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Brisk Wind Advisory 52, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 18, 2006, 11:06 PM AKST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2006, 11:06 PM AKST (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2006, 4:29 PM AKST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Feb 18, 10:01 AM AKST, 13 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 10:01 AM AKST, 13 hours 5 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 301 PM AST SAT FEB 18 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE 974 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN END OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT THIS TIME IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN A FEW MORE MB AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TO BE ABOUT 971 MB JUST OFF THE ARCTIC COAST WEST OF POINT LAY AT 3AM SUN THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES NORTHEAST. THE OCCLUDED FRONT IS ON PAEM...JUST SOUTH OF PAOM... AND NEAR PABE. EXPECT IT TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH AND EAST TO BE FROM PABA TO PAEG TO PAVD AT 9AM SUN. THIS IS THE FEATURE THAT HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS FOR EVERY ZONE NORTH OR WEST OF ZONE 222 EXCEPT 205. THE LOW ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS THE LOW SURFACE/ALOFT OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WEAKENS...WITH BRISK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BECOMING ESTABLISHED OVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA ON SUN. THE MODELS INITIALIZE (AFTER A FASHION) THE SMALL 994 MB LOW WEST OF SHEMYA. THEY DO NOT MAINTAIN THE SURFACE LOW...BUT ARE REASONABLY CONSISTENT IN MOVING THE DISTURBANCE ALOFT NORTHEAST TO BE IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AREA AT 3PM SUN.. GIVING ZONES 210 SOUTHWARD ANOTHER SHOT OF PRECIPITATION SUN AFTERNOON. A WEAK WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE ASHORE OVER ZONES 211 AND 214 AT THAT TIME...AND CONTINUE NORTH AND EAST... MOVING THE WEATHER INTO NORTHWEST ALASKA AND INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR SUN NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL OF COURSE BE NOTHING COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH TONIGHT... BUT WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE SOME STRUCTURE TO OUR WEATHER. THERE APPEARS TO BE YET ANOTHER WEAK WEATHER FRONT MOVING ONTO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AROUND 3AM MON AND CONTINUING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR MON NIGHT...AND WHY NOT? && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ206-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ217-AKZ218- AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ215-AKZ216- AKZ222. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && DJH FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 5:30 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Feb 19, 7:32 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Feb 19, 8:49 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Feb 19, 8:49 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Feb 19, 1:08 PM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFG | 10 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.