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Brisk Wind Advisory 178, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 5, 2008, 1:22 PM AKST. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2008, 1:22 PM AKST (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2008, 5:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 40 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 Dec 5, 6:15 AM AKST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 6:15 AM AKST, 7 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 615 AM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008 .SYNOPSIS... THE LONG WAVE PATTERN CONSISTING OF A RIDGE OVER EASTERN ALASKA, A TROUGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA AND ANOTHER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN BERING. THE PATTERN WILL PERSIST TODAY AND THEN BECOME PROGRESSIVE WITH THE TROUGH MIGRATING TO EASTERN ALASKA BY SUN AND THE BERING RIDGE MOVING TO WESTERN ALASKA BY SUN. THIS WILL CAUSE CLEARING SKIES AND COLDER TEMPERATURES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS ALASKA OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST SAT...AND MOVE EAST TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY 3PM SUN. THIS IS NOW CAUSING NORTHEAST WINDS AND FLURRIES AND FOG ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST. AS THE HIGH MOVES OVER THE COAST FLURRIES AND FOG WILL DECREASE. A 988 MB LOW NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE SOUTH TONIGHT. A WEATHER FRONT FROM THIS LOW TO NUNIVAK ISLAND TO CIRCLE WILL PERSIST TODAY AND THEN SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. THERE WILL BE 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THIS FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN IN ZONES 214 AND 215 TODAY AS VERY WARM AIR NOW LIES ALOFT OVER THIS AREA. THERE ARE NE WINDS 20G35KT BETWEEN THE BROOKS RANGE AND THIS FRONT OVER CHANNELED AREAS WITH WINDS OF 30G40KT OVER WESTERN CAPES. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA AS WELL. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND SAT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ215. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ213-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225. && JB DEC 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 4:46 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Dec 5, 1:26 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Dec 5, 1:26 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Dec 5, 1:26 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Dec 5, 1:26 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 40 hr |
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Sources
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