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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 23, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Aug 23, 2005, 10:04 AM AKDT. It took effect at Aug 23, 2005, 3:04 PM AKDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2005, 10:04 AM AKDT (18:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 23, 2005, 3:04 PM AKDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2005, 12:45 AM AKDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 232304
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
304 PM ADT TUE AUG 23 2005


AKZ214-240715-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.050823T2304Z-050824T1400Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
304 PM ADT TUE AUG 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY. 

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 240845
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1245 AM ADT WED AUG 24 2005


AKZ214-240945-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-050824T1400Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...EMMONAK...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
1245 AM ADT WED AUG 24 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Aug 23, 9:30 AM AKDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 9:30 AM AKDT, 34 minutes before

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT TUE AUG 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...

A MEAN UPPER TROUGH POSITION WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY. SHORT RANGE
MODEL PROJECTIONS ARE SIMILAR THROUGH FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE
IN MEDIUM RANGE FORECASTS IS LOW WITH CONSIDERABLE
DIVERGENCE BETWEEN MODEL RUNS BEYOND FRIDAY.

A 984 MB SURFACE LOW JUST SOUTHWEST OF BETHEL WILL MOVE
TO NEAR SELAWIK BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WEAKENING TO 990 MB.
BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THE LOW WILL OPEN UP INTO A LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES AND
IN THE BIG DELTA AREA AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH BY LATE TONIGHT AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.HYDRO...NONE
.FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG WARNING 223-225-226

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING 223-225-226
         WIND ADVISORY 214
         DENSE FOG ADVISORY 203-204
MARINE...GALE WARNING 210.
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 220-220-225-230

RF AUG 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 23, 4:22 AM AKDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	8 hr
Aug 23, 9:24 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	13 hr
Aug 23, 10:04 AM AKDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	25 hr
Aug 23, 10:19 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG	12 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.