Wind Advisory 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

049 
WWAK73 PAFG 312154
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
154 PM AKDT SUN MAY 31 2015

AKZ222-011200-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.150601T0200Z-150601T1400Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
154 PM AKDT SUN MAY 31 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
AKDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY
  THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DIMINISH IN THE EARLY MORNING ON MONDAY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS
  THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

296 
WWAK73 PAFG 011254
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
454 AM AKDT MON JUN 1 2015

AKZ222-011400-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-150601T1400Z/
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
454 AM AKDT MON JUN 1 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. LOCAL
WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
430 AM AKDT SUN MAY 31 2015

UPDATED WEST COAST PARAGRAPH

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...
AT 500 MB...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH OF
DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST BY LATE
THIS MORNING...THEN OPEN UP INTO A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER
THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH
SWING EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD OUT OF
THE HIGH ARCTIC MONDAY NIGHT...ARRIVING ON THE EASTERN ARCTIC
COAST TUESDAY MORNING. A TROUGH WILL EXPAND SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE LOW CENTER MOVING TO THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.
A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA TO THE
KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE
RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MONDAY...BUT WITH THE EASTERN
PORTION BECOMING CRUNCHED DOWN BY THE SOUTHWARD MOVING SHORT WAVE
TROUGH.

SURFACE...
A 1040 MB HIGH CENTERED 400 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL MOVE
TO 200 MILES NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEAKEN TO 1032 MB. A THERMAL TROUGH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE ALASKA RANGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A STRONG SEA LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE
WILL EXPAND SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PRODUCING GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS. A SURFACE TROUGH OVER
THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ALONG LONGITUDE 140W
MONDAY...AND DEEPEN INTO A 1016 MB LOW NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT
BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL DISSIPATE TUESDAY AS IT MOVES
INLAND. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN INTERIOR...AND THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT OVER THE
SOUTHERN INTERIOR. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR
MONDAY...DIMINISHING SOME MONDAY NIGHT.

WEST COAST...
MAINLY OFFSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WEST COAST. FOG
AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND TODAY. SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE YUKON DELTA ZONE
AND IN NEARBY AREAS OF ZONES 212 AND 215. MAINLY ISOLATED RAIN
SHOWERS OVER THE YUKON DELTA ZONE SUNDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONE 214 AND SOUTHWESTERN ZONE
215 TODAY AND MONDAY.

INTERIOR...
SUBSTANTIALLY COOLER AIR WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE INTERIOR
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. INITIALLY THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE ON
DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MANY AREAS
TONIGHT SHOULD HELP KEEP MINIMUM TEMPERATURES UP...BUT EVEN
SO...LOW TEMPERATURES COULD DROP INTO THE 30S IN THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR...AND IN SHELTERED COLD SPOTS IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR.
LOWER TEMPERATURE READINGS MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD MONDAY NIGHT
WITH THE COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE AND WITH WINDS DIMINISHING SOME
LATE AT NIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED
TO REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES LATE IN THE WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING AND SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT REBUILDS. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE EASTERN BOOKS RANGE TODAY
AND TONIGHT WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH.

RAIN WILL BE LIKELY IN PARTS OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR EAST
OF THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO MAINLY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. SCATTERED LOCALLY NUMEROUS
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR MONDAY MORNING
BECOMING SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE NEXT
SHORT WAVE TROUGH...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS.

ARCTIC COAST...
THE EASTERN ARCTIC SLOPE WILL EXPERIENCE ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW
WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH DROPS SOUTHWARD.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
VERY DRY AIR WILL BE INFILTRATING SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL
INTERIOR AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY AND MONDAY. DEW
POINTS IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR MONDAY WILL BE DOWN INTO THE TEENS
AND 20S BY MONDAY. MINIMUM RH TODAY AND MONDAY WILL BE AS LOW AS
AROUND 20 PERCENT...WITH THE LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES BEING IN
ZONES 219-221-222-223-WESTERN ZONE 220. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING. WITH THE INTRUSION OF
VERY DRY AIR AND THE GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL
LIKELY BE FAIR TO POOR. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE MONDAY.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
THE SAG RIVER AT PUMP STATION 3 HAS FALLEN ABOUT 2.5 FEET FROM
ITS CREST OF 19.8 FEET WHICH OCCURRED AT AROUND 6 PM FRIDAY. A
FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM
PUMP STATION 3 TO DEADHORSE. THE COLVILLE RIVER AT UMIAT CRESTED
LATE SATURDAY EVENING AT ABOUT 2.4 FEET BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
RIVERS IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR CONTINUE TO BE AT VERY LOW LEVELS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ230.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225.
&&

MAY 15