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Brisk Wind Advisory 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 10, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 10, 2007, 9:12 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2007, 9:12 AM AKST (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2007, 9:17 AM AKST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Jan 10, 7:53 AM AKST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 7:53 AM AKST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1253 PM AST WED JAN 10 2007

.DISCUSSION...
BROAD LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE BERING SEA AND RIDGE ALONG ABOUT
135W SHOULD PERSIST FOR NEXT WEEK AT LEAST...WITH OCCASIONALLY
STORMY WEATHER OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN NORTH SLOPE...WHILE
NEARLY ALL AREAS WILL HAVE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS.

OLD OCCLUSION STRETCHED OUT ALONG ABOUT 160W AND LARGELY
DISSIPATED. FAST MOVING WAVE PLOUGHING NORTH ALONG ABOUT 166W
APPEARS TO BE MUCH BETTER DEVELOPED THAN ANY MODEL FORECAST.
CURRENT MOVEMENT SHOULD TAKE INTO THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT LATE
TONIGHT. 1050 MB HIGH OVER THE CENTRAL YUKON TERRITORY MOVING
SOUTHEAST. 1038 MB HIGH OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC BUILDING
SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE MACKENZIE DELTA THU NIGHT.

MODELS DIFFER IN DETAILS ON FEATURES RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND GET
WORSE WITH TIME. NEXT LOW IMPACTING WEST COAST FRI OR FRIDAY NIGHT
BUT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH OF A WIND MAKER.

NORTH SLOPE...WILL ISSUE A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONE 201
STARTING LATER TONIGHT. WINDS INCREASING ELSEWHERE THU AND THU
NIGHT AS HIGH BUILDS INTO EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA.

WEST COAST...FAST MOVING WAVE JUST SW OF NUNIVAK
ISLAND AT 20Z WILL KEEP STORMY CONDITIONS GOING OVER COASTAL ZONES
NEXT 6-18 HOURS. WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY DRAMATIC CHANGES IN
WARNING/ADVISORY PACKAGE...WITH WARNING EXPIRING IN ZONE 214 THIS
AFTERNOON. BASED ON LIMITED SNOWFALL THUS FAR...WE WILL CNCL THE
ADVISORY FOR ZONE 215. ANOTHER WAVE

INTERIOR...TEMPS HAVE WARMED UP IN ZONE 223 SUCH SO WIND CHILL
ADVISORY IS ENDED. WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR EAGLE
AREA...ASOS TEMPS TOO WARM. SNOWFALL WITH WARM ADVECTION WILL BE
LIMITED DUE IN PART TO MARKED ANTICYCLONIC FLOW THRU MID TROP.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR AKZ216.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213.

SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ217.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ224.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208.

BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ201.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.
&&

RT JAN 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 10:53 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG4 days
Jan 9, 10:53 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG48 hr
Jan 10, 12:48 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFG32 hr
Jan 10, 9:07 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG59 hr
Jan 10, 9:12 AM AKSTBlowing Snow AdvisoryAFG71 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.