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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2007, 3:55 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2007, 8:55 PM AKST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2007, 3:55 PM AKST (00:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2007, 8:55 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2007, 2:16 PM AKST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 210555 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 855 PM AST THU DEC 20 2007 AKZ225-211400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.071221T0555Z-071221T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 855 PM AST THU DEC 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY IN PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH TONIGHT IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS NEAR ANTLER CREEK. 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. $$ AKZ226-211400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.071221T0555Z-071221T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 855 PM AST THU DEC 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY THROUGH ISABEL PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY. THROUGH ISABEL PASS...SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH TONIGHT IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS NEAR DONNELLY DOME. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 211255 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 355 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 AKZ225-211900- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-071221T1900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 355 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST THIS MORNING IN PASSES... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST THIS MORNING. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 60 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS NEAR ANTLER CREEK. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND MID MORNING. 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. $$ AKZ226-211900- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-071221T1900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 355 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST THIS MORNING THROUGH ISABEL PASS... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST THIS MORNING. THROUGH ISABEL PASS...SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS SUCH AS NEAR DONNELLY DOME. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND MID MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$ JL DEC 07
000 WWAK73 PAFG 211854 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 954 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 AKZ225-212000- /X.EXP.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-071221T1900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 954 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AST THIS MORNING IN PASSES... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AST THIS MORNING. $$ AKZ226-212000- /X.EXP.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-071221T1900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 954 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AST THIS MORNING THROUGH ISABEL PASS... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM AST THIS MORNING. $$ AKZ223-220000- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-071222T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 954 AM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DIMINISHING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 212316 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 216 PM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 AKZ223-220030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-071222T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 216 PM AST FRI DEC 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 20, 11:10 AM AKST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 11:10 AM AKST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 410 PM AST THU DEC 20 2007 .DISCUSSION... COLD UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE WEST CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE WILL MOVE TO THE GULF OF ANADYR BY 00Z SUN. SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL SET UP OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING IN MILDER AIR ALOFT. THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING CLOUDS WILL BRING UP THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES MARKEDLY. IN THE FAIRBANKS AREA...850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL RISE FROM AROUND -25C TODAY TO AROUND -10C BY FRI AFTERNOON. COLD AIR AT 850 MB WILL PERSIST OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...AND AN ARCTIC BOUNDARY AT 850 MB OVER THE CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. GOES IR LOOP SHOWING THE LEAD EDGE OF THE CIRRUS HAS ALREADY MOVED AS FAR NORTH AS THE TALKEETNA AREA. SNOW MAY BREAK OUT IN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND FRI AS AN INVERTED LOWER LEVEL TROUGH EXPANDS NORTHWARD WHILE MOISTURE ALOFT OVERRUNS THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY. COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUING ALONG CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS ADVECTING COLD AIR FROM THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE...WHERE TEMPERATURES OF -45C AND COLDER ARE QUITE WIDESPREAD. WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL HOLD AT AROUND 10 MPH TONIGHT...SHORT OF THE 15 MPH REQUIRED FOR ISSUING A WIND CHILL WARNING GIVEN THE EXISTING WIND CHILL VALUES. LOCAL WIND CHILL TO -50 WILL CONTINUE IN ZONE 215 TONIGHT. LOW WIND CHILL EXPECTED TONIGHT IN PASSES IN ZONES 225-226 AS SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS PICK UP. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE OVERNIGHT TO LIFT WIND CHILL VALUES OUT OF THE ADVISORY RANGE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ225-AKZ226. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && RF DEC 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.