Wind Advisory 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

001 
WWAK72 PAFG 260042
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
342 PM AKST SAT JAN 25 2014

AKZ227-261500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T0000Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
342 PM AKST SAT JAN 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST SUNDAY NEAR
THE ALASKA RANGE...

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

&&

$$

078 
WWAK72 PAFG 261349
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
449 AM AKST SUN JAN 26 2014

AKZ227-270000-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T0000Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
449 AM AKST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE...

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS 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.

&&

$$

931 
WWAK72 PAFG 262103
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1203 PM AKST SUN JAN 26 2014

AKZ227-270300-
/O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T0300Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
1203 PM AKST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING NEAR
THE ALASKA RANGE...

* LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
  DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. 

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.

&&

$$

619 
WWAK72 PAFG 270221
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
521 PM AKST SUN JAN 26 2014

AKZ227-270330-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T0300Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
521 PM AKST SUN JAN 26 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
119 PM AKST SAT JAN 25 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ALOFT...
A THE VERY PERSISTENT AND HIGH AMPLITUDE LONG WAVE PATTERN
CONSISTING OF A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE BERING SEA AND NW PACIFIC AND
A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA WILL PERSIST
THROUGH TUE AND THEN APPEARS TO RETROGRADE SLOWLY. THIS WILL KEEP
NORTHERN AK TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUE...AND
STILL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC
SLOPE WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH NEXT WEEK WHILE THE WEST COAST WILL
SEE PERIODS OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN.

850 MB TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM -10C IN NW ALASKA TO +6C ALONG THE
ALASKA RANGE. WARM AIR WILL SPREAD NW SO THAT ALL OF NORTHERN AK
IS WARMER THAN 0C BY 3PM SUN AND REMAINS THAT WARM INTO MON.

SURFACE...
A 1040 MB HIGH OVER THE MACKENZIE RIVER WITH A RIDGE OVER THE
BEAUFORT SEA WILL SLIDE SE WHILE ANOTHER HIGH BUILDS OVER THE
NORTHERN BEAUFORT SEA MON AND PERSISTS INTO TUE.
THIS MEANS E WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT AND
SUN AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN FROM MON THROUGH TUE.

A 1008 MB LOW NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN
TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT STRETCHING S FROM THE LOW WILL MOVE WEST.
A WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE LOW TO BARROW TO BARTER ISLAND
WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT FROM THE YUKON DELTA TO GALENA TO FORT YUKON WILL
MOVE TO ST MATTHEW ISLAND TO THE BERING STRAIT TO ARCTIC VILLAGE BY
3AM SAT...TO GAMBELL TO POINT HOPE THEN EAST ALONG THE ARCTIC
COAST BY 3PM SUN...AND THEN JUST NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST BY 3AM
MON. THERE WILL BE FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT
ALONG THE WEST COAST...CLEARING OUT SE OF THE FRONT. DO NOT
EXPECT ANYTHING OTHER THAN MID OR HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS IN THE
INTERIOR OR THE NORTH SLOPE WITH THIS FRONT. WILL ISSUE A
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR ZONES 211...210 AND 213 FOR TONIGHT.

A SECOND WEATHER FRONT OVER THE AK PEN WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE
YUKON DELTA AND NORTON SOUND SUN. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN
AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA FROM THE BERING
STRAIT SOUTH.

A THIRD WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE YUKON DELTA AND
NORTON SOUND MON. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN AND
FREEZING RAIN TO ZONES 213 AND 214 MON.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH MON. AT
THE SURFACE THE LOW IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF AK INITIALIZES DEEPER
ON THE GFS THAN THE NAM. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE DEEPER GFS
SOLUTION IS BETTER. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER EAST WINDS ALONG
THE ARCTIC AND WEST COASTS PER THE GFS SOLUTION. PRECIPITATION FIELDS
LOOK SIMILAR.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

JB JAN 14