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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2008, 4:09 PM AKDT. It took effect at May 12, 2008, 9:09 PM AKDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2008, 4:09 PM AKDT (00:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2008, 9:09 PM AKDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2008, 4:33 AM AKDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 130509 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 909 PM ADT MON MAY 12 2008 AKZ217-131315- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.080513T0509Z-080513T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 909 PM ADT MON MAY 12 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT TUESDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM ADT TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK72 PAFG 131233 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 433 AM ADT TUE MAY 13 2008 AKZ217-131345- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-080513T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 433 AM ADT TUE MAY 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 May 12, 9:39 AM AKDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:39 AM AKDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM ADT MON MAY 12 2008 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... A CHANGE IN REGIME IS UNDER WAY AS THE RIDGING THAT HAS BEEN OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS GIVES WAY TO A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION WITH LOWER HEIGHTS. A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE TONIGHT THROUGH TUE. A SECOND SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR BROOKS RANGE WED AFTERNOON AND WED NIGHT. SOME WEAK RIDGING MAY RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...BUT THE OUTLOOK THEREAFTER APPEARS UNCERTAIN AS MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE CONSIDERABLY. SURFACE... ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST...EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO TUE AS A MODERATE LOW OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA MOVES WESTWARD IN A CYCLONIC TRAJECTORY AND FILLS. MAINLY EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...KEEPING ARCTIC COAST SKIES FILLED WITH STRATUS. THE SHORT WAVE ALOFT AND NORTHWARD MOVING OCCLUSION WILL BRING SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY TO THE INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A LOW LEVEL TROUGH SHOULD CONTRIBUTE SOME DYNAMICS AS WELL. SHOWER ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE THROUGH WED NIGHT WITH THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. A SECOND SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTH AND A WEAKENING LOW MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL PROVIDE MOST OF THE DYNAMICS. CONVECTIVE CHARTS INDICATING GENERAL SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER ALL THE INTERIOR WED AND WED EVENING...LIFTED INDEXES MAINLY FROM 0 TO AROUND +3 AND SOME AREAS OF 100-200 JOULE CAPES. BEST VERTICAL TOTALS ARE OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. FOR WED AFTERNOON/EVENING...THE BEST FOCUS FOR SHOWERS APPEARS TO BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE... AGAIN WITH LIFTED INDEXES MAINLY IN THE 0 TO +3 RANGE AND AREAS OF MAINLY 100-300 JOULE CAPES. VERTICAL TOTAL NUMBERS ARE LITTLE SMALLER BUT STILL ADEQUATE FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY. WHILE THERE IS LESS INSTABILITY IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INTERIOR...A FEW SHOWERS MAY BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SURFACE AND GENERALLY CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH PASSES IN AKZ225-AKZ226 WEST OF TOK CUTOFF THROUGH TUE. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN WINDY PASS. && .FIRE WEATHER... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH TUE IN PARTS OF AKZ225-AKZ226. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25+ MPH CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING IN AKZ223-AKZ224... LIKELY REDEVELOPING TUE AFTERNOON. && .HYDROLOGY...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BUCKLAND RIVER AT BUCKLAND. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ226. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RF MAY 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 4:59 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFG | 17 hr | |
| May 12, 10:54 PM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 30 hr | |
| May 12, 10:58 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 10 hr | |
| May 13, 2:24 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | 20 hr | |
| May 13, 7:18 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFG | 80 days | |
| May 13, 8:06 AM AKDT | Fire Weather Watch | 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.