Wind Advisory 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
454 AM AKST SUN FEB 28 2016

AKZ226-290300-
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EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
454 AM AKST SUN FEB 28 2016

..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM AKST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM
AKST MONDAY. 

* LOCATION...THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED IN THE EARLY 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.
&&

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AKZ223-225-281500-
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DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-DENALI-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE...HEALY...
DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...KANTISHNA
454 AM AKST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

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AKZ219-290300-
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UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
454 AM AKST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...HILLS AND SUMMITS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL RAMP UP THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST
  WIND EXPECTED IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND WILL
  DIE DOWN QUICKLY EARLY 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.

&&

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NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
607 AM AKST SAT FEB 27 2016

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
MODELS ARE IN FAIR TO GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE LARGER FEATURES FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND. NO CHANGE TO THE LARGE SCALE
PATTERN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE...WITH LONG WAVE RIDGING
ANCHORED OVER THE WESTERN CONUS EXTENDING NORTH INTO EAST AND
CENTRAL ALASKA. PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE REMAINS WOBBLING AROUND IN
WESTERN GULF AND BRISTOL BAY REGION...PERIODICALLY EJECTING
SHORTWAVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE AND INTO THE CENTRAL
AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

NORTH SLOPE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPED LAST NIGHT...MOST
LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS COMBINING WITH FALLING SNOW
ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING
FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST. VISIBILITIES HAVE
IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THIS WAVE...AND ELECTED TO CANCEL THE BLIZZARD WARNING
AND HEADLINE THE STRONG WINDS FOR ZONES 203 AND 204. POINT
THOMPSON CONTINUES TO FLIRT WITH WARNING LEVEL GUSTS BUT ELECTED
TO HOLD OFF ON WARNING ISSUANCE WITH MOST GUSTS OBSERVED BELOW 60
MPH SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE STRONG GRADIENT/WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO ZONES
201 AND 202 THIS MORNING...WITH BLOWING SNOW ALSO LINGERING INTO
TONIGHT.

WEST COAST...CONTINUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ZONE 213 DUE TO
CONTINUED REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE ON THE BERING
STRAIT COAST. WINDS THERE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH
TODAY...GRADUALLY SUBSIDING FROM EAST TO WEST TONIGHT AS INVERTED
TROUGH AXIS DRIFTS TOWARD THE AREA. ELSEWHERE RELATIVELY QUIET
WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING
BUILDS OVER THE WEST COAST AND WEST INTERIOR. ANOTHER MILD DAY
EXPECTED WITH HIGHS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE 30S.

INTERIOR...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE THROUGH CROSSING THE RANGE IS
BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE THE PASSES THIS
MORNING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
WINDS THERE ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WAVE
MOVES OFF TO THE NORTH. OTHERWISE ANOTHER QUIET AND MILD DAY FOR
THE INTERIOR REGION WITH HIGHS ONCE AGAIN CLIMBING INTO THE 30S TO
AROUND 40 ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER...WITH SLIGHTLY
COOLER READINGS TO THE NORTH.

LONG TERM...LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC
PATTERN INTO THE UPCOMING WEEK AS DYING SHORT WAVES CONTINUE TO
ROTATE AROUND A MAIN PARENT LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA AND
SWEEP ACROSS THE INTERIOR. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SOME
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVES BUT
OTHERWISE THE SNOW DROUGHT CONTINUES.

A COMPLEX SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF
ALASKA WILL SWING NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND
AND KICK OFF SOME SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY SOUTH
OF THE BROOKS RANGE AND MAINLY IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR. MORE
IMPORTANTLY...THIS FEATURE WILL RE-TIGHTEN THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT SUNDAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND INCREASE WINDS THE
WEST COAST AND IN CHANNELED AREAS OF THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS
THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WHERE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG EASTERLY GALES WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST IN THE EASTERN ARCTIC UNTIL THE GRADIENT
SLACKENS MONDAY EVENING.

MODEL SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIVERGE BY TUESDAY BUT THE GENERAL TREND
IS FOR THE GULF LOW TO WEAKEN AND BECOME INCREASINGLY UNORGANIZED
AS THE PERSISTENT RIDGE OVER WESTERN CANADA SHIFTS WEST AND
SETTLES OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. THIS WILL ALLOW THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TO BECOME WEAK AND DIFFUSE OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND
RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220.
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NTS/EWP FEB 16