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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 7, 2007, 12:45 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 7, 2007, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2007, 12:45 AM AKST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2007, 6:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2007, 2:19 PM AKST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 071445 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 545 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 AKZ225-072100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.071208T0300Z-071208T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 545 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-072100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.071208T0300Z-071208T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 545 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 072045 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1145 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 AKZ225-081500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.071208T0300Z-071208T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1145 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-081500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.071208T0300Z-071208T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1145 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 072338 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 PM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 AKZ225-081500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.071208T0300Z-071208T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 238 PM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-081500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.071208T0300Z-071208T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 238 PM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AST SATURDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 081417 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 517 AM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 AKZ225-082100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-071208T2100Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 517 AM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY AROUND NOON TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-082100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-071208T2100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 517 AM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY AROUND NOON TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 082048 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1148 AM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 AKZ225-090000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-071209T0000Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1148 AM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ AKZ226-090000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-071209T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1148 AM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 082319 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AST SAT DEC 8 2007 AKZ225-226-090030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-071209T0000Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 219 PM AST SAT DEC 8 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 Dec 7, 12:20 AM AKST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 12:20 AM AKST, 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 520 AM AST FRI DEC 7 2007 .DISCUSSION... A 984 MB LOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHERN CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FILL AS IT SLIDES OFF INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FELT ALONG THE WEST COAST WITH STRONG WIND AND GALES/HEAVY SURF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN ZONE 207. THE LEE SIDE TROUGH THAT HAD BEEN PRODUCING SOME STRONG WIND IN THE INTERIOR PASSES DURING THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS IS WEAKENING AND THE WIND IS NOW LIGHT ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY AS GUSTS ARE NOW UNDER 40 MPH AND CONTINUING TO DIMINISH. AS THE NEXT LOW CURRENTLY SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WORKS UP INTO BRISTOL BAY LATER TONIGHT THE WIND WILL INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS THE PASSES IN ZONES 225 AND 226. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A HIGH WIND WATCH OR WARNING. ACROSS THE INTERIOR THERE ARE SOME POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING BEHIND THE OLD OCCLUDED FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING NORTHEASTWARD. MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW IS BRINGING IN THE SNOW BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE LIGHT. THE ARCTIC COAST WILL REMAIN ON THE MILD SIDE WITH A LOT OF CLOUDS AND A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FOG. THE STRONGEST WIND ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE WILL BE ACROSS MARINE ZONE 230 CLOSEST TO THE CHUKOTSK LOW. THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE SYSTEM HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY THERE IS A HIGH LATITUDE BLOCKING PATTERN IN PLACE WITH UPPER LOWS WEST OF THE BERING SEA AND NORTH OF HUDSON BAY WITH A STRONG RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE LOWER 48 WHICH EXTENDS INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH BRING A DOUBLE BARRELED LOW INTO THE BERING SEA AND INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND. THE LOWS BEGIN TO MERGE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALASKA BY MONDAY. THE MODELS BEGIN TO REALLY DIVERGE LATER MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE GFS AS WELL AS THE ENSEMBLE MEAN DEPICT MORE OF AN INLAND TRACK...ALTHOUGH SEVERAL ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE CLOSER TO THE ECMWF WHICH KEEPS CONSIDERABLE ENERGY OFFSHORE. THIS SYSTEM WILL BEAR WATCHING FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MORE SNOW AND WIND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE INTERIOR TO GET SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...THE AFOREMENTIONED STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WEST COAST LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THE MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW THINGS WILL PLAY OUT. THE GFS CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN MORE OF AN INLAND ROUTE WITH THE ECMWF AND SEVERAL GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS KEEPING SOME ENERGY OFFSHORE WHICH WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONGER WIND AND MORE MARINE/COASTAL CONCERNS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ213. COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ207. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230. && DEC 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 10:28 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Dec 6, 10:34 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 6, 10:34 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Dec 7, 8:03 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 15 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.