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Brisk Wind Advisory 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 2, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 2, 2007, 9:45 PM AKST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 2, 2007, 9:45 PM AKST (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2007, 6:57 AM AKST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000
FZAK51 PAFG 031145
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-040100-
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AREA EXTENDING FROM FAR EASTERN RUSSIA...TO
THE CHUKCHI SEA...AND INTO THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH AT LEAST THU.

$$

PKZ225-040100-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-040100-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-040100-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-040100-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-040100-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
245 AM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

RT/KS JAN 07

3 follow-up statements

000
FZAK51 PAFG 032108
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-041215-
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM FAR EASTERN RUSSIA TO
THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY.


$$

PKZ225-041215-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-041215-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-041215-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-041215-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...S WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-041215-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
1208 PM AST WED JAN 3 2007

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

RF/JL JAN 07

000
FZAK51 PAFG 041147
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-050100-
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM FAR EASTERN RUSSIA INTO THE 
CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...AND WILL 
PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.

$$

PKZ225-050100-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-050100-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING SOUTH OF POINT LAY...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT NE WINDS 25 KT SOUTH OF POINT LAY.
BLOWING SNOW.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-050100-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...W WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-050100-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-050100-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
247 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

RT/KS JAN 07

000
FZAK51 PAFG 042057
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-
THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ298-051200-
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM FAR EASTERN RUSSIA INTO THE
CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...AND WILL
PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.

$$

PKZ225-051200-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-051200-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-051200-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-051200-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-051200-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
1157 AM AST THU JAN 4 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

RF/PKA JAN 07

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 2, 7:41 AM AKST, 14 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 7:41 AM AKST, 14 hours 4 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1241 PM AST TUE JAN 2 2007

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A BROAD COLD UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA
WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH
ONLY LITTLE MOVEMENT EXPECTED FROM DAY TO DAY. THE
LOW WILL BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY...BUT
COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA
ON SUNDAY...AND VERY LIKELY INTO TUESDAY AS RIDGING
BUILDS OVER THE BERING SEA...SHIFTING THE UPPER FLOW
TO NORTHWEST OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA.

NORTH SLOPE/ARCTIC COAST...
INLAND AREAS OF THE NORTH SLOPE REMAIN VERY COLD...
WITH MOST OF THE NORTHERN PLAIN COLDER THAN 40 BELOW.
SATELLITE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATES ARE INDICATING TEMPERATURES
IN THE 50S BELOW IN THE UPPER COLVILLE RIVER DRAINAGE.
THIS DOME OF COLD AIR IS STRENGTHENING THE MESO-SCALE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAIN WHICH
IS DRIVING THE GAP WINDS THROUGH BROOKS RANGE PASSES.
THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO WEDNESDAY...AND WE
WILL EXTEND THE WIND CHILL WARNING FOR PASSES IN ZONE 206
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILL AT ANAKTUVUK PASS IS CURRENTLY
-57. IN ATIGUN PASS...WIND CHILL IS LIKELY AT 60 BELOW OR
COLDER...WITH TEMPERATURES TO 35 BELOW AND WIND SPEEDS LIKELY AT
30 MPH OR MORE IN THE PASS.

IN ZONE 203...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OF -40 TO -45 COMBINED
WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 10 MPH ARE GENERATING WIND CHILL OF 60
TO 70 BELOW.

WEST COAST...
LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 40 BELOW OR COLDER REMAINS
THE MAJOR ISSUE. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER ZONE 211
IS EXPECTED TO RELAX SOME ON WEDNESDAY...BRING WINDS BELOW THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY THRESHOLD. FOR THE REMAINING AREAS...THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
EVEN THOUGH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED.

INTERIOR...
SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS
OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TONIGHT...GRADUALLY EXPANDING NORTHWARD
AND WESTWARD THROUGH THURSDAY. 700-500 MB LAPSE RATES INDICATE A
TONGUE OF UNSTABLE AIR SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO ZONE 222
TONIGHT...WITH LAPSE RATES OF 7-7.5C/KM. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THIS UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL EXPAND OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
AND EASTERN INTERIOR WITH LAPSE RATES OF 7-8C/KM.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ211-AKZ213-AKZ217.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ206.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.
&&

RF JAN 07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 8:59 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG		29 hr
Jan 3, 2:06 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG		15 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.