Alert archive / Alaska / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Anchorage, AK
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 THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:47 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| May 21, 3:27 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 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.