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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 7, 2006

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 7, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 8, 2006, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2006, 4:00 AM AKDT
Expired
Sep 9, 2006, 12:30 AM AKDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 081200
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
400 AM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

AKZ223-090000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.060908T1200Z-060909T0200Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
400 AM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON FOR DELTA
JUNCTION...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$

AKZ225-090000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.060908T1200Z-060909T0200Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
400 AM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR MAINLY NEAR
PASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$

AKZ226-090000-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.060908T1200Z-060909T0200Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
400 AM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF
THE TOK CUTOFF...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH ISABEL PASS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 082245
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
245 PM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

AKZ223-091400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-060909T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE
245 PM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE DELTA JUNCTION
AREA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$

AKZ225-091400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-060909T1400Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
245 PM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR MAINLY NEAR
PASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$

AKZ226-091400-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-060909T1400Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
245 PM ADT FRI SEP 8 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 091330
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
530 AM ADT SAT SEP 9 2006

AKZ223-225-226-091430-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-060909T1400Z/
DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...
HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE...HEALY...
DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...
BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...
MINERAL LAKE
530 AM ADT SAT SEP 9 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY OVER THE INTERIOR NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. BRISK SOUTH
WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THERE. 

$$

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 Sep 7, 8:56 AM AKDT, 14 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 8:56 AM AKDT, 14 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
156 PM ADT THU SEP 7 2006

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES.
WILL ALIGN WITH GFS BECAUSE THE RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY HAS BEEN A
LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT THAN THE NAM. THE UKMET AND THE GFS HAVE
BEEN PRETTY SIMILAR.

THE MAIN BERING SEA LOW WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN RELATIVELY
UNCHANGED IN STRENGTH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WHILE IT DRIFTS EVER
SO SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST OF MAINLAND
ALASKA. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA BY MONDAY.
MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW OVER
SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL BE STALLED OUT DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE FROM CANADA EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS
WILL KEEP MOST OF THE MOISTURE FROM ADVANCING VERY FAR EASTWARD
FROM THE WEST COAST. THE RAIN WILL NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO
WARRANT ANY HAZARDS OF CONSEQUENCE.

THE RIDGE WILL RETREAT BACK EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND AND SLIDE
MAINLAND ALASKA BACK INTO A MISH MASH TROUGH WITH VERY UPPER LEVEL
MOVEMENT BEFORE A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN OVER THE
BERING SEA EARLY NEXT WEEK.

AS THE BERING SEA LOW MOVES SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN UP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER MUCH OF THE
INTERIOR. THIS WILL BE A CLASSIC SET UP TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL
WINDS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR FOR THE WIND PRONE AREAS. THIS MAY
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

A LOW IN THE HIGH ARCTIC HAS A TRAILING COLD FRONT THAT REACHES
SOUTHWARD AND LIES ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST FROM ABOUT JUST EAST OF
BARROW AND THEN WESTWARD. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE COLD FRONT RETREATS BACK NORTHWARD FRIDAY.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAY 3 AND 4...NONE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.
&&

CF SEP 06

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 10:53 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG10 hr
Sep 8, 8:57 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG12 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.