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Brisk Wind Advisory 92, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 9, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 9, 2007, 10:19 PM AKDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2007, 10:19 PM AKDT (06:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2007, 9:28 PM AKDT
In force: 23 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 9, 9:15 AM AKDT, 13 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 9:15 AM AKDT, 13 hours 4 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
215 PM ADT MON APR 9 2007

.DISCUSSION...QUIET PATTERN ALOFT WITH LONGWAVE 500MB TROUGH
CENTERED ALONG 165W LONGITUDE AND RIDGING COVERING NORTHWEST
CANADA. THERE IS MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT INTO
MAINLAND ALASKA...BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE STEERING FLOW OVER THE
BERING SEA OR NORTH SLOPE. 985 MB LOW NOW DECAYING IN BRISTOL BAY
IS VERTICALLY STACKED AND HAS WEAKENED BY ABOUT 20 MB OVER THE
LAST 36 HOURS. A RAGGED CLOUD PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DECAYING
LOW COVERS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT VERY LITTLE
PRECIPITATION IS OCCURING. ARCTIC FRONT LIES ROUGHLY ALONG 67N
LATITUDE.

A STRONG SEA LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR HAS SET UP OVER NORTHWESTERN ALASKA BETWEEN THE BRISTOL BAY
LOW AND MODERATE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SIBERIA. TEMPERATURES
ARE NOT QUITE COLD ENOUGH FOR WIND CHILLS TO BE A HAZARD...BUT
WINDS HAVE REACHED TO ADVISORY AND/OR WARNING LEVELS IN A COUPLE
OF PUBLIC ZONES...AND THERE ARE SOME MINIMAL GALE WARNINGS IN THE
OUTER WEST COAST MARINE AREAS. THE LOW IN BRISTOL BAY WILL
CONTINUE TO FILL IN PLACE...AND AS THE ASSOCIATED PRESSURE
GRADIENT ALSO WEAKENS WE EXPECT ALL HAZARDS TO EXPIRE BY TUESDAY
MORNING. HAVE CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 218...AS THE
STRONGEST WINDS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO NORTHWESTERN ALASKA.

VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN BASIC 500MB PATTERN EXEPECTED FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. MODELS IN BASIC AGREEMENT ON THIS.

SOUTHERLY CHINOOK WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE ZONES WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. WINDS AT THE USUAL PLACES SUCH AS
THE FORT GREELY MESONET ARE NOT UP TO ADVISORY LEVEL TODAY...AND
WILL ONLY GET WEAKER IN THE COMING PERIODS SO WE HAVE NOT ISSUED
ANY HAZARDS THERE.

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

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ217.

BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ207.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230.
&&

ES APR 07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 10:08 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		35 hr
Apr 9, 10:08 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		10 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.