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Spot Forecast for Doyon 26 Rig Incident...NOAA OR&R
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
441 AM AKST Tue Jan 27 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 AKST on January 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Winds begin to increase again through the day today with blizzard
conditions possible by about 9pm this evening. Winter Storm Watches for blizzard
conditions have been issued. This event looks to persist through most of Thursday
with strong winds, blowing snow, and very cold wind chills. Wind chills are still
expected to moderate on Wednesday with warmer air moving in behind a warm front,
though winds will still be quite strong. There is good confidence that winds will
be lighter by Friday with temperatures between 0 and 15 below through the weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Areas of blowing
                    snow and patchy freezing fog.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 17 below.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 20 to 26 mph with gusts to
                    around 37 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
Snow level..........0 ft.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Areas of blowing
                    snow and patchy freezing fog. Slight chance of
                    snow.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 21 below.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds around 29 mph with gusts to
                    around 40 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
Snow level..........0 ft.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Areas of blowing snow.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 3 below.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 26 to 29 mph with gusts to
                    around 40 mph.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
Snow level..........0 ft.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Areas of blowing snow. Lows around 8 below. Highs
around 1 below. Northeast winds around 22 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Cloudy. Areas of blowing snow in the evening. Lows around
10 below. Highs around 1. Northeast winds around 9 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Cloudy. Lows around 11 below. Highs around 4 below. Northeast
winds around 6 mph.

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Forecaster...CHRIEST
Requested by...Liza Sanden
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2600993.3/AFG
.DELDT 01/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL liza.sanden@noaa.gov,huelskoetter.torri@epa.gov,Chastity.Olemaun@north-slope.org,Stanfield.Brooks@epa.gov,kimberley.maher@alaska.gov,whittier.robert@epa.gov