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Brisk Wind Advisory 64, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 8, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 8, 2007, 10:07 PM AKST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2007, 10:07 PM AKST (07:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2007, 6:15 PM AKST
In force
20 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 8, 12:40 AM AKST, 21 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 12:40 AM AKST, 21 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
540 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...
COLD TROUGH ALOFT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST
INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. COLD AIR ALOFT WILL
BE REINFORCED BY ANOTHER COLD SURGE FROM THE NORTH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY
CHANGE IN THIS REGIME FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS...
WITH BOTH GFS AND ECMWF MODELS INDICATING CONTINUATION
OF THIS COLD PATTERN.

SURFACE...
SHORT RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS AGREE. TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER THE WEST COAST WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY... THEN
BEGIN TO OPEN UP SLOWLY.

A MODERATELY TIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS THE ALASKA
RANGE WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THE STRONGEST
WINDS IN ZONE 225 WILL LIKELY BE IN THE PASS
JUST NORTH OF CANTWELL. CANTWELL WAS REPORTING NORTHEAST
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT WEDNESDAY EVENING.

IN ZONE 226...THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN AREAS
NEAR SUMMIT LAKE...WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY PRONE TO
STRONG NORTH WINDS WHEN THERE ARE LARGE PRESSURE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GULKANA AND BIG DELTA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ208-AKZ210-
AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ225-AKZ226.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225.
&&

RF MAR 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 10:07 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG20 hr
Mar 8, 11:33 PM AKSTWind Chill AdvisoryAFG15 hr
Mar 8, 11:45 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG15 hr
Mar 9, 9:28 AM AKSTWind Chill AdvisoryAFG27 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.