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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 25, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Nov 25, 2007, 12:51 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 25, 2007, 5:51 PM AKST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2007, 12:51 PM AKST (21:51 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 25, 2007, 5:51 PM AKST
Expired
Nov 26, 2007, 2:34 AM AKST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 260251
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
551 PM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

AKZ216-261100-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.071126T0251Z-071126T1400Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
551 PM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LOCALLY GUST TO 40 MPH
TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN AREAS THAT ARE CHANNELED
FROM THE NORTHEAST AND OVER HILLS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED
VISIBILITY TONIGHT IN THE WINDIEST AREAS.



$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 260325
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
625 PM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

AKZ216-261400-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-071126T1400Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
625 PM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AST MONDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LOCALLY GUST TO 40 MPH
TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN AREAS THAT ARE CHANNELED
FROM THE NORTHEAST AND OVER HILLS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED
VISIBILITY TONIGHT IN THE WINDIEST AREAS.

$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 261134
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
234 AM AST MON NOV 26 2007

AKZ216-261245-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-071126T1400Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
234 AM AST MON NOV 26 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED 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 Nov 25, 8:25 AM AKST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 8:25 AM AKST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
125 PM AST SUN NOV 25 2007

.DISCUSSION...WEAKENING SOUTH FLOW ALOFT COVERS AK TODAY.
IMPRESSIVE LOOKING 960 MB LOW CENTERED NEAR 55N/148W MOVING
N TOWARD PADQ AND UPPER RIDGE OVER HIGH ARCTIC N OF BEAUFORT
SEA REMAINS IN PLACE.

MODELS IN BASIC AGREEMENT ON KEY FEATURES THROUGH 60 HOURS.
WRN GULF AK LOW WILL WEAKEN AND SPLIT RAPIDLY TONIGHT/MON.
REMAINS OF ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE N OVER W COAST
AND WRN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND MON. SOME MOISTURE FROM THIS WILL
ALSO MOVE N AND E OVER CENTRAL/ERN INTERIOR MON AS WELL.
ANOTHER LOW OVER SRN BERING WILL LIFT N AND DISSIPATE OVER W
COAST LATE TUE. A STRONGER SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL BERING FORECAST
BY ALL MODELS TO PUMP UP VERY STRONG RIDGE OVER CENTRAL AK WED
NIGHT AND THU.

N SLOPE: STRONG LOW-MID LEVEL SERLY WINDS ROTATING AROUND ARCTIC
HIGH OVER ZONE 204 WILL FINALLY DIMINISH LATE MON/TUE AS UPPER
HIGH WEAKENS. LIGHTER E-SE WINDS WILL CONTINUE REST OF N SLOPE
BUT ONLY LIMITED STRATUS/FLURRIES EXPECTED. TEMPS. REMAINING WELL
ABOVE NORMAL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

W COAST: REMAINS OF WRN GULF LOW WILL BRING 1-3 INCHES SNOW ZONE
214 TONIGHT/MON...LESSER AMOUNTS N TO ABOUT PAGA-PAOM. NEXT SYSTEM
TUE WILL SPREAD WARMER AIR N...FOR SNOW TO MIX WITH RAIN NORTON
SOUND COAST S. THE NEXT SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE N IN STRONG SRLY
FLOW WED/WED NIGHT WILL BE EVEN WARMER.

INTERIOR: SOME LIGHT OVER-RUNNING FLURRIES OR SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE
TONIGHT/MON OVER ZONE 224. GUSTY WINDS OVER UPLANDS ZONES 219/220/
221 TONIGHT WITH DEEP LOW TO S REQUIRES WIND ADVISORY. THESE WINDS
WILL DIMINISH LATE MON. A VERY WEAK UPPER LOW WILL OOZE W FROM NRN
YUKON OVER INTERIOR/BROOKS RANGE TUE. THIS WILL INDUCE A LIGHT SW
TO W LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW OVER CENTRAL/ERN INTERIOR. THIS COULD GENERATE
SOME FLURRIES OR -SN FROM PAFA N AND E TUE. IF MODELS VERIFY WITH
STRONG UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING BY THU AND PERSISTING THEREAFTER...
A LONG WARM AND DRY SPELL IN THE CARDS FOR INTERIOR. NOT GOOD NEWS
FOR WINTER OUTDOOR PURSUITS.

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

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240.
&&

MAR NOV 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 10:38 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG58 hr
Nov 24, 10:38 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG48 hr
Nov 24, 10:44 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG3 days
Nov 25, 5:24 AM AKSTWind 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.