970
WWAK83 PAFG 301032
SPSAFG

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
232 AM AKDT Sun Jun 30 2024

AKZ811-812-831>835-837>846-011500-
South Slopes Of The Eastern Brooks Range-
South Slopes Of The Central Brooks Range-Upper Koyukuk Valley-
Dalton Highway Summits-Yukon Flats-
White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon River-
Fortymile Country-Delta Junction-Upper Chena River Valley-
Tanana Flats-Eielson AFB and Salcha-
Goldstream Valley and Nenana Hills-Chatanika River Valley-
Two Rivers-Fairbanks Metro Area-Nenana-Central Interior-
Including Arctic Village, Wiseman, Coldfoot, Chandalar DOT Camp,
Iniakuk Lake, the Dalton Highway from MP 165 to MP 232,
Allakaket, Bettles, Evansville, Alatna, Gobblers Knob,
Prospect Creek, Finger Mountain, The Yukon River Bridge,
The Dalton Highway from MP 39 to MP 164, Fort Yukon, Venetie,
Circle, Central, Stevens Village, Beaver,
The Steese Highway north of MP 124, Livengood,
Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, Twelvemile Summit,
The Steese Highway from MP 85 to MP 124,
The Elliott Highway from MP 32 to MP 134,
The Dalton Highway from MP 0 to MP 38, Eagle, Chicken,
The Taylor Highway north of MP 9, Delta Junction, Fort Greely,
Deltana, Chena Hot Springs, Chena Hot Springs Road east of MP 34,
Birch Lake, The Richardson Highway from MP 295 to MP 317,
Eielson AFB, Salcha, Moose Creek, Harding Lake,
The Richardson Highway from MP 317 to MP 346, Ester Dome,
Murphy Dome, The Parks Highway from MP 325 to MP 342, Haystack,
The Elliott Highway from MP 1 to MP 32,
The Steese Highway from MP 12 to MP 85, Two Rivers,
Chena Hot Springs Road from MP 12 to MP 34, Fairbanks,
Fort Wainwright, Ester, North Pole, Fox, Nenana,
The Parks Highway from MP 290 to 325, Tanana, Minto,
Manley Hot Springs, Rampart, and Lake Minchumina
232 AM AKDT Sun Jun 30 2024

...Major Weather Pattern Shift Expected Tuesday Through Late
Week for the Interior...

The long period of mostly dry and hot weather which has been in
place through most of June will come to an end by the middle of
next week. A strong front from Siberia will usher in a completely
different regime of weather, which will start as increasing
westerly winds on Monday evening and Tuesday. This will increase
ventilation rates and may result in some improvement in air
quality over the Interior, but there will still be active
wildfires in the Interior, so smoke will not completely go away.

By Wednesday, the strong front is moving across the northern
Mainland and will bring very blustery west winds across the
Mainland, with the strongest winds over the northern Interior,
where winds will be into the 20 mph range with gusts into the 30
mph range. Chances for rain begin Wednesday and Wednesday night,
and increase for the 4th of July and continue into the latter
period of the week. Temperatures will be near seasonal norms on
Wednesday, and will drop below seasonal norms by late week.
Periods of rainfall will likely continue through the weekend, with
the potential for widespread rainfall amounts which will likely
exceed what was seen in the entire month of June for many
locations.

Stay tuned to the latest forecast updates at www.weather.gov/afg

$$

Ahsenmacher