Wind Advisory 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK

215 
WWAK73 PAFG 150229
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
629 PM AKDT SUN SEP 14 2014

AKZ223-151400-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140915T2000Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
629 PM AKDT SUN SEP 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT MONDAY...

* LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION

* WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

794 
WWAK73 PAFG 150943
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
143 AM AKDT MON SEP 15 2014

AKZ223-151045-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140915T2000Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
143 AM AKDT MON SEP 15 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
447 AM AKDT SUN SEP 14 2014

.DISCUSSION...
ALOFT...LOW ABOUT 80 MILES NORTH OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO NEAR
KING SALMON AT 4AM MON AND THEN BECOME DIFFUSE WHILE A SECOND LOW
FORMS NEAR BETHEL. SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM SOUTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND
TO KING SALMON MOVING TO THE YUKON DELTA TO ANVIK 4AM MON AND TO
GAMBELL TO BUCKLAND 4AM TUE BECOMING DIFFUSE. THE SECOND LOW NEAR
BETHEL WILL DRIFT NORTH BEHIND THIS TROUGH AND WEAKEN WITH THE
FORMING OF A BROAD LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA WHILE THE
STRONG RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND EASTERN ALASKA MOVES OFF
INTO CANADA. SO THERE WILL END UP BEING MUCH WEAKER SOUTHERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH THE MID WEEK WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS MOVING NORTH.

SURFACE...980 MB LOW 50 MILES NORTH OF COLD BAY DISSIPATING EAST
OF KING SALMON AT 10 AM MON. WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS LOW EXTENDS FROM WAINWRIGHT TO ANAKTUVUK PASS TO TANANA
TO A WAVE NEAR TALKEETNA AT 4AM...IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE
NORTH OF BARROW TO BETTLES TO FAIRBANKS AT 4PM BECOMING
DIFFUSE. THE FRONTAL WAVE WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE EASTERN BROOKS
RANGE BY 4PM THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OFF THE ARCTIC COAST BY
MIDNIGHT. SECOND LOW AT 995 MB FORMING NEAR BETHEL MON AM DRIFTING
NORTH TO YUKON DELTA THROUGH 4AM TUE WITH TROUGH FORMING NORTH TO
CAPE LISBURNE. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER EASTERN RUSSIA MON AND
TUE. 1026 MB HIGH NORTHWEST OF BANKS ISLAND DRIFTING SOUTHEAST
THROUGH TUE.

MODELS...MODELS AGREE WELL ON MAIN FEATURES...BY TUE WITH FLOW
ALOFT QUITE LIGHT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN HOW SHORT WAVES MOVE
THROUGH BUT THAT IS EXPECTED. IN MEDIUM TERM THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE
IN BASIC AGREEMENT WITH THE SLOW DRIFT EAST OF THE LONG WAVE
TROUGH WHICH STARTS OUT MON OVER 160 W.

NORTH SLOPE...SOME RAIN TODAY AVER WESTERN HALF WITH WEATHER FRONT
MOVING NORTH...THEN OVER EASTERN HALF TONIGHT SOME SHOWERS
POSSIBLE WITH REMAINS OF THE FRONTAL WAVE MOVING OVER AREA. AFTER
THESE FEATURES PASS THE HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL MOVE FARTHER AWAY
AND THE EASTERN WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE...TONIGHT OVER THE
WESTERN COAST AND MON OVER THE EASTERN COAST.

WESTERN ALASKA...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FORMED OVER THE MIDDLE
YUKON VALLEY SAT PM AND CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR A REPLAY
THERE THIS PM. EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE REMAINDER EXCEPT
OVER THE YUKON DELTA WHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTH WITH
THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH...AND OVER NORTON SOUND...NULATO HILLS...AND
LOWER YUKON VALLEY SUN NIGHT AND MON.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...SCATTERED OR MORE SHOWERS OVER
CENTRAL INTERIOR...DENALI...DELTANA...MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY AND
KOYUKUK VALLEY THIS MORNING DIMINISHING FROM THE SOUTH AS FRONTAL
WAVE RUNS NORTH. ANOTHER WARM DAY OVER SOUTHERN INTERIOR WITH
FAIRBANKS AND DELTA JUNCTION NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES.
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY
AND SE UPPER YUKON VALLEY THIS PM AND MON PM WITH MODELS SHOWING
LIFTED INDICIES AROUND MINUS 1...AND CAPE VALUES OF 200 OR SO. THE
FRONTAL WAVE MOVING NORTH WILL BUILD THE RIDGING BACK OVER THE
COPPER RIVER BASIN FOR TODAY RESULTING IN A RETURN TO GAP
FLOW...BUT EXPECT ALL ALASKA RANGE WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS. AS THE FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS THROUGH MID WEEK SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGHS THAT MOVE
THROUGH.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES TODAY BUT
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT.

&&

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

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

JL SEP 14