Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Apr 27, 2014, 3:27 PM AKDT (23:27 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 27, 2014, 4:00 PM AKDT

Expired

Apr 27, 2014, 7:51 PM AKDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

763 
WWAK63 PAFG 272327
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
327 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014


AKZ222-280400-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0002.140428T0000Z-140428T0400Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
327 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222.

* WIND...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH

* HUMIDITY...15 PERCENT

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

AKZ223-280400-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0002.140428T0000Z-140428T0400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
327 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223.

* WIND...LIGHT AND VARIABLE. 

* HUMIDITY...15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

AKZ225-280400-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0002.140428T0000Z-140428T0400Z/
DENALI-
327 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225.

* WIND...VARIABLE LESS THAN 15 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

AKZ226-280400-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0002.140428T0000Z-140428T0400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
327 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226.

* WIND...VARIABLE LESS THAN 15 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR WILL
OCCUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND DANGEROUS
FIRES. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES...AND THROUGH THEM...
TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

602 
WWAK63 PAFG 280351
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
751 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014


AKZ222-223-225-226-280500-
/O.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140428T0400Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-DENALI-
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
751 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 222...223...225 AND 226...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

RH VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER INTO THE NIGHT.

$$

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 27, 2:28 PM AKDT, 59 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
228 PM AKDT SUN APR 27 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ALOFT...
A VERY WEAK RIDGE OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON
AND THEN BUILD FROM TUE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL CAUSE
TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN ALASKA TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH
TUE AND THEN CLIMB TO WAY ABOVE NORMAL LATER IN THE WEEK.

A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE THROUGH
THIS RIDGE TO THE BERING STRAIT MON PM...TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR
TUE PM AND TO THE ALCAN BORDER TUE NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING
PRECIPITATION TO THE WEST COAST LATE MON AND INTO THE NW INTERIOR
TUE.

SURFACE...
A 1032 MB HIGH NORTH OF BANKS ISLAND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON AND
THEN WEAKEN TUE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST FROM
BARROW EAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE.
THIS WILL CAUSE EAST WINDS 20-25 KT ALONG WITH FLURRIES AND FOG TO
PERSIST THROUGH MON NIGHT FROM BARROW EAST.

A WEAK THERMAL TROUGH FROM MCGRATH DELTA JUNCTION TO NORTHWAY WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MON THEN DRIFT NORTH TO GALENA TO EAGLE MON NIGHT
AND DISSIPATE TUE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING INTO THIS TROUGH.
DRY CONDITIONS ALONG THIS TROUGH WILL PERSIST WITH SOME ISOLATED
PM SHOWERS IN THE SE INTERIOR.

AN WEATHER FRONT IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE GULF
OF ANADYR BY 4PM MON...ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA BY 4AM
TUE...TO BARROW TO COLDFOOT TO GALENA TO GAMBELL BY 4PM TUE...AND
TO CIRCLE TO THE BERING STRAIT BY 4AM WED. EXPECT SNOW WITH THIS
FRONT FROM NOME TO ANAKTUVUK PASS WITH THIS FRONT WITH UP TO 4
INCHES ALONG SW FACING SLOPES. EXPECT MIXED RAIN AND SNOW WITH
THE FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST SOUTH OF NOME AND IN THE WESTERN
AND CENTRAL INTERIOR AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE. EXPECT JUST
SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN
INTERIOR.

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTION THROUGH 4PM MON.
EXCEPTION IS ON PRECIPITATION WHERE THE GFS APPEARS TO OVERDO
AREAL EXTENT OF PRECIPITATION IN THE INTERIOR. FAVOR THE DRIER NAM
PRECIPITATION GIVEN THE CURRENTLY VERY DRY AIR MASS THAT WILL
CAUSE MOST PRECIPITATION TO EVAPORATE THROUGH MON OVER THE
INTERIOR.

AFTER 4PM MON THE NAM KEEPS THE FRONTAL PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO
WESTERN AND INTERIOR MORE NW THAN THE GFS. FAVOR THIS SOLUTION DUE
TO THE BUILDING 500 MB RIDGE AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND TUE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
DRY CONDITIONS UNDER THE THERMAL TROUGH IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR
TODAY AND MON WITH RH OF 16-20%. RH INCREASING TUE AS FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

JB APR 14

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