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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 27, 2005, 10:06 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 27, 2005, 3:06 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2005, 10:06 AM AKDT (18:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2005, 3:06 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2005, 3:22 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 272306 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 306 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005 AKZ219-280715- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.050927T2306Z-050928T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 306 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 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. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$ AKZ220-280715- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.050927T2306Z-050928T1400Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 306 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$ AKZ221-280715- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.050927T2306Z-050928T1400Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 306 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 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. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 280557 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 957 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005 AKZ219-281400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-050928T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 957 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS OVERNIGHT. $$ AKZ220-281400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-050928T1400Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 957 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS OVERNIGHT. $$ AKZ221-281400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-050928T1400Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 957 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER SUMMITS OVERNIGHT. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 281305 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 505 AM ADT WED SEP 28 2005 AKZ218-282330- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-050929T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 505 AM ADT WED SEP 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ AKZ219>221-282330- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-050929T0000Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...NENANA... ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART... LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 505 AM ADT WED SEP 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 282322 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 322 PM ADT WED SEP 28 2005 AKZ218>221-290030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-050929T0000Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES... BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...GOBBLERS KNOB...FORT YUKON... VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER... CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT... TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 322 PM ADT WED SEP 28 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 27, 9:30 AM AKDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 9:30 AM AKDT, 36 minutes before
NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT TUE SEP 27 2005
.DISCUSSION...
ANALYSIS...300MB HEIGHT PATTERN FEATURES A RIDGE FROM
BRITISH COLUMBIA UP TO ALASKAS INTERIOR. BROAD AND DIFFUSE AREA
OF LOW HEIGHTS COVERS THE BERING SEA...AND A 140KT CORE ZONAL JET
EXTENDS ALONG 45N FROM NORTHWEST PACIFIC ALL THE WAY TO EASTERN
GULF OF ALASKA WHERE IT RUNS INTO THE RIDGE MENTIONED ABOVE.
THE MOST PROMINENT BAROCLINIC FEATURE IS VERTICALLY STACKED
968MB LOW SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK IN THE CORNER BETWEEN THE
ZONAL JET AND THE RIDGE AT 300MB. GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWS ARC OF
MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING INTO FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF
OCCLUDED FRONT WHICH IS STILL OVER GULF OF ALASKA.
THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY EXTENDS ROUGHLY FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO FORT
YUKON AND THEN EAST INTO CANADA. ARCTIC VILLAGE IS WELL IN THE
ARCTIC AIR...AND HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 28F MONDAY. 12Z RAOBS
SHOWED 850MB TEMPERATURES OF -13C AT INUVIK AND 0C AT FAIRBANKS.
THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY REQUIRED SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE
ARCTIC COAST IS IN PLACE AND PROVIDING MODERATE EAST WINDS AND
MARINE LAYER STRATUS TO NORTH SLOPE ZONES. BOTH BARROW AND INUVIK
12Z RAOBS SHOWED DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TROPOSPHERE ABOVE
THE MARINE LAYER INVERSION.
SYNOPTIC FORECAST...MODELS AGREE THAT 300MB RIDGE AXIS NOW OVER
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND MAINLAND ALASKA WILL DRIFT EAST AND INTO
THE INTERIOR OF CANADA OVER NEXT 24 HOURS. RESULT IS ZONAL JET
FLOW ALONG ABOUT 50N ACROSS ENTIRE NORTH PACIFIC WHICH LEAVES THE
FORECAST AREA UNDER A WEAK BAG OF LOW 500MB HEIGHTS...HEIGHTS
WHICH ARE A GOOD 20DM BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 968 MB
LOW NOW SW OF KODIAK WILL DRIFT INTO NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA AND
SLOWLY FILL OVER NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SURFACE HIGH NORTH OF THE
ARCTIC COAST WILL STAY PUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
NORTH SLOPE...MAIN ISSUE WILL BE WINDS ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE
SURFACE HIGH. GALE FORCE OR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS
WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH THE WEEK...BUT THERE IS NO MECHANISM TO
DROP MEANINGFUL AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
ANY SNOW WILL JUST BE FLURRIES FALLING FROM THE MARINE LAYER
STRATUS WHICH WILL NOT ADD UP TO ANYTHING.
WEST COAST...MAIN ISSUE WILL BE N OR NE WINDS ON BACK SIDE OF THE
LOW SW OF KODIAK...BUT NOTHING TOO STRONG BY WEST COAST STANDARDS
AND CERTAINLY MUCH WEAKER THAN LAST WEEKS STORM. CHANCE OF RAIN
OR MAYBE SNOW WITH ASSOCIATED OCCLUSION WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA WED AND THEN STALL AND DISSOLVE IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT AS THERE IS NO
WAY TO BRING SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IN FROM THE BERING SEA.
INTERIOR...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER THE USUAL SUMMITS
TONIGHT. THEN WIND SPEEDS BEGIN A LONG SLOW DECLINE WED AS THE
KODIAK LOW WEAKENS. A LITTLE RAIN OR SNOW POSSIBLE WITH PASSAGE
OF OCCLUDED FRONT BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. ARCTIC AIR
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER NORTHERN INTERIOR...AND MORE MODERATE
TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN INTERIOR WITH THE OCCLUSION.
RESULT WILL BE MAINTENANCE OF A FAIRLY SHARP 850MB TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR.
.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WIND ADVISORIES AKZ216...219...220...221.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PKZ200...235.
GALE WARNING PKZ210...225...230...240...245.
ES SEP 05The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 9:13 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Sep 27, 10:02 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 29 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.