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Brisk Wind Advisory 61, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 5, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 5, 2007, 8:18 AM AKST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2007, 8:18 AM AKST (17:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2007, 10:15 PM AKST
In force
14 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 Mar 5, 3:07 AM AKST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:07 AM AKST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
807 AM AST MON MAR 5 2007

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER EASTERN ALASKA
SOUTHWARD OVER EASTERN PACIFIC AND RIDGE OVER FAR EAST RUSSIA
PERSISTING. LOW OVER SIBERIA WILL MOVE OVER RIDGETOP TUE THEN DROP
SOUTH OVER WESTERN AK WED AND MERGE WITH GULF OF ALASKA LOW ON
THU.

SURFACE...1047 MB HIGH FROM BARROW NORTHWEST INTO CHUKCHI SEA WILL
MOVE TO BANKS ISLAND AND WESTERN CANADA TUE PM AND WEAKEN TO 1032
MB. LOW OVER GULF OF ALASKA WILL MEANDER AND HELP KEEP TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER SOUTHERN HALF OF ALASKA THROUGH TUESDAY. DEVELOPING
LOW OVER RUSSIA FAR EAST MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL CHUKCHI SEA TUE
THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA.

MODELS...CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT. IN MID-TERM BOTH U.S.
AND ECMWF HANG ONTO COLD PATTERN...IN ALMOST IDENTICAL FASHION...
OVER ALASKA AT LEAST...THROUGH DAY 10.

NORTH SLOPE...ADVISORY WIND CHILLS THROUGH PASSES OF THE NORTHEAST
BROOKS RANGE AND A WARNING FOR THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST NEAR POINT
LAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY
SUNNY TODAY. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN PORTION WITH
WITH FLURRIES DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT...EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

WESTERN ALASKA...INCOMING LOW FROM RUSSIA BRINGING BRISK
SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER WESTERN MARINE AREA 225 TODAY BUT A LESSER
INCREASE IN WIND OCCURRING OVER LAND AREAS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
TODAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS TONIGHT AND A
CHANCE OF SNOW OVER NORTHERN COASTAL ZONES AS WELL AS ZONE 213 TUESDAY.

CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR...WINDY THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES AND
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ZONES 220-222 TODAY RESULTING IN ADVISORY WIND
CHILLS. AREAS OF CLOUDS AND FLURRIES NEAR WESTERN ALASKA RANGE
WILL LINGER THROUGH TODAY...MORE CLOUDS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT OVER ZONES 224 AND 226 FROM WRAPAROUND MOISTURE OF LOW DYING
OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225-
AKZ226.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225.
&&

JHD/JL MAR 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 12:05 AM AKSTWind Chill WarningAFG34 hr
Mar 5, 12:05 AM AKSTWind Chill AdvisoryAFG11 hr
Mar 5, 5:01 AM AKSTWind Chill WarningAFG30 hr
Mar 5, 8:55 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG26 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.