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Brisk Wind Advisory 87, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 5, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 5, 2007, 9:49 PM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2007, 9:49 PM AKDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2007, 9:36 AM AKDT
In force
36 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 Apr 5, 7:13 AM AKDT, 14 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:13 AM AKDT, 14 hours 36 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1213 PM ADT THU APR 5 2007

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO
THE NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY WILL DRIFT EASTWARD...
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA TO GREAT
SLAVE LAKE AND NORTHWARD BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

A STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
GULF OF ALASKA WILL REACH THE EASTERN NORTH GULF
COAST SUNDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES
NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE ALASKA MAINLAND.

WHILE THERE ARE FAIRLY GOOD DYNAMICS WITH THIS
SHORT WAVE...STRONG CROSS MOUNTAIN FLOW WILL
LIKELY MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION
SOUTH OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. PRECIPITATION TYPE IN
THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL MOST LIKELY BE SNOW.

ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE MAINLAND
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW
POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC FRONT.

TYPE OF ANY PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS SOUTH OF THE
ARCTIC FRONT WILL BE MORE PROBLEMATICAL...WHILE THE
AIRMASS IS MUCH WARMER...WITH THE PRECIPITATION LIKELY
TO OCCUR AT NIGHT...IT COULD BE EITHER RAIN OR SNOW.

ARCTIC FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF FORT YUKON
TO THE LOWER YUKON RIVER AREA. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE
FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED NORTH A BIT...EXTENDING FROM THE
EASTERN BROOKS RANGE SOUTHWEST TO NORTON SOUND.

LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

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.FIRE WEATHER...

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.HYDROLOGY...

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.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
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RF APR 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 9:46 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG4 days
Apr 6, 9:04 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG13 hr
Apr 6, 9:29 AM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG33 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.