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Brisk Wind Advisory 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 9, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 9, 2007, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2007, 9:00 AM AKST (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 14, 2007, 9:08 AM AKST
In force: 5 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 Jan 9, 8:57 AM AKST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 8:57 AM AKST, 3 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
157 PM AST TUE JAN 9 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE WELL UNDERWAY ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA.

1045 MB HIGH NEAR FORT YUKON WILL MOVE INTO THE SE YUKON TERRITORY
BY WED EVENING. STRONG OCCLUSION IN THE BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO ST
LAWRENCE ISLAND BY 12Z AND SEWARD PEN-YUKON DELTA BY 00Z THU. WEAK
FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA TONIGHT AND WED.

MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT THAN RECENT DAYS BOTH SHORT AND LONG
TERM...WITH A FAIRLY STORMY TIME COMING UP FOR THE WEST COAST AND
MILD OVER THE INTERIOR. NORTH SLOPE MILDER THAN RECENT DAYS BUT
NOT AS FAR ABOVE NORMAL AS THE INTERIOR WILL BE. HOWEVER...DETAILS
WILL BE CRITICAL TO TIMING OF SNOW ON THE WEST COAST AND PRESENCE
OR LACK THEREOF OF CHINOOK FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
INTERIOR.

NORTH SLOPE...INCREASING WINDS OVER WESTERN ZONES NEXT 24 HOURS
BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL...THO SOME SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW LIKELY. TEMPERATURES MODERATING..ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF BARROW.

FOR THE WEST COAST...PANOPLY OF WARNINGS ACROSS THE REGION WITH
INCOMING OCCLUSION. HAVE OPTED FOR BLIZ WARNINGS ALL COASTAL
ZONES. DECENT MOISTURE OVERRUNNING COLD AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW FOR
COPIOUS SNOWFALL ALONG THE NULATO HILLS NEXT 36 HOURS...SO
ADVISORY FOR 215 AND WARNING FOR 216 ARE UP. NEXT EVENT LATE IN
THE WEEK NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WARNING LEVELS BUT MORE SNOW IS
LIKELY.

FOR THE INTERIOR...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING IN CHANNELED AREAS AS
SFC HIGH SLIDES EASTWARD. AIRMASS IS PLENTY COLD ENOUGH FOR WIND
CHILLS TO BE A PROBLEM AT THE START. OVERRUNNING SNOW LIKELY AS
FAR EAST AS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BUT AMOUNTS NOT EXPECTED TOO HIGH.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ208.

HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR AKZ216.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-
AKZ214.

SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ217.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ222.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ223-AKZ224.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230.
&&

RT JAN 07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 8, 10:59 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	24 hr
Jan 9, 12:14 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	53 hr
Jan 9, 12:14 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	38 hr
Jan 9, 3:01 AM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	27 hr
Jan 9, 6:32 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	25 hr
Jan 9, 9:01 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	14 hr
Jan 9, 9:42 AM AKST	Heavy Snow Warning	AFG	43 hr
Jan 9, 9:42 AM AKST	Snow Advisory	AFG	47 hr
Jan 9, 9:52 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	35 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.