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Wind Chill Advisory 49, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 25, 2008, 7:05 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2008, 7:05 AM AKST (16:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2008, 6:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 4:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK43 PAFG 252105 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1205 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 AKZ219-261500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0049.080226T0300Z-080226T2100Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 1205 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE. THE LOW TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ220-261500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0049.080226T0300Z-080226T2100Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 1205 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE. THE LOW TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ AKZ218-261500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080226T1900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 1205 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST TUESDAY. A NORTH WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND IN PASSES ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWAK43 PAFG 260158 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 458 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 AKZ218-261500- /X.CON.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080226T1900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 458 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AST TUESDAY. IN PASSES...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND IN PASSES ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SEVERAL WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ AKZ219-261500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0049.080226T0300Z-080226T2100Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 458 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST TUESDAY. OVER THE HILLS...WIND CHILLS TO 45 BELOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE TUESDAY. $$ AKZ220-261500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0049.080226T0300Z-080226T2100Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 458 PM AST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AST TUESDAY. OVER HILLS...WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL TO 45 BELOW. WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE TUESDAY. $$
000 WWAK43 PAFG 261330 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 430 AM AST TUE FEB 26 2008 AKZ218-261430- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-080226T1900Z/ SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE 430 AM AST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE HAVE MODERATED. $$ AKZ219-220-261430- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-080226T2100Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 430 AM AST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WIND AND WIND CHILLS IN THE UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY...THE YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS HAVE MODERATED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Feb 25, 12:00 AM AKST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 12:00 AM AKST, 7 hours 5 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 500 AM AST MON FEB 25 2008 .DISCUSSION...THE NAM AND GFS MODELS BOTH FORECAST THE TROUGH ALOFT NOW OVER THE EASTERN MAINLAND TO EXTEND FROM THE EAST BEAUFORT SEA TO STRONG LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA BY LATE TODAY. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR SEVERAL DAYS OF MODEL RUNS...THE NAM AND GFS FORECAST A STRONG LOW ALOFT TO BUILD OVER THE GULF OF ANADYR BY THIS EVENING. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE GRADUAL CLEARING NOW IN PROGRESS OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WILL SPREAD OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL HAVE CLEARING...BUT ABOUT A DAY LATER THAN THE NORTHEAST. CAUGHT NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THIS...THE FAIRBANKS RADAR HAD A DECREASE IN RETURNS OVERNIGHT...BUT IS FAR FROM GOING CLEAR. EASTERLY FLOW WILL BE DEVELOPED OVER THE ENTIRE REALM SOUTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST ON TUESDAY...AND COLDER AND STRONGER NORTHEAST FLOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THIS WEEK. AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS DO NOT REFLECT THE EXTENT OF THE COOLING INDICATED BY THIS PATTERN. BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY THERE SHOULD BE BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS...AND SOME FRIGID WIND CHILLS...NEARLY EVERYWHERE OVER THE INTERIOR. ALOFT...THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STRONG COLD TROUGH COMING DOWN FROM THE NORTH. IF THE GFS MODEL FORECAST IS CORRECT...AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH YESTERDAYS RUN...THERE WILL BE A DECISIVE RENEWAL OF WINTER OVER THE ARCTIC AND INTERIOR OF NORTHERN ALASKA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS WEEK. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL RUNS SUGGEST THAT THE COLD SPELL EXPECTED IN NORTHERN ALASKA IN A FEW DAYS WILL EASE SOME NEXT WEEK...BUT THE PATTERNS INDICATED BY THESE MODELS DO NOT TIE IN TOO WELL WITH THE MOST RECENT GFS FORECASTS. THEREFORE...THE TURN TOWARD COLD WEATHER LATER THIS WEEK DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY TO END REAL SOON. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ218. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && TF FEB 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.