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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2008, 11:16 PM AKST. It took effect at Mar 2, 2008, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2008, 11:16 PM AKST (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2008, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2008, 4:04 PM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 021316 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 416 AM AST SUN MAR 2 2008 AKZ215-022000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.080302T1500Z-080302T2100Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 416 AM AST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY. CURRENTLY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 45 MPH WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. WIND CHILLS TO 35 BELOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING THROUGH NOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 021856 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 956 AM AST SUN MAR 2 2008 AKZ215-030300- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080303T0600Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 956 AM AST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AST THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 45 MPH WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 030104 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 404 PM AST SUN MAR 2 2008 AKZ215-030215- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080303T0600Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 404 PM AST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND HAS DIMINISHED TO 10 TO 15 MPH...AND 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 Mar 1, 7:55 AM AKST, 15 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 7:55 AM AKST, 15 hours 21 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1255 PM AST SAT MAR 1 2008 .DISCUSSION... && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 411 AM AST SAT MAR 1 2008/ DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZED WELL AND HAVE SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND A TIGHT GRADIENT THROUGH THE CENTRAL INTERIOR HAS CREATED SEVERE WIND CHILLS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR...DROPPING TO NEAR 75 BELOW OVER AREAS ALONG THE STEESE HIGHWAY NORTHEAST OF FAIRBANKS EARLIER THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AS WINDS DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES MODERATE OVERNIGHT. THIS COLD AIR WILL BE MOVED RAPIDLY OUT OF THE AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE PANHANDLE OF ALASKA. MODELS AND ENSEMBLES WHICH OFFERED UP CONSIDERABLE SPREAD EARLIER IN THE WEEK HAVE BEEN TRENDING TOWARD A COMMON SOLUTION THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND NOW ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE MID RANGE FORECAST. THE ECMWF WHICH HAD BEEN VERY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE THE BEST GRASP ON THE UPCOMING PATTERN CHANGE. THE 500 MB FLOW WILL TURN SOUTH AND TRANSPORT MILDER AIR ALOFT INTO MUCH OF THE CWA ON MONDAY. THE OPERATIONAL GFS RETURNS 850MB TEMPS TO AROUND -6C AT FAIRBANKS BY THURSDAY. THE ENSEMBLE MEAN IS A BIT COLDER...BUT STILL SHOWS SIGNIFICANT WARMING BY MID- LATE WEEK. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT TEMPS WILL GET ABOVE ZERO AT FAIRBANKS BY WEDNESDAY...AND IF NOT WEDNESDAY...BY THURSDAY. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES BY LATE IN THE WEEK ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG THE WEST COAST CLOSEST TO THE UPPER LOW. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221- AKZ222-AKZ225-AKZ226. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ222. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && MAR 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:00 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 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.