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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 5, 2006, 11:01 PM AKST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2006, 4:01 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2006, 11:01 PM AKST (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2006, 4:01 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2006, 2:44 PM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 061301 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 401 AM AST FRI JAN 6 2006 AKZ223-070100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.060106T1301Z-060107T0100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 401 AM AST FRI JAN 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 062344 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 244 PM AST FRI JAN 6 2006 AKZ223-070045- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060107T0100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 244 PM AST FRI JAN 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RT JAN 06
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 Jan 5, 10:27 AM AKST, 12 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 10:27 AM AKST, 12 hours 34 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 327 PM AST THU JAN 5 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE TROUGH ALOFT THAT LIES FROM THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TO NUNIVAK ISLAND HAS PROBABLY GOTTEN ABOUT AS FAR EAST AS IT IS GOING TO ANYTIME SOON...AND IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT BACK WEST. THE RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR IS WEAKENING AND HEADED EAST. THUS...THE ALREADY MODEST SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH. THE SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ALOFT MOVING NORTHWARD OVER OUR WEST COAST AND WESTERN ARCTIC ZONES IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEVERTHELESS... AS WILL EVEN WEAKER ONES OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. THE WEAKENING OF THE RIDGE ALOFT WILL ALLOW A TROUGH ALOFT OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARD OUR ARCTIC COAST. WE STILL DO NOT HAVE MUCH OF A HANDLE ON THIS ONE...BUT THE MODELS ALL WEAKEN IT SUBSTANTIALLY BEFORE IT REACHES THE ARCTIC COAST ON SUNDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && DJH JAN 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 9:42 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 22 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.