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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 29, 2008, 9:23 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 29, 2008, 2:23 PM AKST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2008, 9:23 AM AKST (18:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2008, 2:23 PM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2008, 5:38 PM AKST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 292323 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 223 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008 AKZ222-011500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.080229T2323Z-080302T0300Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 223 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 35 MPH SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 010644 AAA NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 944 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008 AKZ222-011500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080302T0300Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 944 PM AST FRI FEB 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 011444 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 544 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 AKZ222-012300- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080302T0300Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 544 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 011956 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1056 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 AKZ222-020300- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080302T0600Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 1056 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING ON THE HILLS... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM SATURDAY OVER THE HILLS. THE STRONG WIND WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 020238 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 538 PM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 AKZ222-020345- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080302T0600Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 538 PM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND IS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING..AND THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Feb 28, 11:39 PM AKST, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:39 PM AKST, 9 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 439 AM AST FRI FEB 29 2008 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS MOVED SOUTH FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST EAST OF MACKENZIE BAY. DECENT COLD ADVECTION NOW OCCURRING WITH ARCTIC FRONT AS IT SLIDES SOUTHWARD OVER THE STATE. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT IS OUTRUNNING THE GRADIENT PACKING. IF THIS CONTINUES THEN THE INTERIOR WIND CHILLS MAY NOT MATERIALIZE AS WELL AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODERATELY STRONG THROUGH PASSES IN THE BROOKS RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH IN EASTERN ARCTIC LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MAJORITY OF THE COLD ADVECTION WILL HAVE PUSHED THROUGH BY THEN. COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWEST TO THE YUKON KUSKOKWIM DELTA THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL COLD BALL LOW WILL SLIDE DOWN THE TROUGH AND BE IN BRISTOL BAY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL JUST PIN WHEEL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. UPPER HIGH OVER FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL RETROGRADE BACK WEST THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTH OVER MOST ALL OF ALASKA. THIS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO SOAR IN MOST OF THE STATE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY HOLD ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY SEE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO NEAR FREEZING AGAIN AND WITH THE SET UP OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CAUSING SOME DOWNSLOPE...ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE SEEN AS WELL STARTING AROUND TUESDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219- AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ245. && CF FEB 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:25 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 28, 10:44 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 57 hr | |
| Feb 29, 3:48 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Feb 29, 3:51 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Feb 29, 7:54 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 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.