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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2007, 11:50 PM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 18, 2007, 4:50 AM AKDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2007, 11:50 PM AKDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2007, 4:50 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2007, 11:16 AM AKDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 181250 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 450 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 AKZ226-182000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.070418T1250Z-070418T2000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 450 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ADT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ADT TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE BERING SEA COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST IS CREATING STRONG WINDS IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH TODAY THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY AND THE FORT GREELEY AREA. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 181916 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1116 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 AKZ226-182030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070418T2000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1116 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Apr 17, 7:12 AM AKDT, 16 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 7:12 AM AKDT, 16 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1212 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 .DISCUSSION...MSAS ANALYSIS AND MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON CURRENT 976MB SURFACE LOW NEAR ST PAUL. GREATEST PRESSURE FALLS CONTINUE TO BE LOCATED OVER THE YUKON DELTA...AND THIS IS WHERE THE LOW MOVES BY 12Z WED WEAKENING TO 990MB. BY 00Z THU...THE LOW WEAKENS TO 994MB AND MOVES INTO THE BERING STRAIT...THEN TO AROUND WRANGEL ISLAND BY 00Z FRI. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND GFS CONFIRM THAT A SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEAR 60N/175E WILL PIVOT AROUND UPPER LOW/LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER EASTERN RUSSIA TONIGHT...THEN SWING UP THE WEST COAST WED AFT INTO THU MORNING. THIS WILL PROVIDE COLD AIR ADVECTION AND ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. THUS THE SNOW WILL WANE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH STARTING WEDS NIGHT OVER ZONE 214...THEN TAPER OFF OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA BY THU AFT. .NORTH SLOPE...STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COMBINED WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BRING INCREASINGLY STRONGER (EASTERLY) WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE NORTH SLOPE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NOT EXPECTING ANY BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE FACT THAT LITTLE IF ANY NEW SNOWFALL WILL FALL AND WHATEVER GETS PICKED UP FROM THE GROUND WILL STILL RESULT IN ONE MILE OR GREATER VISIBILITY. ALTHOUGH FROM BARROW WEST...IT APPEARS THAT AS THE WEST COAST SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO THE BERING STRAIT WED AFT...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST (OFFSHORE) WITH TIME...LEAVING MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST MAINTAINING THE EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH FRIDAY. .WEST COAST...CURRENT HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS IN ZONES 211/212/214 APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK AND SO WILL JUST UPDATE THESE AND LET THEM RIDE THROUGH THEIR EXPIRATION TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD WARNING IN 213 ALSO LOOKS GOOD. WILL ALSO ADD A WEATHER HEADLINE FOR STRONG WINDS IN ZONE 212 AS UNALAKLEET HAS SEEN GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL BE A TOUCH AND GO CASE UNTIL AROUND 06Z WED WHEN WINDS WILL BE MORE IN LINE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. .INTERIOR...UPPER RIDGE EXPANDING OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR THROUGH THURSDAY WITH CHINOOK WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE...ZONES 225 AND 226 TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 850MB TEMPS WARM TO AROUND ZERO ON WEDS...THEN COOL DOWN A FEW DEGREES INTO SATURDAY. OVERALL A DRY WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. && .HYDROLOGY...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && KS APR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2:43 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Apr 18, 3:57 AM AKDT | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Apr 18, 11:36 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 11 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.