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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 9, 2008, 3:53 AM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 9, 2008, 10:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2008, 3:53 AM AKDT (11:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2008, 10:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2008, 3:55 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 091153 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 353 AM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2008 AKZ226-100000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.080909T1800Z-080910T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 353 AM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. A SOUTH WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 092343 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 343 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2008 AKZ226-100745- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080910T0900Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 343 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. A SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH ARE BLOWING THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WITH LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 45 MPH OR LESS AROUND MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 100545 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 945 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2008 AKZ226-101200- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080910T1200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 945 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY FOR PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. A SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH ARE BLOWING THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WITH LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 45 MPH OR LESS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 101155 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 355 AM AKDT WED SEP 10 2008 AKZ226-101300- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-080910T1200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 355 AM AKDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG WIND HAS CONTINUED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AND WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 50 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 Sep 8, 1:10 PM AKDT, 14 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 1:10 PM AKDT, 14 hours 43 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 110 PM AKDT MON SEP 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... A 994 LOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND MON AND BY TUE AFTERNOON WILL BE 992 MB OVER KODIAK. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE ALASKA RANGE BY WED EVENING... THEN LIFT NORTHEAST OVER CANADA ON THU. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE MAY FOLLOW FRI THROUGH SUN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA TO NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WITH RIDGING EAST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST ON TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM THE ARCTIC WED TO WEAKEN THE RIDGE. NORTH SLOPE: A COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NORTH SLOPE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... BRINGING WITH IT FLURRIES... THEN SNOW SHOWERS FOLLOWING THE FRONT THROUGH FRI AS A 1001 MB DEVELOPS NORTH OF BARROW. COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH AT LEAST FLURRIES WILL PERSIST. INTERIOR: ANOTHER CHINOOK EVENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE BEGINNING TUE AND ENDING WED MORNING. MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR WILL HAVE RAIN SHOWERS WED THROUGH THU AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST FROM KODIAK ISLAND TO CANADA. SNOW LEVELS MAY FALL TO AROUND 2000 FEET OVER THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY THU EVENING. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH DAY 8/MON. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE FIRE WEATHER...NONE. HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && SEP 08
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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.