Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 34, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 10, 2008, 11:52 AM AKDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2008, 11:52 AM AKDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2008, 9:52 PM AKDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 101952 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1152 AM AKDT FRI OCT 10 2008 AKZ225-110600- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081011T0200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.081010T1952Z-081011T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1152 AM AKDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. 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. $$ AKZ226-110600- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081011T0200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.081010T1952Z-081011T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1152 AM AKDT FRI OCT 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 110552 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 952 PM AKDT FRI OCT 10 2008 AKZ225-226-110700- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-081011T1400Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 952 PM AKDT FRI OCT 10 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 Oct 10, 5:08 AM AKDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 5:08 AM AKDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 508 AM AKDT FRI OCT 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... SNOW HAS SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND INTO ZONE 219...ONGOING WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216 WILL BE CONTINUED. IN AKZ214...IT APPEARS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT OCCUR AS WINDS ARE DIMINISHING IN THE INTERIOR AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE COAST...BUT SATELLITE AND BETHEL RADAR LOOPS SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL NOT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST...THUS WILL CANCEL THE BLIIZARD WARNING FOR ZONE 214. STRONG SOUTHERLY CHINOOK WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES...GOOD WIND SUPPORT ALOFT WITH 700-800 MB WINDS OF 65-85 KT ACROSS THE RANGE THROUGH NOON...THEN DIMINISHING VERY SLOWLY. MAXIMUM GUSTS OF 71 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT TEXAS CONDO...AND 63 MPH AT ANTLER CREEK. TEMPERATURES OVER THE INTERIOR WILL COOL SOME OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK AFTER THE CHINOOK ENDS AND FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST. NORTH WINDS TO 35 MPH EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...DIMINISHING TO AROUND 25 MPH BY LATE SAT. FURTHER COOLING LIKELY NEXT WEEK WITH RESTABLISHMENT OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH POSITION OVER THE MAINLAND. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ207. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ235. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF OCT 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.