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Brisk Wind Advisory 95, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 16, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 16, 2007, 10:43 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2007, 10:43 PM AKDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2007, 8:38 AM AKDT
In force
3 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 Apr 16, 9:12 AM AKDT, 13 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:12 AM AKDT, 13 hours 31 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
212 PM ADT MON APR 16 2007

.DISCUSSION...
FAIRLY DEEP CLOSED LOW ALOFT OVER EASTERN CHUKOTKA CONTROLLING THE
WEATHER OVER NORTHERN ALASKA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. HIGHS
BUILDING OVER EASTERN INTERIOR.

AT THE SURFACE...985 MB LOW NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO NEAR
NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUE EVENING...THENCE TO THE BERING STRAIT BY WED
EVENING. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING TO Y-K COAST TUE NIGHT.
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT RETREATING WEST TO NEW LOW WILL FORM ON THE
FRONT SOUTH OF SAND POINT TUE AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN SOUTH OF KODIAK
ISLAND.

IN THE LONG RANGE...OPERATIONAL GFS IS AN OUTLIER WITH CLOSED LOW
DEVELOPING OVER THE WEEKEND OVER NORTHERN YT AND HIGH OF NW
INTERIOR. GFS ENSEMBLES AND BOTH EUROPEAN MODELS KEEP THE FEATURE
MUCH WEAKER AND MUCH FARTHER EAST...WITH SOUTH FLOW CONTINUING
OVER WESTERN INTERIOR. ALL THIS SERVES TO BASICALLY CONTINUE THE
CURRENT PATTERN FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE.

FOR THE NORTH SLOPE...PATCHY ST/F NEAR THE COAST CONTINUING
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT TUE NIGHT AS BERING SEA LOW
MOVES NORTH. ANY PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE
SOMEWHAT.

FOR THE WEST COAST...SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FORM OF PRECIP.
LATEST GUIDANCE IS COOLER THAN YESTERDAYS MODELS...WITH PRECIP
MOSTLY OR ALL SNOW WEST OF 161W...AND PROBABLY MOSTLY SNOW EVEN IN
THE YUKON VALLEY...THO AT LEAST MIXED RAIN AND SNOW AT VALLEY
ELEVATIONS AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. QPFS ARE ALSO LOWER THAN
PREVIOUS MODEL..AND NOWHERE LOOK EXCESSIVE. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE
BACK IN FOLLOWING THE TROUGH ALOFT.

IN THE INTERIOR...AMS ALREADY STABILIZING COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...
AND WILL BE EVEN MORE STABLE TUE...WITH ONLY ISOLATED...MAINLY
VIRGA SHOWERS...IN ZONE 224. TEMPS REMAIN MOSTLY ABOVE
NORMAL...ESPECIALLY WHERE SNOW COVER IS GONE.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...SNOW FREE AREAS GRADUALLY GROWING IN THE MIDDLE
TANANA VALLEY BUT STILL TO MOIST FOR SGFNT PROBLEMS.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ213.

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

RT APR 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 10:44 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG24 hr
Apr 17, 9:24 AM AKDTSnow AdvisoryAFG37 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.