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Brisk Wind Advisory 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 22, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 22, 2008, 10:02 PM AKST. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2008, 10:02 PM AKST (07:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2008, 6:45 AM AKST
In force: 57 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 Jan 22, 11:16 AM AKST, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 11:16 AM AKST, 10 hours 46 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
416 PM AST TUE JAN 22 2008

.DISCUSSION...
A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES AS A POTENT 982 MB SURFACE
LOW CURRENTLY OVER ZONE 208 CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WILL
EXIT THE MAINLAND NEAR BARROW THIS EVENING...BUT NOT BEFORE IT
BRINGS BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH AND
WESTERN ZONES.

THE NAM AND THE GFS ARE ADVERTISING QPF VALUES IN EXCESS OF ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH FOR EXTENDED PERIODS ALONG THE WEST COAST AND
NORTH SLOPE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...ALONG WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH IN MANY PLACES THAT USUALLY DO NOT SEE MUCH WIND...LEADING
TO THE ISSUANCE AND CONTINUATION OF SEVERAL BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND
OTHER ASSORTED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ALONG THE
WEST COAST AND NORTH SLOPE. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ON
THE LEE SIDE OF THE BROOKS RANGE AS THE UPSLOPE MAXIMIZES SNOWFALL
TOTALS.

THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR ALSO HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW THIS
EVENING ONCE WINDS SHIFT TO TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST. THE INTERIOR
WILL ALSO SEE DRAMATIC COOLING OVERNIGHT FROM RECORD AND NEAR
RECORD HIGHS TO MORE SEASONABLE BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES. FAIRBANKS
ALONE SHOULD SEE A 40 DEGREE DROP OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THIS IS A HIGHLY VARIABLE AND QUICKLY CHANGING SITUATION. THE
MOS WINDS ARE WAY UNDERDONE IN MOST CASES...AND THE TIMING ALSO
SEEMS TO BE TOO SLOW. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR MORE DETAIL.

THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA ON THURSDAY BUT WILL
TAKE A MUCH MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ222.

BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ209-AKZ212-AKZ218.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ218.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ210-AKZ211.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ207-
AKZ208-AKZ213-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.

STORM WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

KS JAN 08

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 22, 10:02 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	10 hr
Jan 22, 11:32 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	13 hr
Jan 23, 4:46 AM AKST	Snow Advisory	AFG	14 hr
Jan 23, 8:20 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	15 hr
Jan 23, 8:20 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	15 hr
Jan 23, 8:23 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	46 hr
Jan 23, 8:23 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	46 hr
Jan 23, 9:11 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	19 hr
Jan 23, 2:03 PM AKST	Blowing Snow Advisory	AFG	30 hr
Jan 23, 2:03 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	30 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.