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Wind Chill Advisory 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 29, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Nov 29, 2005, 8:50 AM AKST. It took effect at Nov 29, 2005, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2005, 8:50 AM AKST (17:50 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2005, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired
Nov 29, 2005, 11:27 PM AKST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK43 PAFG 292250
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
150 PM AST TUE NOV 29 2005

AKZ226-301500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.051130T0300Z-051130T1500Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
150 PM AST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
AST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST
WEDNESDAY. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY INDICATES LOW WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWAK43 PAFG 300827
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1127 PM AST TUE NOV 29 2005

AKZ226-300930-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051130T1500Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1127 PM AST TUE NOV 29 2005

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Nov 29, 12:06 AM AKST, 8 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 12:06 AM AKST, 8 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
506 AM AST TUE NOV 29 2005

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA NORTHEAST OVER THE EASTERN
ALASKA RANGE. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AND BY THIS EVENING WILL NOT BE
DISCERNIBLE. LOW PRESSURE OVER BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER
NORTON SOUND THIS EVENING THEN TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA ON WEDNESDAY.
ALL MODELS AGREE WITH DAY 6 TO 10 STRONG HIGH BUILDING OVER EASTERN
RUSSIA.

SURFACE...A TROUGH OVER THE ARCTIC FROM NORTHEAST OF BARROW TO FAR
NORTHERN CANADA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED WELL NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND BUILDS ITS AREA OF INFLUENCE
EASTWARD AND SOUTHWARD. LOW PRESSURE WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL
MOVE EAST AND BE OVER NORTON SOUND THIS EVENING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING
THE LOW WILL BE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL
WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY EAST OF THE SOUNDS TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE TOMORROW.

NORTH SLOPE...WEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE ARCTIC MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA.

WEST COAST...SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND MARINE
AREA WILL GO BELOW 25 KNOTS BY EVENING...BUT SEAS WILL CONTINUE
VERY HIGH AND ABOVE ADVISORY LEVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW
SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE FILLS. ONLY FLURRIES
WILL FOLLOW. WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDING ITS AREA OF COVERAGE
SOUTH AND EAST OF WRANGEL ISLAND.

INTERIOR...MAINLY JUST FLURRIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN DRY WEATHER THROUGH
THE WEEK END. NO END IN SIGHT FOR THE COLD TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR PKZ210.
&&

DA NOV 05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 9:31 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG4 days
Nov 28, 9:31 PM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG7 days

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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.