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Wind Chill Advisory 55, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 17, 2006

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 17, 2006, 9:56 PM AKST. It took effect at Mar 18, 2006, 2:56 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2006, 9:56 PM AKST (06:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2006, 2:56 AM AKST
Expired: Mar 18, 2006, 2:57 PM AKST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Mar 17, 11:30 AM AKST, 10 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 11:30 AM AKST, 10 hours 26 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
430 PM AST FRI MAR 17 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE LOW OVER THE BERING SEA REMAINS NOTICEABLY DEEPER THAN THE
MODELS WOULD HAVE IT...PROBABLY NOT MUCH ABOVE 974 MB AT THIS
TIME. ALSO...THEY DIFFER IN THEIR EXPECTED TRACK FOR THE THING.
WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL LOW FILLING AROUND 990 MB BETWEEN SAINT
PAUL ISLAND AND NUNIVAK ISLAND SAT AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW IS DIFFUSE FROM ABOUT GAMBELL TO SAINT
MARYS AND SOUTHWARD ALONG ABOUT 160W.  MEANWHILE...ANOTHER LOW
SOUTH OF KAMCHATKA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO BE BETWEEN
SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND AND SAINT PAUL ISLAND AT 3AM SUN...THOUGH
NOT NEARLY AS DEEP AS OUR CURRENT LOW...AROUND 990 MB. EARLIER
MODEL RUNS HAD THIS LOW FILLING SOUTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND SUN
AFTERNOON...BUT THE 18Z GFS MAINTAINS IT AS THE STRONGEST CENTER
SUN NIGHT AND MON...MERGING THE CENTER DISCUSSED BELOW WITH IT
AS IT CONTINUES EAST.

THE WEATHER FRONT REMAINS ACTIVE OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN ALONG
ABOUT 160W. A THIRD LOW HAS DEVELOPED ON THE FRONT AND WILL MOVE
NORTH-NORTHEAST TO BE ABOUT 988 MB OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF
ALASKA AT 3AM SAT. WHETHER THIS LOW MERGES WITH LOW #2 ABOVE...
OR BECOMES THE MAIN CENTER ITSELF...THE MODELS GIVE THE RESULTING
SYSTEM LITTLE PLAY OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. PROBABLY FLURRIES AT
MOST SUN AND SUN NIGHT.

MODERATE TO STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER NEARLY ALL OF NORTHERN
ALASKA WILL PERSIST...THOUGH THE DETAILS WILL VARY OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ224.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-
AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ216-
AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235-
PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

DJH MAR 06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 7:44 PM AKST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1244 AM AST SAT MAR 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     BLIZZARD         DEADHORSE               70.21N 148.51W
03/17/2006                                      AK   ASOS

            ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. WINDS 46 MPH GUSTS 59
            MPH.

&&

SHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 17, 3:14 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	24 hr
Mar 17, 9:28 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	59 hr
Mar 17, 10:38 PM AKST	Blowing Snow Advisory	AFG	16 hr
Mar 18, 1:39 AM AKST	Wind Advisory	AFG	13 hr
Mar 18, 5:43 AM AKST	Blowing Snow Advisory	AFG	8 hr
Mar 18, 9:00 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	47 hr
Mar 18, 9:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	12 hr
Mar 18, 9:04 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Mar 18, 9:04 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	12 hr
Mar 18, 9:11 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	11 hr
Mar 18, 9:11 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	18 hr

Nearby

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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.