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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 8, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 8, 2007, 9:11 AM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 8, 2007, 2:11 PM AKDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2007, 9:11 AM AKDT (17:11 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2007, 2:11 PM AKDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2007, 11:40 AM AKDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

000 
WWAK73 PAFG 082211
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
211 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007

AKZ218-091400-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.070408T2211Z-070410T0200Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE
211 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 091202
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
402 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007

AKZ218-092300-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070410T0900Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE
402 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ADT TUESDAY...

NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTH SLOPES OF
THE BROOKS RANGE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER
THAT. 

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN
AROUND BY THE WIND.

$$
000 
WWAK73 PAFG 091940
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1140 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007

AKZ218-092045-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070410T0900Z/
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...
CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE
1140 AM ADT MON APR 9 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

ES APR 07

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 Apr 8, 9:01 AM AKDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 9:01 AM AKDT, 10 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
201 PM ADT SUN APR 8 2007

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: PATTERN OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TO
GULF OF ALASKA WILL BE COMING TO AN END ON MON. THIS WILL LEAVE
NORTHERN ALASKA UNDER A WEAK AND DIRECTION LESS FLOW ALOFT INTO MID
WEEK. ON THU TROUGH OVER ARCTIC OCEAN EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST OVER CHUKCHI SEA WILL ENTER THE PICTURE.

SURFACE: WITHOUT UPPER AIR SUPPORT THE PERSISTENT SURFACE FEATURES
OF LOW OVER GULF OF ALASKA TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL FALL APART TUE
AND TUE NIGHT WITH BASICALLY WEAK FLOW FROM WED THROUGH THU...THE
PATTERN MAY BEGIN TO REDEVELOP ON FRI.

NORTH SLOPE: NORTHEAST WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH TUE. OTHERWISE ONLY FLURRIES ARE
EXPECTED.

WEST COAST: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR THE SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND
BERING STRAIT AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY ALL
DAY MON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH MON NIGHT AND TUE. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT AT MID WEEK. OTHERWISE ONLY FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED.

INTERIOR: SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MID WEEK. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN SLOPES OF THE
BROOKS RANGE MAY OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH MON AS MOIST OCCLUDED FRONT
MOVES NORTH OVER ARCTIC FRONT AND UPSLOPE OVER BROOKS RANGE.
OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS AND ONLY
A FEW FLURRIES ELSEWHERE MAY OCCUR. WINDS ALONG SOUTH
SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN BROOKS RANGE WILL DIMINISH ON TUE.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AVIATION...DOWNSLOPE WINDS ALONG SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS
RANGE WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLYING CONDITIONS AT LEAST THROUGH
MON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LOW CLOUDS ONSHORE
ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST.

&&

.MARINE...GALE FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR DALL POINT TO
WALES AND FOR WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON THROUGH MON NIGHT AND
POSSIBLY INTO TUE. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL WEAKEN
CONSIDERABLY BY TUE EVENING SO GALES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO TUE NIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FALL APART WED WITH ALL
MARINE ADVISORIES ENDING.

&&

.HYDROLOGY AND FIRE WEATHER...SNOW MELT WILL SLOW OVER THE
INTERIOR DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED.

&&

.CLIMATE...EASTERN INTERIOR 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL TREND
DOWNWARD THROUGH WED...THUS ENDING THE NEAR RECORD WARMTH THAT
OCCURRED ON SAT. EASTERN INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE A
ABOVE NORMAL ON MON...BUT MAY FALL BACK TO CLOSER TO NORMAL ON
TUE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ218.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ230.
&&

DA APR 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:18 PM AKDTBlizzard WarningAFG33 hr
Apr 7, 9:28 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG49 hr
Apr 7, 9:36 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG34 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.