Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 41, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 16, 2008, 5:19 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2008, 5:19 AM AKST (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2008, 8:12 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 161419 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 519 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2008 AKZ218-161800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0041.081216T1419Z-081216T1800Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 519 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING. WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER IN THE MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ220-161800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0041.081216T1419Z-081216T1800Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 519 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING FOR SUMITS SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER HIGHER SUMMITS SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 161712 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 812 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2008 AKZ218-220-161815- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-081216T1800Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...FORT YUKON...VENETIE... CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK... BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT... TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 812 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 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 16, 5:03 AM AKST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 5:03 AM AKST, 16 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 503 AM AKST TUE DEC 16 2008 .DISCUSSION... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE HANGING ON IN PARTS OF ZONES 203-204... SO HAVE EXTENDED ONGOING WARNINGS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. INTERIOR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO WIND ADVISORIES AND EXTENDED FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. WITH THE SNOW MAINLY DONE AND OVER WITH...BLOWING SNOW IS PROBABLY NOT A PROBLEM. WITH THE NEXT INCOMING LOW IN THE BERING...MODELS INDICATING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM 850 MB ON DOWN OVER MOST WEST COAST AREAS AND IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC...SO HAVE INDICATED A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AS WELL AS SNOW IN THE FORECASTS. THROUGH 00Z FRI...06Z GFS SURFACE PROGS RUNNING VERY CLOSE TO THE 00Z RUN...AND SHOWING BETTER CONTINUITY THAN THE ECMWF. 500 MB PROGS AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN APPEAR TO BE SIMILAR AND AGREEING WELL WITH CONTINUITY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ220. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. && RF DEC 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.