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Wind Advisory 37, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 4, 2008

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 4, 2008, 1:34 PM AKST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2008, 1:34 PM AKST (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2008, 3:16 AM AKST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 042234
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
134 PM AKST THU DEC 4 2008

AKZ213-051400-
/X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081205T1500Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
134 PM AKST THU DEC 4 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. 

NORTH WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE AREAS OF POOR
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

AKZ217-051400-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0037.081204T2234Z-081206T0300Z/
UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK
134 PM AKST THU DEC 4 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST FRIDAY. 

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
UPPER NOATAK VALLEY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUED THROUGH FRIDAY.
ALONG WITH THE WINDS WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS
TO 30 BELOW. 

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

$$
RT DEC 08

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 051216
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
316 AM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008

AKZ213-051330-
/X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081205T1500Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
316 AM AKST FRI DEC 5 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 


$$

AKZ217-051330-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-081206T0300Z/
UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK
316 AM AKST FRI DEC 5 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 Dec 4, 4:01 AM AKST, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 4:01 AM AKST, 9 hours 33 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
401 AM AKST THU DEC 4 2008

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH FIRST 36 HOURS. MODELS HAVE
DEFINITELY BACKED OFF SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IN CENTRAL PORTION OF
NORTHERN ALASKA FROM PREVIOUS RUNS. BELIEVE NOW THAT THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR DECENT SNOWFALL LIES OVER THE WESTERN ZONES SOUTH
OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. SINCE THERE IS DECENT COLD AIR IN PLACE
OVER THE BROOKS RANGE IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE COULD BE DECENT
SNOWFALL ALONG THE UPSLOPE AREA HERE AS WELL.

WINDS ALONG THE WEST COAST ARE GUSTING INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE
CURRENTLY. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT TONIGHT AS WELL
WITH THE LOW MOVING NORTHWARD A BIT .

COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND PLAN
THROUGH SATURDAY. MEANWHILE TREMENDOUS WAR ADVECTION CONTINUES TO
PUSH NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE...SO MUCH
THAT FREEZING RAIN MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION IN A
FEW PLACES OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ216.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200.
&&

CF DEC 08

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 4, 2:48 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		15 hr
Dec 4, 2:13 PM AKST	Freezing Rain Advisory	AFG		30 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.