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Dense Smoke Advisory 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this dense smoke advisory at Jun 24, 2015, 5:53 AM AKDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2015, 5:53 AM AKDT (13:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 3:57 AM AKDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dense smoke advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dense smoke advisory went out at Jun 24, 1:56 AM AKDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:56 AM AKDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 156 AM AKDT WED JUN 24 2015 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE MAJOR FEATURES OUT THROUGH FRIDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH A VERY WARM AIR MASS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY BY FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ADVANCES EASTWARD AND DIGS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND NORTHWEST ALASKA. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR TODAY...AND OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY AND THURSDAY. A TREND TO COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST THURSDAY...AND OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR FRIDAY. EASTERN INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FRIDAY...BUT FALL TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES ON THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOWER THAN GUIDANCE NUMBERS IN MANY INTERIOR AREAS DUE TO REDUCTION IF INSOLATION BY FOREST FIRE SMOKE. RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN WEST COAST...AND ZONES 201-202-WESTERN ZONE 205 WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH...SPREADING SOUTH AND EAST TO MUCH OF THE WEST COAST...CENTRAL AND WESTERN BROOKS RANGE...AND MOST OF THE ARCTIC COAST AND INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 0.25 TO LOCALLY 0.5 INCH COULD OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE ARCTIC COAST/INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE/BROOKS RANGE/NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST AND EXTREME NORTHWEST INTERIOR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXTENSIVE FOREST FIRE SMOKE WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR TODAY AND THURSDAY...AND OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING HIGHER MINIMUM HUMIDITIES TO THE WESTERN INTERIOR BY FRIDAY. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. && .HYDROLOGY... HIGH FREEZING LEVELS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF GLACIAL SNOWMELT RUNOFF. WATER LEVELS ON THE MAIN STEM OF THE TANANA RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO CREEP SLOWLY UPWARD. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && RF JUN 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:19 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Jun 24, 1:48 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 52 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.