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Brisk Wind Advisory 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 6, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 6, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 6, 2005, 11:00 PM AKST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this brisk wind advisory went out at Jan 6, 9:30 AM AKST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 9:30 AM AKST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
230 PM AST THU JAN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT THAT WOULD BE IMPRESSIVE
INDEED EVEN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS HAS NOW ESTABLISHED ITSELF OVER
SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN PLAYER IN THE
WEATHER OVER ALASKA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE WARM FRONT THAT
MARKS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WARMEST AIR HAS NOW REACHED AT LINE
FROM JUST EAST OF BARROW TO EAGLE...THEN TO NEAR TOK. THIS FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO CANADA LATE TONIGHT...PUSHING
ITS ASSOCIATED SNOWS OUT OF THE STATE.

BEHIND THE FRONT...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW
AND DRIZZLE ARE BEING REPORTED OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST
COAST WITH TEMPS IN THE 30S OVER MANY AREAS. THE STRONG WESTERLY
WINDS THAT HAVE BROUGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE BUILD NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE REGION. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
AND VERY WARM TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MOST OF WESTERN
AND INTERIOR ALASKA THROUGH SAT AS 500 MB HEIGHTS REMAIN AT VERY
HIGH LEVELS.

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH BROOKS RANGE PASSES
AND ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH AT LEAST FRI MORNING DUE TO
CONTINUATION OF THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE
OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC. THESE
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST SAT AS A NEW
LOW CENTER THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE HIGH
ARCTIC FRI AND SAT WILL REINFORCE THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
OVER THE REGION.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT A MAJOR CHANGE TO COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SAT AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK OVER ALL OF NORTHERN
ALASKA. ALL MODEL OUTPUT NOW IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN MOVING A VERY
SHARP COLD FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA ON SAT AND
SAT NIGHT...THEN OVER THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUN AS THE
VERY STRONG RIDGE IS PUSHED BACK TO THE SOUTH. ALONG AND JUST
BEHIND THE FRONT...THERE WILL BE LIKELY OF SHORT PERIOD OF SNOW
AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEFORE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN
BEHIND THE FRONT CLEARS THE SKIES AND DIMINISHES THE WINDS. TEMPS
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WELL BELOW ZERO OVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA
BY SUN WITH TEMPS FALLING TO THE -20 TO -40 RANGE BY SUN NIGHT AND
MON. MODEL OUTPUT THEN KEEPS ALL OF MAINLAND ALASKA IN A COLD
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WINTER STORM WRNG 205 AND 206 THROUGH 11AM FRI. WINTER
STORM WATCH 203 AND 204 FRI NIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVY TONIGHT
201...203...204...219...220...222.
MARINE...SCA/BRSK TONIGHT/FRI 9B...10A...10B...11A.

MP JAN 05

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 6, 7:28 AM AKST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 11:00 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		24 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.