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Brisk Wind Advisory 101, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 14, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 14, 2008, 8:37 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2008, 8:37 AM AKDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2008, 8:49 AM AKDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Apr 13, 10:07 AM AKDT, 22 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 10:07 AM AKDT, 22 hours 30 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
307 PM ADT SUN APR 13 2008

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER AIR...
SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE 500 MB PROGS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD
AGREEMENT. VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE SWEEPING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA 00Z TUE THROUGH 00Z THU...DEEPENING AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD. UPPER LOW NEAR CAPE SCHMIDT IN RUSSIA WILL MOVE TO NEAR
DEMARCATION POINT BY 00Z WED. SECONDARY UPPER LOW DEVELOPING NEAR
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND BY 12Z WED AS THE SHORT WAVE DEEPENS. 850 MB
TEMPERATURES REMAINING WELL BELOW NORMAL OVER THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...BUT WARMING OVER THE WEEKEND AS RIDGING
ALOFT BUILDS. CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST OF THE BUILDING RIDGE
OVER THE WEEKEND FORECAST IS GOOD WITH OPERATIONAL ECMWF/GFS AND
ENSEMBLE MEAN AGREEING WELL OVER NORTHERN ALASKA...AND WITH
RELATIVELY LOW SPREAD BETWEEN GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS.

SURFACE...
990 MB LOW OVER OUTER NORTON SOUND MOVING NORTHEAST TO NEAR
OLD CROW BY 00Z TUE...FILLING TO 992-994 MB. BY 00Z WED...
THE LOW WILL WEAKEN SOUTH OF BANKS ISLAND. NEW LOW PRESSURE
CENTERS DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN NORTH GULF COAST AND THE
SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY 12Z THROUGH 00Z WED AS THE DEEPENING
SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. ECMWF/NAM/GFS40 SOLUTIONS SIMILAR ON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE LOW CENTERS. RIDGING WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA BY 12Z TUE...MOVING TO THE WESTERN
INTERIOR BY 12Z WED. COMPLEX LOW OVER CENTRAL RUSSIA EXPECTED
TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A SINGLE CENTER NEAR 69N/155E BY 12Z TUE...
WEAKENING SOME AND MOVING TO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY 12Z WED.
ECMWF/GFS/NAM POSITIONS OF THE LOW OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA ARE
SIMILAR AT 12Z WED...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE
CENTRAL PRESSURE.

WILL DROP THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214 ON THE AFTERNOON
FORECAST SUITE...TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE MAXING OUT AT JUST BELOW
FREEZING AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF MIXED PHASE PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO
BE LOW. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO CREATE POOR
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WITH NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE WET.

SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WESTERN BROOKS RANGE
TODAY...SPREADING TO MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR AND EASTERN BROOKS
RANGE BY 00Z TUE AS THE NORTON SOUND LOW MOVES NORTHEASTWARD. MUCH
OF THE INTERIOR WILL EXPERIENCE BRISK WIND GUSTS AS THE LOW EXITS...
WITH STRONG PRESSURE RISES AND SHARP COLD ADVECTION ENHANCING THE
GUSTINESS.

ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN THE NULATO HILLS...SO
WILL ALLOW THE SNOW ADVISORIES FOR AKZ215-AKZ216 TO RUN THROUGH
06Z MON. NEW SNOW ADVISORIES GOING UP FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-
AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225.

ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW LIKELY IN AKZ224-AKZ226 TUE NIGHT INTO
WED MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN NORTH
COAST...SETTING UP A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LOW LEVEL
UPSLOPE FLOW. A SNOW ADVISORY OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE AREAS AS WE GET CLOSER IN TIME.
CURRENT GFS SNOW QPF INDICATING MAXIMUM 36 HOUR AMOUNTS OF 2-6
INCHES IN AKZ224 AND 6-10 INCHES IN AKZ226. LOW VISIBILITIES
POSSIBLE IN PASSES DUE TO BRISK WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.
NO REAL WARMUP IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED UNTIL LATE IN THE
WEEK WHEN RIDGING ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD...LIFTING TEMPERATURES
SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S...WITH
SOUTHERN INTERIOR AREAS LIFTING INTO THE 40S.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-
AKZ222-AKZ225.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.
&&

RF APR 08

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:09 AM AKDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1109 AM ADT MON APR 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             10 NE FAIRBANKS         64.92N 147.62W
04/14/2008  M3.6 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

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DJR

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:12 AM AKDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1112 AM ADT MON APR 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             SALCHA                  64.47N 146.94W
04/14/2008  E4.0 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

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DJR

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:17 AM AKDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1117 AM ADT MON APR 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     SNOW             3 NNE FAIRBANKS         64.85N 147.82W
04/14/2008  M3.9 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SINCE OB AT 11PM HE HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER 3.7 INCHES OF
            SNOW

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DJR

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:28 AM AKDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1128 AM ADT MON APR 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     SNOW             6 WSW FAIRBANKS         64.78N 148.05W
04/14/2008  M6.2 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            0.71 INCH MELTED LIQUID

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DJR

Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:46 AM AKDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1146 AM ADT MON APR 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 AM     SNOW             20 SSE TRIMS CAMPS      63.15N 145.52W
04/14/2008  M10.0 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

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DJR

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:55 AM AKDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1255 PM ADT MON APR 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     SNOW             8 SW FAIRBANKS          64.73N 148.05W
04/14/2008  M7.0 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

1100 AM     SNOW             NORTH POLE              64.75N 147.36W
04/14/2008  M3.0 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

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DJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 11:56 PM AKDT	Heavy Snow Warning	AFG		19 hr

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Sources

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