High Wind Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK72 PAFG 302236
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
236 PM AKDT WED APR 30 2014

AKZ213-011400-
/O.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140501T2100Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
236 PM AKDT WED APR 30 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM AKDT THURSDAY NEAR
SAVOONGA AND THE BERING STRAIT...

* LOCATION...NEAR SAVOONGA AND THE BERING STRAIT

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 65 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND
  THEN DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* 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.

&&

$$

292 
WWAK72 PAFG 011128
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
328 AM AKDT THU MAY 1 2014

AKZ213-020000-
/O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140501T2100Z/
/O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0006.140501T1400Z-140502T0000Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
328 AM AKDT THU MAY 1 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON|
FOR AREAS NEAR THE BERING STRAIT THE BERING STRAIT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...NEAR THE BERING STRAIT

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY
  AND THEN DIMINISH.

* 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...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
524 AM AKDT WED APR 30 2014

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER NORTH OF
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS NOW EXITING EASTWARD INTO CANADA. CURRENT
MODELS AGREE IN BUILDING A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED
OVER THE ALASKA INTERIOR BY EARLY THU...WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS
EXCEEDING 570 DAM. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH
FRI WITH MAXIMUM 500 MB HEIGHTS APPROACHING 576 DAM. CURRENT
GFS AND ECMWF BREAKING THE HIGH DOWN INTO A RIDGE OVER THE
EASTERN INTERIOR BY SAT...BUT WITH HEIGHTS CONTINUING WELL
ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO +4C
TO +6C OVER MANY AREAS BY FRI...WITH FREEZING LEVELS RISING TO
8000-9000 FT. HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN FALLING OVER THE WEST COAST AND
NORTHWEST ALASKA FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MODEL SOLUTIONS BECOME QUITE DIFFERENT
BY MON IN THE HANDLING OF THIS TROUGH. CANADIAN GEM MODEL IS THE
MOST AGGRESSIVE IN SPREADING A COOLER WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MON WHILE
THE ECMWF HOLDS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTHERN
BERING SEA. THE GFS SOLUTION LIES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THESE TWO
EXTREMES. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS LIKELY TO REMAIN OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR THROUGH MON.

AT THE SURFACE...A 980 MB LOW ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF SHEMYA
WILL WEAKEN TO A 998 MB LOW WEST OF THE GULF OF ANADYR BY EARLY
THU.. THIS LOW WILL THEN FILL AS A NEW 1002 MB CENTER DEVELOPS
ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY THU
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE INTERIOR AS
THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH BUILDS. PRECIPITATION...MAINLY RAIN
SHOWERS...CONTINUING OVER THE BERING SEA...WESTERN SEWARD
PENINSULA...AND NORTHWEST ALASKA TODAY AND TONIGHT DIMINISHING IN
AREAL COVERAGE THU. OCCLUDED FRONT WILL STRETCH NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LITTLE EASTWARD
MOVEMENT. WARMER TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEST COAST WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT.

THE INTERIOR WILL SEE GRADUALLY DECREASING CLOUDS TODAY
THROUGH THU AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH BUILDS...MOSTLY
SUNNY OVER SOUTHERN INTERIOR AREAS BY THU. BY FRI...
MOSTLY SUNNY OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND
EXCEPT ALONG THE OUTER WEST COAST AND THE NORTHERN/WESTERN
ARCTIC COASTAL AREAS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
INTERIOR WILL SEE A WARMING AND DRYING TREND THU INTO
THE WEEKEND. MIN RH LIKELY FALLING TO 15% OR LESS IN
MANY AREAS FRI THROUGH SUN.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
FREEZING LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE THU AND REACH 8000-9000 FT
MSL IN MANY AREAS OF THE INTERIOR BY FRI AND REMAIN HIGH INTO THE
WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL HIGH ELEVATION SNOW MELT
WHICH WILL LIKELY INFILTRATE INTO THE RIVERS BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ230.
&&

APR 14