Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
123 PM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR STRONG 
WIND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR...

AKZ219-250800-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150725T0800Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
123 PM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT
FOR STRONG WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219...

* WIND...WEST GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
  AND EVENING. 

* TIMING...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT WITH 
  WINDS TURNING GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS 
  WILL SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RECOVER AFTER 10 PM 
  AKDT THIS EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$

AKZ220-250800-
/O.CON.PAFG.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150725T0800Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
123 PM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT
FOR STRONG WIND FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...

* AFFECTED AREA...WEST OF FORT YUKON.

* WIND...WEST GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING.

* TIMING...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT WITH 
  WINDS TURNING GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS 
  WILL SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RECOVER AFTER 10 PM 
  AKDT THIS EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
453 PM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2015



AKZ219-220-250200-
/O.CAN.PAFG.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150725T0800Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
453 PM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 219 AND 220...

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



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
555 AM AKDT FRI JUL 24 2015

.DISCUSSION...
THE LOW THAT WAS SOUTH OF VICTORIA ISLAND IN THE CANADIAN
ARCHIPELAGO THURSDAY MORNING HAS MOVED WEST PRETTY MUCH AS
ADVERTISED...AND IS NOW OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA JUST SOUTHWEST OF
BANKS ISLAND (SACHS HARBOR). THE MODELS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT
THOUGH...AND HAVE IT MOVING CYCLONICALLY AROUND THE CENTER ALOFT
TODAY...NOT REALLY GETTING ANYWHERE. THEY GET IT MOVING WEST AGAIN
TONIGHT...HAVE IT NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT SATURDAY EVENING...
THEN STALL IT OUT AGAIN FOR A WHILE AND FILL THE SURFACE LOW.
THE MID RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO TRACK THE CENTER ALOFT...BUT
DIVERGE PRETTY SHARPLY. THE ECMF HAS MOVED IT SOUTHEAST TO
CENTER OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE THE
GFS STILL HAS IT UP NEAR BARROW. THE FEATURE REMAINS WEAK AT
THE SURFACE...SO IT'S NOT LIKELY TO BE TOO TROUBLESOME IN ANY
EVENT.

EVENTS IN THE BERING SEA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PRETTY MUCH AS
EXPECTED AS WELL. THE WEAK 1006 MB LOW 300 MILES NORTH OF ADAK
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND AT 4PM SATURDAY.
A SMALL LOW OF ABOUT THE SAME DEPTH IS OVER THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN
EAST OF ADAK. IT WILL MOVE EASTWARD MUCH FASTER...LIKELY PASSING
COLD BAY THIS AFTERNOON.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
EXPECT SOME MINIMUM RH'S BELOW 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND ALSO SOME WIND
GUSTS TO 25 MPH...BUT PROBABLY NOT IN THE SAME SPOTS. LOWER RH'S
IN THE VALLEYS. GUSTS ON THE HILLS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
NO ISSUES.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220.
&&

DJH JUL 15