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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 18, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2005, 8:37 AM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 19, 2005, 7:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2005, 8:37 AM AKDT (16:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 19, 2005, 7:00 AM AKDT
Expired
Oct 19, 2005, 7:00 PM AKDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 182137
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
137 PM ADT TUE OCT 18 2005


AKZ225-226-191300-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.051019T1500Z-051020T0300Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
137 PM ADT TUE OCT 18 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM ADT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM ADT WEDNESDAY. 

WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. 


$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 191252
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
452 AM ADT WED OCT 19 2005

AKZ225-226-192100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.051019T1500Z-051020T1200Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
452 AM ADT WED OCT 19 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM ADT THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM ADT THURSDAY. 

WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH IN PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS 
MORNING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. 

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 191729
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
929 AM ADT WED OCT 19 2005

AKZ225-226-200000-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-051020T1200Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
929 AM ADT WED OCT 19 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM ADT THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM ADT THURSDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH IN PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 192121
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
121 PM ADT WED OCT 19 2005

AKZ225-226-201200-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-051020T1200Z/
DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
121 PM ADT WED OCT 19 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM ADT THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM ADT THURSDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH IN PASSES AND CANYONS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY 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 18, 1:07 AM AKDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 1:07 AM AKDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
607 AM ADT TUE OCT 18 2005

.DISCUSSION...THE 975 MB LOW NEAR KOYUK APPEARS TO BE FILLING
A BIT MORE RAPIDLY THAN ADVERTISED...BUT WE STILL FEEL THAT THE
MODELS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON IT. EXPECT IT TO BE ABOUT A
980 MB CENTER OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AT 4PM THIS AFTERNOON...
CONTINUING BACK CYCLONICALLY WESTWARD AND FILLING THEREAFTER.

THE MODELS DIFFER IN DETAIL CONCERNING THE 982 MB LOW SOUTH OF
CAPE NAVARIN. OUR CONSENSUS SOLUTION WOULD HAVE A 976 MB LOW
BETWEEN SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE YUKON DELTA AT 4AM WED...
DRIFTING NORTH OR MAYBE NEARLY STATIONARY UNDER THE LOW ALOFT LATER
WED. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER GOOD SHOT OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE NULATO
HILLS FROM THIS ONE...BUT IT IS OTHERWISE LESS DRAMATIC IN TERMS OF
BOTH WIND AND PRECIPITATION THAN OUR CURRENT LOW.

ANOTHER WAVE...BARELY 1008 MB OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC SOUTH OF SHEMYA
AT THIS TIME...IS ADVERTISED TO MOVE EAST MORE RAPIDLY THAN THE CAPE
NAVARIN LOW TO BE ABOUT 980 MB AT 52N/160W AT 4PM WED. THIS WILL
PROVIDE INTERIOR ALASKA WITH FAIRLY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT ON
WED. THE MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE WIND SPEEDS A BIT...AND WE
DO NO ANTICIPATE ISSUING A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ZONES 225 AND 226
UNDER THE NEW CRITERIA...BUT A REAL CHINOOK APPEARS TO BE IN THE
WORKS IN ANY EVENT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ214.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
   PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200.
&&

DJH OCT 05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 10:53 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG9 hr
Oct 17, 10:53 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG9 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.