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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2006, 8:24 AM AKST. It took effect at Mar 30, 2006, 2:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2006, 8:24 AM AKST (17:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2006, 2:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 11:35 PM AKST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 302224 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 124 PM AST THU MAR 30 2006 AKZ225-311400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.060330T2300Z-060331T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 124 PM AST THU MAR 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIMDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 310520 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 820 PM AST THU MAR 30 2006 AKZ226-311330- /X.EXA.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060331T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 820 PM AST THU MAR 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ225-311330- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060331T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 820 PM AST THU MAR 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 311301 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 401 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 AKZ225-312115- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 401 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ226-312115- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 401 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 312019 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1119 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 AKZ225-010100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1119 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ226-010100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1119 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 312325 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 225 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 AKZ225-011400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 225 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ226-011400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 225 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 011335 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 435 AM AST SAT APR 1 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... AKZ225-226-011445- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060401T1500Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 435 AM AST SAT APR 1 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WILL REMAIN UNDER 40 MPH. $$
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 Mar 29, 11:42 PM AKST, 8 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 11:42 PM AKST, 8 hours 42 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 442 AM AST THU MAR 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN SOLUTIONS. THE GFS AND ETA HAVE COME MORE IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER THAN PREVIOUS 2 RUNS. CURRENT SATELLITE SHOWS THE LOW MOVING UP TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE ENERGY WILL BE SHEARED OFF AND ROUTED BACK DOWN SOUTHEAST WHICH IS BEING STEERED BY THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THE OCCLUDING FRONT IS SENDING ITS ENERGY NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST ZONES FOLLOWING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. AS THE OLD LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA SLOWLY DISSIPATES THE NEW BERING SEA LOW ONLY SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL HAVE ITS CLASSIC IMPACT WHERE IT WILL SPREAD MUCH WARMER AIR ALL THE WAY NORTH TO THE ARCTIC COAST WHILE TAPPING IN TO SOME COLDER AIR STILL TRAPPED OVER MAINLAND FAR EAST RUSSIA AND PULLING IT IN BEHIND. THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST HAS SLID OVER INTO CANADA. THIS IS CAUSING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO RAPIDLY INCREASE OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST ZONES AND CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THOSE AREAS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL TRANSITION EASTWARD OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE AND PROVIDE KATABATIC FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS IS GOING TO BRING THE NORTHERN PART OF ALASKA OUT OF THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THAT HAS OCCURRED FOR THE MONTH. SINCE THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL NOT HAVE TROPICAL ORIGIN AND ONLY RECYCLED NORTHERN LATITUDE AIR SO THE TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY MODERATE TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL. THE SOMEWHAT SOUTHERLY FETCH WILL HAVE THE ADDED POTENTIAL OF ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL OVER THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ213-AKZ214. BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ211. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230. && CF MAR 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:53 PM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Mar 29, 4:53 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Mar 29, 9:24 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Mar 29, 9:29 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Mar 30, 5:06 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 15 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.