Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 31, 2007, 10:52 PM AKDT. It took effect at Nov 1, 2007, 5:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2007, 10:52 PM AKDT (06:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 1, 2007, 5:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2007, 7:05 PM AKDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 011152 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 352 AM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 AKZ225-012300- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.071101T1300Z-071102T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 352 AM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY IN PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN PASSES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS EVENING BUT OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 55 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$ AKZ226-012300- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.071101T1300Z-071102T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 352 AM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 012211 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 211 PM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 AKZ225-021400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-071102T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 211 PM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY IN PASSES... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY IN PASSES. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$ AKZ226-021400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-071102T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 211 PM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT FRIDAY IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 020305 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 705 PM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 AKZ225-226-020415- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-071102T1400Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 705 PM ADT THU NOV 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 31, 8:52 AM AKDT, 14 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:52 AM AKDT, 14 hours before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 152 PM ADT WED OCT 31 2007 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...BROAD LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI MORNING...THEN MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL ALASKA AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE BERING SEA ON FRI AND SAT. SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE ALEUTIANS WED WILL BE A LOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND THU MORNING. IT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA FRI. SURFACE...THERE IS A DISSIPATING OCCLUSION LOCATED FROM ANVIK TO GALENA TO ANAKTUVUK PASS TO INUVIK THIS EVENING. A 989 MB LOW OVER THE LOWER YUKON RIVER DELTA WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY 00Z FRI. A 982 MB LOW SOUTH OF UNALASKA WED AFTERNOON WILL STRENGTHEN TO 978 MB AND MOVE TO SEWARD 00Z FRI. MODELS...NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT BOTH ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE. THE NAM MODEL HAS THE SURFACE LOW MUCH STRONGER WHEN IT REACHES SEWARD AT 00Z FRI BUT ALL MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH STRENGTH AND TIMING ONCE THE LOW MOVES INLAND. NORTH SLOPE...EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY TONIGHT. FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG WILL PERSIST ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRI. A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE BROOKS RANGE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS AN OCCLUSION DISSIPATES THERE. WESTERN ALASKA...A 985 MB LOW OVER THE LOWER YUKON DELTA ALONG WITH A DISSIPATING OCCLUSION WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO WESTERN ALASKA THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND THU MORNING ALONG THE WESTERN ALASKA COAST AS LOW PRESSURE FILLS IN SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA. UPPER TROUGH MOVING EAST FROM CHUKOTKA WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO ZONE 213 THU NIGHT AND FRI. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...ADVISORY WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE HAVE ENDED AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SLOWLY BUT WINDS THERE WILL AGAIN INCREASE THU NIGHT AND FRI WITH SURFACE LOW MOVING INLAND IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ZONES 224 226 AND EASTERN 223 WILL HAVE LITTLE IF ANY SNOW WITH CHINOOK FLOW THERE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN TO BOTH THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR THU NIGHT AND FRI AS SURFACE LOW MOVES OVER SEWARD AND THAN INLAND. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ230-PKZ235. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. && RL OCT 07
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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.