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Brisk Wind Advisory 162, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 9, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Nov 9, 2008, 2:52 AM AKST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 9, 2008, 2:52 AM AKST (11:52 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2008, 3:00 AM AKST
In force: 4 days
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 Nov 8, 1:08 PM AKST, 13 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 1:08 PM AKST, 13 hours 44 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
108 PM AKST SAT NOV 8 2008

.DISCUSSION...
THE NUMERICAL MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE WEST TO THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND
SUN AND A RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN ALASKA. THIS WILL ALLOW
INTERIOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM DUE TO DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS. TROUGH
WILL BUILD BACK EAST OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR ON TUE NIGHT AND
WED MORNING PUSHING RIDGE INTO NORTHWEST CANADA.

A 978 MB SURFACE LOW WILL LIFT INTO BRISTOL BAY SUN NIGHT. THIS
WILL BRING PRECIPITATION INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
AND INCREASED WINDS ALONG THE WESTERN ALASKA COAST AND BERING
SEA.

MESO LOW IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA LAST NIGHT DROPPED FOUR INCHES OF
SNOW AT GALENA. THIS FEATURE HAS FILLED AND FLURRIES HAVE RETURNED
TO THAT AREA.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL BRING EAST
WINDS, PATCHY FOG AND FLURRIES TO THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH MON.
WINDS WILL INCREASE EAST OF BARROW SUN AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH
LOW MOVING INTO BRISTOL BAY.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

RL NOV 08

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 9, 2:56 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	35 hr
Nov 9, 2:56 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	59 hr
Nov 9, 9:15 AM AKST	Wind Advisory	AFG	36 hr
Nov 9, 1:37 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	38 hr
Nov 9, 1:37 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	38 hr
Nov 9, 1:37 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	25 hr
Nov 9, 1:37 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	14 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.