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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2006, 9:19 AM AKST. It took effect at Mar 2, 2006, 2:19 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2006, 9:19 AM AKST (18:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2006, 2:19 PM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2006, 5:48 PM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 022319 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AST THU MAR 2 2006 AKZ223-031400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.060302T2319Z-060303T1500Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 219 PM AST THU MAR 2 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. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 030248 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 548 PM AST THU MAR 2 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... AKZ223-030400- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060303T1500Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 548 PM AST THU MAR 2 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. NO WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. $$
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 2, 8:40 AM AKST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 8:40 AM AKST, 39 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 140 PM AST THU MAR 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY. THE EXCEPTIONS IN THE SHORT TERM ARE CONFINED MAINLY TO PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. ETA IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN GFS. WILL ALIGN OURSELVES MORE WITH GFS ON THE AMOUNTS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. THIS IS HOLDING OFF MOVEMENT OF PRECIPITATION EASTWARD OF LINE BASICALLY FROM BETTLES TO TANANA. AS THE LOW IN THE BERING SEA WEAKENS AND THE HIGH OVER WESTERN CANADA WEAKENS AS WELL...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX OVER THE WEST COAST AND THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS AND SNOW WILL DECREASE TONIGHT OVER KOTZEBUE WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CREATE CHINOOK CONDITIONS OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR THROUGH SATURDAY ALBEIT SHOULD BE WEAK FLOW AND NOT CAUSE STRONG WINDS ANYWHERE TO WARRANT WARNINGS. BY LATER FRIDAY NIGHT THE NEXT LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE BERING SEA SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE WEST COAST FROM KOTZEBUE SOUTHWARD. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST. MOST OF THE ENERGY WILL SLIDE SOUTHWARD TO THE ALEUTIANS AND THEN ON INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA BY SUNDAY ALTHOUGH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN IN THE BERING SEA THROUGH MONDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ203. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ230-PKZ235. && CF MAR 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:47 PM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 1, 10:47 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 2, 2:51 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 2, 8:27 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 20 hr | |
| Mar 2, 8:27 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 20 hr | |
| Mar 2, 8:30 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Mar 2, 8:30 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Mar 2, 8:57 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 30 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.