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Wind Advisory 42, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2008, 9:56 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2008, 9:56 AM AKST (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2008, 8:44 PM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 251856 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 956 AM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 AKZ225-260100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0042.081225T1856Z-081226T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 956 AM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WINDY PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... FOR WINDY PASS. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH IN WINDY PASS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 260009 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 309 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 AKZ225-260300- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081226T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 309 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WINDY PASS... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN WINDY PASS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 260239 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 539 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 AKZ225-260600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 539 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING FOR WINDY PASS... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH IN WINDY PASS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY LATER THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 260544 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 844 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 AKZ225-260645- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-081226T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 844 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 25, 3:06 AM AKST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 3:06 AM AKST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 306 AM AKST THU DEC 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH FIRST 48 HOURS. NAM DOES BRING A SURFACE LOW THROUGH THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING IN FROM THE BERING SEA WHICH IS REASONABLE. ALL MODELS KEEP MAIN SURFACE FEATURE MOVING EASTWARD TO GULF OF ALASKA BY THIS EVENING. THE LOW THEN SETS UP NEAR YAKUTAT BY FRIDAY AND BECOMES THE INFAMOUS YAKUTAT LOW WHICH SERVES TO PULL THE COLD AIR IN BEHIND IT TO NORTHERN ALASKA. OMEGA BLOCK ESTABLISHES ITSELF IN THE BERING SEA AND SETS UP COLD TROUGH IN THE INTERIOR FOR THE NEXT WEEK AT LEAST. THIS SHOULD SUPPLY THE COLDEST AIR THIS SEASON TO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN INTERIOR. CURRENT LOW IN THE BERING SEAS WILL SWIFTLY EASTWARD AND SUPPLY SOME DECENT WINDS AND SNOW TO ZONES 214 AND 215. UPPER LEVEL NORTH WINDS WILL KEEP SOME FLURRIES OR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THE RULE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH THE WEEK. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ215. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && CF DEC 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 7:00 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 5 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:48 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 59 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:56 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:44 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 71 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.