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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2007, 12:04 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 31, 2007, 5:04 AM AKST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2007, 12:04 AM AKST (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2007, 5:04 AM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2007, 2:24 PM AKST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 311404 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 504 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 AKZ225-312100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.071231T1404Z-080101T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 504 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL LOCALLY GUST AROUND 50 MPH TODAY. 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. $$ AKZ226-312100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.071231T1404Z-080101T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 504 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL LOCALLY GUST AROUND 50 MPH TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 312004 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1104 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 AKZ225-010000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-080101T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1104 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN PASSES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. 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. $$ AKZ226-010000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-080101T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1104 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL LOCALLY GUST AROUND 50 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 312324 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 224 PM AST MON DEC 31 2007 AKZ225-226-010030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-080101T0300Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 224 PM AST MON DEC 31 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 30, 7:03 AM AKST, 17 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 7:03 AM AKST, 17 hours 1 minute before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1203 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...LONG WAVE TROUGH FROM BERING STRAIT TO ADAK MOVING TO CAPE LISBURNE TO KODIAK 12Z WED, UPPER LOW 100 MILES SOUTH OF NOME MOVING TO 125 MILES EAST OF NOME 12Z WED. SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM LOW TO 100 MILES NORTH OF ANCHORAGE MOVING BY 12Z MON TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOME TO 120 MILES EAST OF KOTZEBUE TO 240 MILES NORTH OF FAIRBANKS THEN DRIFTING NORTH AND DISSIPATING. VORTICITY MAX NEAR KING SALMON MOVING TO 50 MILES NORTH OF GALENA 00Z TUE AND TO 240 MILES NORTH OF FAIRBANKS 12Z TUE. SURFACE...1015 MB LOW 100 MILES SOUTH OF NOME DRIFTING EAST AND DISSIPATING BY 12Z MON. 1033 MB HIGH 650 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BARROW DRIFTING EAST. 1022 MB HIGH 120 MILES NORTH OF FAIRBANKS MOVING TO YUKON TERRITORY BY 12Z MON BUILDING TO 1030 MB WHILE WARM FRONT FROM COLD BAY TO KODIAK MOVES NORTH ALOFT TO MCGRATH TO FAIRBANKS TO 150 MILES EAST OF FAIRBANKS 00Z TUE...DRIFTING NORTH THEREAFTER. MODELS...PREFER GFS AND ECMWF IN MOVEMENT OF UPPER LOW SOUTH OF NOME...WRF AND UKMET CONTINUE TO MOVE IT TOO FAR NORTH. NORTH SLOPE...EAST WINDS INCREASING MONDAY THROUGH TUE AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OVER INTERIOR AND HIGH OVER ARCTIC OCEAN PERSISTS. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING ALONG COAST MON NIGHT AND TUE. WESTERN ALASKA...LOW OVER SOUTHERN NORTON SOUND WILL PROVIDE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ZONES 210 211 212 213 214 AND SOUTHERN 207 TONIGHT...PERSISTING OVER ZONE 213 AND SOUTHERN 207 MON BUT ONLY ISOLATED OR LESS ZONES 211 214 AND 212. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING ZONE 216 OTHERWISE INCOMING VORT MAX AND WARM FRONT BRINGING SNOW MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT ZONE 216 AND ON TUE SPREADING OVER ZONES 212 215 217...ZONE 210 EAST OF DEERING AND ZONE 209 SOUTHEAST OF KOTZEBUE. WINDS OVERALL DIMINISHING TONIGHT AND MONDAY...PICKING UP TUE NEAR BERING STRAIT AND NORTH OF KIVALINA AS PRESSURES DROP OVER INTERIOR AND RUSSIA HIGH PERSISTS. CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR...FLURRIES MOST AREAS TONIGHT EXCEPT WESTERN PORTION OF ZONE 218...ALSO 219 AND MUCH OF 223. SOUTH WINDS IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES BEGINNING TO INCREASE TONIGHT BUT MORE SO MONDAY AS HIGH SETTLES OVER YUKON TERRITORY AND RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER COPPER RIVER BASIN. SNOW DEVELOPING ZONES 221 AND 219 AND THEN 218 AND NORTHERN 220 MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS VORT MAX MOVES CURVES NORTHEAST OVER INTERIOR...AND ITS FAST MOVEMENT PROMISES LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW. LIGHT SNOW MAY PERSIST THESE AREAS THROUGH TUE AS THE WARM FRONT DRIFTS NORTH AND WEAK OVERRUNNING OCCURS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JL 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.