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Wind Chill Advisory 99, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 7, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 7, 2007, 9:03 AM AKST. It took effect at Mar 7, 2007, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2007, 9:03 AM AKST (18:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2007, 9:00 PM AKST
Expired
Mar 8, 2007, 8:39 PM AKST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Mar 7, 12:39 AM AKST, 8 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 12:39 AM AKST, 8 hours 24 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
539 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...
A COLD LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
WITH MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALOFT. THERE IS
A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THERE WILL BE NO REAL WARMUP IN
TEMPERATURES DURING THE NEXT WEEK TO TEN DAYS.

SURFACE...
A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST ALONG
THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN
LOCAL NORTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH IN PASSES WITH
WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES REACHING ADVISORY THRESHOLD
VALUES.

PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE WEST
COAST AREAS TODAY...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BRISK NORTH
WINDS...AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN PORTIONS OF PKZ210. WITH
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING WINDS...WIND CHILL TO
40 BELOW TO 50 BELOW IS EXPECTED IN ZONES 207-208-209-210-
211-212-213.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ208-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-
AKZ220-AKZ225-AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

RF MAR 07

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 10:08 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG68 hr
Mar 7, 12:51 AM AKSTWind Chill AdvisoryAFG52 hr
Mar 7, 12:51 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG28 hr
Mar 7, 7:43 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFG21 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.