Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1111 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

.A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM MCGRATH TO NENANA TO EAGLE
WILL MOVE TO NORTH TO A MCGRATH TO FAIRBANKS TO EAGLE LINE BY
THIS EVENING. THIS IS CAUSING DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS THAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AKZ224-040600-
/O.EXA.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
1111 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL BELOW 30% THIS MORNING AND TO 18 TO 29%
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED IN SNOW FREE AREAS ALONG THE 
  YUKON RIVER NEAR EAGLE. 

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ223-040600-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
1111 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH TURNING SOUTH BY 
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL BELOW 30% THIS MORNING AND TO 18 TO 29%
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ225-040600-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
DENALI-
1111 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225.

* WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30% THIS AFTERNOON.

* HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED NEAR HEALY.

* 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.

&&

$$

756 
WWAK63 PAFG 031917
RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1117 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

.A THERMAL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM MCGRATH TO NENANA TO EAGLE
WILL MOVE TO NORTH TO A MCGRATH TO FAIRBANKS TO EAGLE LINE BY
THIS EVENING. THIS IS CAUSING DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS THAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AKZ223-040600-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
1117 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH TURNING SOUTH BY 
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL BELOW 30% THIS MORNING AND TO 18 TO 29% 
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ224-040600-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
1117 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WIND...SOUTHEAST 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL BELOW 30% THIS MORNING AND TO 18 TO 29% 
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED IN SNOW FREE AREAS ALONG THE 
  YUKON RIVER NEAR EAGLE.

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ225-040600-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
DENALI-
1117 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225.

* WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30% THIS AFTERNOON.

* HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED NEAR HEALY.

* 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.

&&

$$

445 
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RFWAFG

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
834 PM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

AKZ223>225-040545-
/O.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140504T0600Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-DENALI-
834 PM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WIND FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 223...224 AND 225...

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

THE WIND HAS DIMINISHED AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG ON SUNDAY.

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
312 AM AKDT SAT MAY 3 2014

.DISCUSSION...
ALOFT...A 575 DAM HIGH CENTERED OVER PAFA WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND
EAST AND WILL WEAKEN TO 568 DAM AND WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE
ALCAN BORDER SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
AND MOVE TO THE SOUTH EAST SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
ROTATES SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND WILL MOVE ONTO THE
WESTERN NORTH SLOPE AND SEWARD PENINSULA SATURDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR INTERIOR SUNDAY
MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND WILL
BE LOCATED 250 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW BY MONDAY MORNING.

ON THE SURFACE...A 1014 MB LOW 100 NM NORTHWEST OF POINT HOPE
SATURDAY MORNING WILL DEEPEN TO 1010 MB AND MOVE TO THE NORTH AND
EAST AND WILL BE LOCATED 150 NM NORTHWEST OF POINT LAY SATURDAY
EVENING AS A 1007 MB LOW. RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN BROOKS
RANGE AND WESTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY MIX
WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED
NORTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS COLD
AIR MASS MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INLAND AND WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR FROM
PFYU TO PAFA TO PAMC SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. MOISTURE
ALONG THE FRONT WILL REDUCE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WITH MIN RH
VALUES INCREASING TO NEAR 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR.

ARCTIC COAST...STRATUS CONTINUES OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
NORTH SLOPE. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS
THE WEST COAST EXPECT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE NORTH OF
THE SEWARD PENINSULA TODAY AND THE WESTERN INTERIOR SUNDAY MORNING.
COLD AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DROP 10 TO 15 DEGREES OFF OF
FRIDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
RH VALUES CONTINUE TO RECOVER THIS MORNING. EXPECT MIN RH VALUES
TO DROP TO THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE AGAIN TODAY ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN INTERIOR...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
RED FLAG CRITERIA TODAY AS THE THERMAL TROUGH WEAKENS AND MOVES
NORTH TO NEAR A DELTA TO FAIRBANKS TO NENANA TO MINCHUMINA LINE
THIS AFTERNOON. NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ICE BREAKUP CONTINUES ALONG THE YUKON WITH BREAKUP FRONT BETWEEN
CIRCLE AND EAGLE MAKING ONLY SLOW PROGRESS ON FRIDAY. MINOR ICE
JAM REPORTED 2 MILES UPSTREAM OF BUCKLAND WITH ONLY LOWLAND
FLOODING REPORTED. MOST MAIN STEM RIVERS REMAIN AT RELATIVELY LOW
LEVELS HOWEVER FREEZING LEVELS NEAR 10K FEET WILL LIKELY BRING AN
INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS ON TRIBUTARIES. ICE CONTINUES TO DEGRADE
IN PLACE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

CCC MAY 14