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Brisk Wind Advisory 89, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 7, 2007, 9:28 PM AKDT. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2007, 9:28 PM AKDT (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2007, 10:19 PM AKDT
- In force
- 49 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 7, 7:23 AM AKDT, 14 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 7:23 AM AKDT, 14 hours 5 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1223 PM ADT SAT APR 7 2007 .DISCUSSION... INTERIOR... SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS IN ZONES 223-225-226 ARE STILL IN PROGRESS...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AT FORT GREELY AND AT MULTIPLE SITES IN THE ALASKA RANGE. MODELS INDICATING RAPID WEAKENING OF THE SURFACE TROUGH IN THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS WINDS ALOFT... AND THIS SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE HIGH WIND GUSTS EARLY THIS EVENING. WE WILL EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONES 223-225-226 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS OVER THE HIGHER SUMMITS IN ZONES 219-220-221-222 BUT ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH DIMINISHING WINDS ALOFT. WE WILL EXTEND THE WIND ADVISORY FOR HIGHER SUMMITS IN ZONES 223-225-226 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING. ARCTIC COAST... THE WEAK SURFACE LOW NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS IN ZONES 203 AND 204 WILL REMAIN WESTERLY AT 10-15 KT OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SUNDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND THE WIND FIELD BECOMES A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN ZONES 201-202. FLURRIES WILL PERSIST IN MOST AREAS. WEST COAST... 18Z SURFACE MAP SHOWING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN KIVALINA AND POINT HOPE...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT POINT HOPE AND OCCASIONALLY TO 55 MPH AT KIVALINA. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH OR MORE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE IN ZONE 217...WITH A RIBBON OF TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HOLDING OVER THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. THE GRADIENT MAY RELAX A LITTLE SUNDAY. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN OTHER WEST COAST ZONES FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA NORTH...AND OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST. CURRENT MODEL RUNS ARE INDICATING GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS PERSISTING OVER THE WEST COAST AREAS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING VERY GRADUALLY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER CHUKOTKA WEAKENS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... NIL && .HYDROLOGY... NIL && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF APR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:18 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Apr 7, 9:36 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Apr 8, 9:11 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 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.