Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

651 
WWAK73 PAFG 262159
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016

AKZ226-271500-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.160127T0300Z-160127T1500Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1259 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
AKST WEDNESDAY..

* LOCATION...THROUGH THE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
  DIMINISH BY 6 AM WEDNESDAY. 

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.

&&

$$

190 
WWAK73 PAFG 271157
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
257 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016

AKZ226-271300-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-160127T1500Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
257 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
143 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016

.DISCUSSION...
THE 00Z MODELS INITIALIZED WELL AGAINST THE 00Z ANALYSIS AND
VERIFIED WELL AGAINST THE 06Z ANALYSIS. MODEL SPREAD REMAINS SMALL
IN THE THE SHORT RANGE AND INTO THE MID RANGE AND REMAINS
REASONABLE THROUGH THE LONG RANGE.

ALOFT AT 500 HPA THE PERSISTENT RIDGE OVER EASTERN ALASKA AND
EXTENDING SOUTHEAST OVER BRITISH COLOMBIA WEAKENS A LITTLE TODAY
AS THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES PUSHES NORTH OUT OF THE
NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE THE SOUTHERN
INTERIOR THIS EVENING. THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK QUICKLY TONIGHT AS
THE SHORT WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AND STRETCHES FROM
THE BERING STRAIT TO THE MCKENZIE DELTA WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
SHORTWAVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE TO THE CHINOOK WINDS OVER THE
NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE THIS EVENING. 40KTS AT 850 MB
TO 750 MB WILL AGAIN MIX TO THE SURFACE AS A WEAK MOUNTAIN WAVE
SETS UP. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. ONGOING
TANANA VALLEY JET WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING AS UPPER LEVEL WINDS
BECOME PERPENDICULAR TO THE ALASKA RANGE INSTEAD OF DOWN THE
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY.

THE SHORT WAVE WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO THE NORTHERN
INTERIOR AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE AS UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES
OVERCOME WEAK DOWN SLOPE CHINOOK WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN
INTERIOR. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THIS SHORT WAVE COMBINED WITH
LEE SIDE TROUGHING OVER THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN BROOKS
RANGE WILL CREATE A SHARP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE
WHICH COMBINED WITH A 1025 MB HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR 80N AND
155W WILL STRENGTHEN AN ALREADY STRONG GRADIENT OVER THE EASTERN
NORTH SLOPE. ONGOING BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME
THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY AS STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE STRONG GRADIENT RELAXES
QUICKLY TO THE WEST WHERE NEITHER WIND GUSTS NOR VISIBILITY ARE
EXPECTED TO REQUIRE HEADLINES.

ONGOING BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE BERING STRAIT AND ST LAWRENCE
ISLAND HAS BEEN EXTENDED THOUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. THE INITIAL FRONT
HAS PASSED THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT AND PUSHED NORTHWEST PAST ST
LAWRENCE ISLAND WHERE CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOME THIS
MORNING...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG IF NOT
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND TONIGHT AND AS SNOW PUSHES BACK
INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE NEXT SHORT
WAVE...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN TO
BLIZZARD OR NEAR CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY.

DISPERSION IN INTERIOR VALLEYS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN POOR TODAY
AND BECOME VERY POOR TONIGHT AS STEEP AND SHALLOW INVERSIONS
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 20S AND
30S IN THE HILLS AND VALLEY TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225-PKZ235.
&&

CCC JAN 16