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Wind Advisory 34, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 17, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2005, 9:46 AM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 17, 2005, 2:46 PM AKDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2005, 9:46 AM AKDT (17:46 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2005, 2:46 PM AKDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2005, 6:00 AM AKDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 172246
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
246 PM ADT MON OCT 17 2005


AKZ225-226-180700-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.051017T2246Z-051018T1400Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
246 PM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT TUESDAY. WINDS
GUSTING TO 55 MPH IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL 6 AM ADT TUESDAY. 


$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 180507
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
907 PM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

AKZ225-226-181400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-051018T1400Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
907 PM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT TUESDAY. 

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 181353
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
553 AM ADT TUE OCT 18 2005

AKZ225-226-181500-
/X.EXP.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-051018T1400Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
553 AM ADT TUE OCT 18 2005

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM ADT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM ADT EARLY THIS MORNING. 
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 50 MPH AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING.

$$

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 Oct 17, 1:07 AM AKDT, 8 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 1:07 AM AKDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
607 AM ADT MON OCT 17 2005

.DISCUSSION...THE 964 MB LOW BETWEEN SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND AND PACZ
WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT ABOUT THAT DEPTH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TO BE
OVER THE YUKON DELTA AT 4PM TODAY...BUT WILL BEGIN TO FILL TONIGHT
TO BE ABOUT 972 MB NEAR PAKK AT 4AM TUE...AND 976 MB NORTHWEST OF
PASH AT 4PM TUE. ITS OCCLUDED FRONT IS INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA
AND IS ALREADY POORLY DEFINED IN THE SURFACE DATA...BECOMING A SERIES
OF WAVES MORE THAN A FRONT. EXPECT IT TO BE ALOFT FROM ABOUT PAOT TO
PAMH TO PANC AT 4PM TODAY AND DIFFUSE FROM PAWI-PAKP-PABI AT 4AM TUE.

THE MODELS ARE GENERATING QUITE A BIT OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE WEST
COAST TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR FROM THIS THING...WHICH IS NOT AT ALL
UNREASONABLE. WHEATHER IT IS RAIN OR SNOW IS DEBATABLE OVER NORTHWEST
ALASKA AND MUCH OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR (EXCEPT ZONE 215)...AND WE
HAVE GIVEN THE SNOW CONSIDERABLE PLAY (PARTICULARLY OVER THE NULATO
HILLS). THE EASTERN INTERIOR APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY WELL DOWNSLOPED...
THOUGH NOT PERFECTLY...WITH AT LEAST A CHANCE ON TUE.

THE MODEL CONSENSUS FOR WED AND THU IS PRETTY GOOD. ANOTHER LOW MOVES
EAST OVER THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND TUE TO BE ABOUT 978 MB BETWEEN
PASA AND PAEM AT 10 PM TUE...THEN MOVES CYCLONICALLY BACK NORTHWEST.
A WAVE ON THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONE BEGINS TO DEVELOP SOUTH
OF PADU WED TUE AFTERNOON AND IS A 978 MB CENTER IN THE PAKN-PADQ ARE
AT 4PM WED. THIS ONE APPEARS LIKELY TO GIVE THE EASTERN INTERIOR A
MUCH STRONGER CHINOOK THAN WE HAVE SEEN YET THIS SEASON...WITH WARNING
LEVEL WINDS POSSIBLE IN ZONES 225 AND 226.

EXCEPT FOR SOME WIND...THE ARCTIC ZONES APPEAR LIKELY TO MISS MOST OF
THE FUN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ214.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219.
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ212-AKZ215.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ240.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240.
STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ210.

&&

DJH OCT 05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 10:46 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG3 days
Oct 16, 10:51 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG33 hr
Oct 16, 10:51 PM AKDTStorm WarningAFG11 hr
Oct 17, 9:34 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG22 hr
Oct 17, 9:38 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG23 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.