High Wind Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK

789 
WWAK73 PAFG 220552
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
852 PM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014

AKZ226-221500-
/O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140122T1500Z/
/O.EXA.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T1500Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
852 PM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY FOR PASSES
WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |

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

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS 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.

&&

$$

AKZ225-221500-
/O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T1500Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
852 PM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY NEAR
PASSES|...

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS 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.

&&

$$

AKZ223-221500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T1500Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
852 PM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAYNEAR
DELTA JUNCTION...

* LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION.

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

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS 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.

&&

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
414 AM AKST TUE JAN 21 2014

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS...ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT OUT TO AROUND 60 HOURS. PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION NOTED THAT THE NAM HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD LAST FEW
DAYS...BUT IT IS IN LINE WITH THE OTHER MODELS THIS RUN.

ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...RIDGE UP THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA
EXTENDING INTO THE INTERIOR WITH 540 DAM HEIGHTS AS FAR WEST AS
GALENA. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ARE MOVING UP THE FACE OF THE RIDGE
OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA...THE WEST COAST...AND THE WESTERN
INTERIOR. A MAJOR SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AS IT
MOVES FROM OVER BRISTOL BAY THIS MORNING TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA
THIS AFTERNOON...THEN EXTENDS FROM OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND TO
DENALI PARK THIS EVENING...AND MOVES OVER THE BROOKS RANGE
TONIGHT. AT 850 HPA...WARM AIR CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTH WITH THE
ZERO ISOTHERM PUSHING TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST THIS MORNING.
COLD AIR WILL START PUSHING BACK IN FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY WITH
MOST AREAS BACK BELOW ZERO BY TOMORROW MORNING.

SURFACE...976MB LOW JUST NORTHWEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST. A 985MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE
BERING STRAIT THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA
TONIGHT. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. TROUGH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST WILL BE
ENHANCED AS THE DECAYING FRONT MOVES TO THE ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT.
SPOTTY PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL BE MORE ORGANIZED WITH THE
NEXT WAVE MOVING NORTH. STILL A CHANCE FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OUT
WEST BUT WITH THE TEMPERATURES FALLING LATER TODAY THAT WILL
DIMINISH. STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR SOME HEAVY SNOW UP THE WEST COAST
AS THIS NEXT WAVE WORKS NORTH. NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST
COAST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF CHINOOK
WINDS TO THE ALASKA RANGE.

ARCTIC COAST...CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...BUT NOT MUCH IN
THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHWEST COAST
WHICH WILL GET SOME SNOW. TROUGH HAS SET UP OVER THE COAST AND
WINDS HAVE INCREASED. EXPECT THEM TO PICK UP A LITTLE MORE AS THE
DAY GOES ON SO BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR MOST OF THE
COASTAL AREAS.

WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...MST OF THE ACTION WILL BE
FOCUSED OUT HERE AGAIN TODAY AS FRONT MOVES NORTH. WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG ALONG THE COAST BUT EXPECT THEM TO LET UP
TONIGHT AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. EXPECT SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
WITH THE FRONT. LOTS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BUT
NOT EXPECTING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE STEADY OR
FALLING FOR MOST AREAS TODAY.

INTERIOR...PRETTY QUIET. EXPECT SOME STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE
ALASKA RANGE AGAIN TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY SPOTTY AND
MAINLY WEST OF FAIRBANKS TODAY. TONIGHT WE COULD SEE A FEW FLAKES
IN MOST OF THE AREA AS THE FRONT PUSHES NORTH. TEMPERATURES STEADY
TODAY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215-
AKZ216.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ217.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240.
&&

SDB JAN 14