IN THE
EASTERN GULF DRIFTS SOUTH AND DIMINISHES. THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE
MOVE ACROSS THE SUSITNA VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
SHORTWAVE AS IT MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY...HOWEVER THEY WILL BE LOW IMPACT BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MPH.

SOUTHWEST ALASKA...
PERIODS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL STAY IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THURSDAY WITH MOST PLACES ONLY RECEIVING TRACE AMOUNTS TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS. WITHOUT WETTING RAINS...FIRE POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH
AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY ACROSS THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA AS GUSTY WINDS INCREASE ALONG THE COAST MID DAY
AND TEMPERATURES CLIMB.

BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...
CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH PATCHY/AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST OVER THE
BERING AND ALEUTIAN CHAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. LIGHT
OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE WESTERN AND
EASTERLY ALEUTIANS AND SHORTWAVES MOVE ALONG THE RIDGE.

&&

.LONG TERM FORECAST...
THE UPPER JET STREAM WILL AMPLIFY BRINGING A 130 KT JET
STREAK SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. THIS WILL MOVE AN UPPER
LOW FROM ASIA...BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE IN THE BERING. THE LONG
TERM SOLUTIONS STILL HAVE A HIGH AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AND
THEREFORE A LOWER CONFIDENCE WITH THE FORECAST AT THE BEGINNING OF
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
FIRE WEATHER...155.

&&

MAY 14

The office that day

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

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May 21, 3:47 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
May 21, 3:27 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 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.