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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2008, 11:13 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 21, 2008, 4:13 AM AKDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2008, 11:13 PM AKDT (07:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2008, 4:13 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2008, 2:37 PM AKDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 211213 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 413 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 AKZ217-212015- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.080321T1213Z-080322T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 413 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY FOR THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE OCCURRING. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 211325 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 525 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 AKZ217-212300- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080322T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 525 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY FOR THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 211513 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 713 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 AKZ217-220000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080322T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 713 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY FOR THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SATURDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 212229 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 229 PM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 AKZ217-221400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080323T0200Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 229 PM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT SATURDAY FOR THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM ADT SATURDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. THERE MAY BE AREAS OF RESTRICTED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 221330 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 530 AM ADT SAT MAR 22 2008 AKZ217-222300- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080323T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 530 AM ADT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT SUNDAY FOR THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... NORTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY. THERE MAY BE AREAS OF RESTRICTED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 222237 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 237 PM ADT SAT MAR 22 2008 AKZ217-222345- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080323T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 237 PM ADT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS IS CANCELED. $$
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 20, 10:41 PM AKDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 10:41 PM AKDT, 32 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 AM ADT FRI MAR 21 2008 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST 72 HOURS. LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. FOR THE MOST PART...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THAT PERIOD. UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC AND UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WHICH BOTH ARE REFLECTED WELL AT THE SURFACE WILL WILL REMAIN NEARLY CONSTANT WITH LITTLE FLUCTUATION THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA BY SATURDAY AND BEGIN TO SPREAD MOISTURE UP IN A WRAP AROUND FASHION TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR BY LATER SATURDAY. COLD AIR CONTINUES TO WRAP AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PARKED NEAR THE ALASKA PENINSULA WHICH WILL FEED THE GULF OF ALASKA LOW AND PROLONG THE LIFE SPAN OF THIS LOW. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED THROUGH 60 HOURS. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. THIS WILL KEEP THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES AND THE WIND CHILL PROBLEMS EXISTING THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ208. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ217-AKZ218. BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ219. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && CF MAR 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 9:09 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 5 days |
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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.