Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jul 16, 2008, 3:56 PM AKDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2008, 3:56 PM AKDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2008, 10:20 AM AKDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 162356 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 356 PM AKDT WED JUL 16 2008 AKZ225-171400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.080716T2356Z-080717T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 356 PM AKDT WED JUL 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY. A SOUTH WIND WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH PASSES TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ CB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 171200 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 400 AM AKDT THU JUL 17 2008 AKZ226-172200- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.080717T1800Z-080718T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 400 AM AKDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH PASSES THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF $$ AKZ225-172200- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-080718T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 400 AM AKDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH PASSES TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BY THURSDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 171820 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1020 AM AKDT THU JUL 17 2008 AKZ225-171930- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-080718T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1020 AM AKDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS IN THE WESTERN ALASKA RANGE HAVE DIMINISHED TO 40 MPH OR LESS. $$ AKZ226-171930- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-080718T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1020 AM AKDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE HAVE DIMINISHED TO 45 MPH OR LESS. $$
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 Jul 16, 3:41 PM AKDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:41 PM AKDT, 15 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 PM AKDT WED JUL 16 2008 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT... UPPER RIDGE AXIS ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD...RESIDUAL SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE CNTRL AND ERN INTERIOR WILL BECOME LIGHT BY FRI AS BROAD LOW PRESSURE EXPANDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NEWD INTO THE CANADIAN NW TERRITORIES BY SUN WHILE WEAK RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE INTERIOR. DEEP POLAR VORTEX NEAR 80N/130W WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE ARCHIPELAGO THROUGH 00Z SAT BEFORE CURVING NEWD TOWARDS GREENLAND. A TROUGH ROTATING AROUND THE VORTEX WILL EXPAND SWWD TO THE NW ALASKA COAST BY EARLY SUN...A LOW IS PROGGED TO SPLIT OFF FROM THIS TROUGH...MOVING TO NEAR NORTON SOUND BY 12Z MON. SOLUTIONS FROM 12Z GFS AND ENSEMBLE MEAN/00Z ECMWF REASONABLY SIMILAR ON THE LARGE SCALE FEATURES THROUGH 12Z MON. WIDESPREAD RAIN/SHWRS OVER THE W COAST AND WRN INTERIOR WILL SPREAD TO THE CNTRL INTERIOR THU AND THE ERN INTERIOR THU NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE ALOFT EXPANDS EWD. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF THE ERN AND SERN INTERIOR FRI THRU SAT WITH SURFACE AND LOWER TROPOSPHERIC LOW...ECMWF/GFS INDICATING 36 HR AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. ... COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE && .HYDROLOGY... WIDESPREAD RAIN/SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER THE W CST AND WRN INTERIOR...SPREADING TO THE CNTRL AND ERN INTERIOR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY FLOOD ISSUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. && RF JUL 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:42 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jul 16, 1:40 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 49 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.