Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 31, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 7, 2008, 7:37 AM AKDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2008, 7:37 AM AKDT (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2008, 1:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 071537 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 737 AM AKDT SUN SEP 7 2008 AKZ225-080000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0031.080907T1537Z-080908T0000Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 737 AM AKDT SUN SEP 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS PRODUCING STRONG SOUTH WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOUTH WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH THE PASSES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION BY THEN AND THE WINDS WILL DECREASE. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
1 follow-up statement
855 WWAK73 PAFG 072100 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 100 PM AKDT SUN SEP 7 2008 AKZ225-072200- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-080908T0000Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 100 PM AKDT SUN SEP 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Sep 7, 5:29 AM AKDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 5:29 AM AKDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 529 AM AKDT SUN SEP 7 2008 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... A LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE THEN MOVE EAST AND AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WED AND THU. THIS WILL BRING COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER TO MUCH OF NORTHERN ALASKA STARTING WED. A RIDGE FROM SOUTHEAST ALASKA TO NORTHWEST ALASKA WILL BREAK DOWN SUN NIGHT AND THEN REBUILD MON NIGHT. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND COINCIDENT SURFACE OCCLUDED FRONT NOW ALONG THE GULF OF ALASKA COAST WILL MOVE TO BETHEL TO NORTHWAY BY 4PM SUN...TO UNALAKLEET TO EAGLE BY 4AM MON AND DISSIPATE ALONG A UNALAKLEET TO CIRCLE LINE MON PM. CHINOOK WINDS NOW OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL DECREASE SUN NIGHT AS THE TROUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA AND WEAKENS THE RIDGE. EXPECT ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THIS TROUGH. A SECOND VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WILL MOVE TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA BY 4PM MON AND TO KING SALMON BY 4PM TUE WITH A FRONT MOVING TO BETHEL-MCGRATH-ANCHORAGE BY 4PM TUE. THIS WILL BRING A SECOND ROUND OF CHINOOK WINDS TO THE ALASKA RANGE LATE MON NIGHT INTO TUE. WILL SEE SOME RAIN ALONG THE FRONT OUTSIDE OF THE CHINOOK AREA. WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR SO WARMER TODAY THAN SAT BUT ALSO INCREASED CLOUD COVER, EXPECT TODAYS HIGHS TO BE SIMILAR TO SAT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST AND OVER THE BERING WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE. THIS WILL CAUSE STRATUS AND FOG CONDITIONS TO REMAIN THROUGH TUE IN SAME AREAS AS IT EXISTS NOW. A COLD FRONT WELL NORTH OF THE THE ARCTIC COAST WILL MOVE SOUTH TO LIE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA MON NIGHT TO THE THE BROOKS RANGE TUE. MAY SEE SOME FLURRIES WITH THIS. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH 4PM SUN. AFTER THAT THE GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE NAM MOVING FEATURES A BIT FASTER THAN THE NAM. PREFER THE FASTER GFS AS THE PATTERN IS FAIRLY ENERGETIC AND APPEARS TO BE MOVING A BIT FASTER THAN MODELS AT MOMENT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... WINDY ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE SUN AND TUE BUT RHS WILL BE ABOVE 40% SO NO NEED FOR RED FLAG. && .HYDROLOGY... NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && JB SEP 08
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.