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WWAK61 PAFC 042330
RFWAER
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
330 PM AKDT FRI AUG 4 2023
AKZ141-051600-
/O.CON.PAFC.FW.W.0005.230805T2000Z-230806T0800Z/
COPPER RIVER BASIN-
330 PM AKDT FRI AUG 4 2023
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT AKDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR HOT DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR
THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT
SATURDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...SOUTH 14 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TIMING...NOON SATURDAY THROUGH 12 AM SUNDAY
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S.
* LOCATION...THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. AREA OF HIGHEST CONCERN IS
ALONG THE COPPER RIVER.
* IMPACTS...RAPID IGNITION, GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. IT IS DIRECTED
TOWARD FIRE AGENCIES, AND THROUGH THEM TO THE PUBLIC.
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