Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Aug 16, 2014, 8:51 AM AKDT (16:51 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 16, 2014, 12:00 PM AKDT

Expired

Aug 16, 2014, 9:00 PM AKDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

556 
WWAK63 PAFG 161651
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
851 AM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...CHINOOK WINDS ARE BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO ZONES 223 AND 226... 

AKZ223-170100-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0029.140816T2000Z-140817T0500Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
851 AM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223.

* WIND...GUSTING 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...25 TO 35 PERCENT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...NONE.

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-170100-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0029.140816T2000Z-140817T0500Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
851 AM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226.

* WIND...GUSTING 50 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 27 PERCENT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...NONE.

* 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.

&&

$$

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 16, 5:09 AM AKDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
509 AM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014

.DISCUSSION....DISCUSSION...
ALOFT...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH JUST SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE WILL
DRIFT NORTH TO THE ARCTIC COAST BY TONIGHT. A LOW OVER THE FAR
WEST ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR BY MONDAY MORNING.

SURFACE...A COLD OCCLUSION LOCATED FROM KOTZEBUE TO ARCTIC
VILLAGE WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE WHILE MOVING TO THE NORTH. THE
OCCLUSION WILL REACH THE ARCTIC COAST BY SATURDAY NIGHT. A 1023 MB
HIGH FAR NORTH OF BARROW WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT TO THE NORTH AND
EAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

MODELS...GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS IN THE SHORT
TERM.

NORTH SLOPE...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AS
THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST. SOME
RAIN SHOWERS AS THE SHORTWAVE TOUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA.

WESTERN ALASKA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
TODAY IN THE BROOKS RANGE AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES TO THE
NORTH. DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
INTERIOR TODAY. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE
AREA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...

FIRE WEATHER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TOMORROW ACROSS MAINLY
WEST AND NORTHWEST ALASKA...IN AREAS WHERE DRY FUEL CONDITIONS
EXIST. SOME WIND THROUGH AK RANGE TODAY WITH HUMIDITY NEARING 30
PERCENT...THOUGH FUELS REMAIN NOT BURNABLE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...RAINFALL IN THE BROOKS RANGE TODAY COULD LEAD TO
MINOR RISES IN AREA CREAKS AND STREAMS. STREAMS AND RIVERS DRAINING
THE TANANA YUKON UPLANDS WILL RISE TODAY DUE TO THE .25-.75 INCH
OF RAIN THAT FELL ON FRI.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

RM AUG 14

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