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Brisk Wind Advisory 152, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 2, 2007, 10:35 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2007, 10:35 PM AKST (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2007, 8:34 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 Dec 2, 9:37 AM AKST, 12 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 9:37 AM AKST, 12 hours 58 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 237 PM AST SUN DEC 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN ALASKA. STRONG UPPER LEVEL NORTH NOW CENTERED NORTH OF BARROW..WITH MAJOR AXIS ROTATING ANTI-CYCLONICALLY. SURGE OF COLD POOL THAT HAS BEEN SITTING SRN NWT/YUKON/NORTHERN BC REGION MOVING WEST. THE LEADING EDGE NOT WELL DEFINED IN THE PRESSURE/ISSALOBARIC FIELDS BUT DOES SHOW UP REASONABLE WELL AS A WIND SURGE THAT BREAKS THE INVERSION IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS COLD POOL WILL PUSH WEST ACROSS THE WEST COAST NEXT 18 HOURS. THIS COLD SHOT WILL BE QUITE TRANSIENT THOUGH AS JET MAX CURRENTLY COMING ACROSS THE SEA OF JAPAN FORECAST DEEPEN INTO A MAJOR BEING SEA STORM BY LATE TUE..BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 950 MB NEAR ADAK BEFORE WEAKENING STARTING WED. THIS STORM WILL BRING MARITIME WARM AIR BACK ACROSS THE MOST OF THE CWA. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT RIGHT THROUGH MID-WEEK. WIND ADVISORIES VERIFYING ONLY LOCALLY THUS FAR..BUT GRADIENT FORECAST TO INCREASE A BIT MORE...SO NO CHANGES. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES Z222 EASTWARD ARE MARGINAL BUT WE WILL LEAVE THESE TWO. WE HAVE EXTENDED HEADLINE WINDS TO WEST COAST ZONES 212 AND 214. NORTH SLOPE WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR HEADLINE CRITERIA. POOL OF COLD AIR REMAINS SOUTH OF BROOKS RANGE..WITH WARM HIGH DOMINATING...SO EXCEPT FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING INLAND...TEMPS REMAIN QUITE MILD. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...ALL MODELS BRING 970 SOMETHING STORM INTO THE NORTHERN BEING SEA ON THU. GFS CONSISTENTLY TAKING THIS STORM BASICALLY DUE NORTH JUST EAST OF 180...AT LEAST AS FAR NORTH AS WRANGEL ISLAND...WHILE THE 12Z ECMF THE STORM EAST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AND THEN UP THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. EITHER TRACK...BUT ESPECIALLY THE GFS...IS A DECENT COASTAL FLOOD SCENARIO FOR SEWARD PEN COAST WALES SOUTHWARD AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED...THOUGH OTHER FACTORS ARE NOT IDEAL. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222- AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ223-AKZ226. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ219-AKZ221. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RT DEC 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 10:30 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Dec 2, 10:30 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Dec 2, 10:35 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Dec 3, 6:44 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Dec 3, 7:54 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Dec 3, 9:02 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Dec 3, 9:24 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
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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.