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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 14, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 14, 2005, 9:53 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 15, 2005, 10:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2005, 9:53 AM AKDT (17:53 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 15, 2005, 10:00 AM AKDT
Expired
Sep 15, 2005, 2:14 PM AKDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 142253
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
253 PM ADT WED SEP 14 2005


AKZ225-226-150700-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.050915T1800Z-050916T0000Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
253 PM ADT WED SEP 14 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM ADT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM ADT THURSDAY. 
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 40 MPH IN PASSES LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THAT STRONG INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE
LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND.


$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 150626
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1026 PM ADT WED SEP 14 2005

AKZ225-226-151430-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.050915T1800Z-050916T0000Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1026 PM ADT WED SEP 14 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM ADT
THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM ADT
THURSDAY. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE
LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 151040
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
240 AM ADT THU SEP 15 2005

AKZ225-226-151845-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.050915T1800Z-050916T1200Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
240 AM ADT THU SEP 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
ADT FRIDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 AM ADT FRIDAY. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE
LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 151042
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
242 AM ADT THU SEP 15 2005

AKZ225-226-160000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.050915T1800Z-050916T1200Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
242 AM ADT THU SEP 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 AM ADT FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM
ADT FRIDAY. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE
LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 152214
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
214 PM ADT THU SEP 15 2005


AKZ225-226-152315-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-050916T1200Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
214 PM ADT THU SEP 15 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 Sep 14, 9:30 AM AKDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 9:30 AM AKDT, 23 minutes before
NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT WED SEP 14 2005

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...STRONG LOW OVER CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL ROTATE
NORTHEASTWARD TO OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LOW WILL OPEN UP OVER ANVIK BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A RIDGE
FORMING AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL HAVE AXIS SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE
CENTRAL INTERIOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY
OF CANADA FRIDAY MORNING. A SMALLER LOW NEAR POINT BARROW WILL
MOVE EAST OF MACKENZIE BAY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SURFACE...A 980 MB LOW SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL
DEEPEN TO 974 MB OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE LOW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND
GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO 980 MB BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL BE
989 MB OVER EMMONAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN 997 MB OVER THE NULATO
HILLS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL
PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

NORTH SLOPE...LOW PRESSURE OVER BERING SEA WILL BRING SOME WARMING
AND INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS FOR THE NORTH SLOPE THURSDAY TO
THURSDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW WILL
BE WEST OF BARROW.

WEST COAST...RAIN WILL DEVELOP MOST AREAS TONIGHT AS FAST MOVING
OCCLUDED FRONT MOVES AHEAD OF SLOW MOVING BERING SEA LOW. RAIN
SHOULD TAPER TO SHOWERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST FRIDAY TO FRIDAY NIGHT.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER WILL BE STRONG TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A
BERING SEA LOW MOVES NORTHEAST THEN BECOMES STATIONARY OVER SAINT
LAWRENCE ISLAND.

INTERIOR...WESTERNMOST ZONES WILL HAVE RAIN SPREADING OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS OCCLUDED FRONT MOVES INLAND. THE EAST
HALF OF THE INTERIOR WILL HAVE LARGE BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER TONIGHT
AS A STRONG RIDGE MOVES EAST AHEAD OF BERING SEA LOW. BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN
THEN RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTH
FLOW OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BLOCK MUCH OF THE RAIN FROM THE
USUAL RAIN SHADOWED AREA DUE NORTH OF THE RANGE AND WILL ALSO
CAUSE STRONGER WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

.HYDRO...WEST COAST ZONES WILL BE MONITORED FOR WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

.FIRE WEATHER...NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WIND ADVISORY:
            ZONE 210 NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA
            ZONE 211 SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST
            ZONE 212 EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS
            ZONE 214 YUKON DELTA
            ZONE 225 DENALI
            ZONE 226 EASTERN ALASKA RANGE
MARINE...GALE WARNING:
            ZONE 200 NORTON SOUND
            ZONE 210 DALL POINT TO WALES
            ZONE 215 KOTZEBUE SOUND
            ZONE 220 WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY:
            ZONE 225 CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT
            ZONE 230 CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN
            ZONE 235 POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT
            ZONE 240 CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND
            ZONE 245 FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT

DA SEP 05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 10:54 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG35 hr
Sep 13, 11:08 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG47 hr
Sep 13, 11:08 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG10 hr
Sep 14, 9:18 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG36 hr
Sep 14, 9:25 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Sep 14, 9:43 AM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG29 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.