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Brisk Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 8, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 8, 2007, 9:37 AM AKST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2007, 9:37 AM AKST (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2007, 11:01 PM AKST
In force: 37 hr
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 8, 8:47 AM AKST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 8:47 AM AKST, 50 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
147 PM AST MON JAN 8 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MASSIVE STORM JUST SOUTH OF KAMCHATKA PROVIDING THE IMPETUS FOR
THE MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE UNDERWAY.

COLD CLOSED LOW THAT HAS BEEN DOMINATING NORTHERN ALASKA WEATHER
FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS NOW INTO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA
AND HEADED SOUTHEAST. RIDGE ALOFT BUILDING OVER THE REGION WILL
CLEAR SKIES MOST AREAS EAST OF 155W TONIGHT. CLOUDS FROM BERING
SYSTEM AND ATTENDANT WARM ADVECTION NOW ONTO THE WEST COAST BUT
MAIN CS SHIELD A BIT FARTHER WEST.

MODELS ARE BROADLY IN AGREEMENT BUT DIFFER IN DETAILS...OVERALL WE
PREFER THE GFS..BUT CONFIDENCE IN DETAILS IS LOW BECAUSE. MODELS
HAVING CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY BEYOND 72 HOURS...WITH CONSIDERABLE
RUN TO RUN VARIABILITY. 12Z GFS ENSEMBLES REFLECT THE WIDE VARIETY
OF SOLUTIONS ON SFC LOW POSITIONS IN THE BERING SEA AND NORTH
PACIFIC. MID-RANGE MODELS SHOW NO RETURN TO UNUSUALLY COLD
WEATHER OVER THE CWA.

NORTH SLOPE...WINDS HAVE COME DOWN ENOUGH AT DEADHORSE TO END
WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINDS NOT EXPECTED TO PICK UP OVER WESTERN
ZONES TIL WED. TIL THEN REMAINING CHILLY.

FOR THE WEST COAST...WE HAVE ISSUED BLIZ WATCHES FOR ALL REMAINING
ZONES 207 SOUTHWARD FOR TUE NIGHT/WED AS FRONT BOOMS NORTHWARD.
WEATHER FOLLOWING THIS FEATURE WILL DEPEND ON DETAILS OF CYCLONE
DEVELOPMENT BUT MORE SNOW/WIND IS LIKELY LATER IN THE WEEK.

FOR THE INTERIOR...REMAINING CLOUDS DISSIPATING AS RIDGE
BUILDS...SETTING STAGE FOR LOWEST TEMPS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
BASED ON LOWS IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASED COUPLE DAYS...WE WILL
BOTTOM OUT TEMPS AT 55 BELOW. DRAMATIC WARMING STARTING TUE IN THE
WEST AND WEDNESDAY IN CENTRAL INTERIOR...WHEN WINDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-
AKZ213-AKZ214.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ209.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220.

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

RT JAN 07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 10:02 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	17 hr
Jan 7, 11:06 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	72 hr
Jan 8, 8:04 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	31 hr
Jan 8, 9:37 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	4 days

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Sources

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