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Brisk Wind Advisory 192, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 27, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 27, 2008, 2:55 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2008, 2:55 AM AKST (11:55 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2008, 2:15 PM AKST
In force: 11 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 27, 2:50 AM AKST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 2:50 AM AKST, 5 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
250 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH NEARLY 60 HOURS. SURFACE LOW IN
THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO FILL WHILE RIDGE IN THE BERING SLIDES
EAST SLIGHTLY AND STRENGTHENS.

UPPER LEVEL OMEGA BLOCK IN THE BERING WILL CAUSE THE TROUGH ALOFT
TO TAKE HOLD OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR OF THE STATE
THROUGH 240 HOURS. BY END OF 240 HOUR OUTLOOK...VERY COLD UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE HIGH ARCTIC BUT WILL CONTINUE
THE COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE.

LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST AREAS IN
THE INTERIOR AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO
BE CANCELED BY TONIGHT. WINDS IN WEST COAST MARINE AREAS WILL
BEGIN TO DECREASE THROUGH THE STATE AS WELL WITH THE GRADIENT
RELAXING BECAUSE OF THE LOW FILLING RAPIDLY INT HE GULF.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

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

CF DEC 08

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 27, 2:59 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	11 hr
Dec 27, 6:51 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	31 hr
Dec 27, 2:14 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	24 hr
Dec 27, 2:15 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	24 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.