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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 10:38 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Nov 24, 10:38 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Nov 24, 10:44 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Nov 25, 5:24 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 33 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.