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Brisk Wind Advisory 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 14, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 14, 2009, 2:09 PM AKST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2009, 2:09 PM AKST (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jan 16, 2009, 1:57 PM AKST
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Jan 14, 5:35 AM AKST, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 5:35 AM AKST, 8 hours 34 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
535 AM AKST WED JAN 14 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MASSIVE UPR RIDGE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND DEEP LOW 400 NM
SW OF DUTCH HARBOR COMBINING TO PRODUCE DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER
MOST ALL OF THE CWA.

ELONGATED TROUGH DUTCH HARBOR TO KOTZEBUE WITH CLOSED LOW
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND AND THEN MOVING NORTH
TO BE A 976 MB CENTER OVER EASTERN NORTON SOUND BY 12Z THU AND TO
NEAR BARROW BY 12Z FRI. WARM FRONT...LARGELY ALOFT...MOVING FROM
CENTRAL INTERIOR PRESENTLY TO NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE BY THIS
EVENING.

THERE ARE SOME MODEL DIFFS...MOST NOTABLY IN HANDLING THE LOW AS
IT MOVES NORTH OF NORTON SOUND. GFS MOVES THIS FEATURE EWD MUCH
QUICKER THAN THE NAM OR ECMF. WE OPTED FOR THE FARTHER WEST
SOLUTION.

SHORT TERM THREATS CENTER ON VERY STRONG CHINOOK WINDS TO THE LEE
OF THE ALASKA RANGE CREST AND COPIOUS PRECIP...INCLUDING SOME
LIQUID...OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN INTERIOR.

IN THE MID RANGE...GENERAL AGREEMENT ON FALLING HEIGHTS AND COLDER
AIR RETURNING...AT LEAST BRIEFLY...OVER THE WEEKEND...THO THE
DETAILS DIFFER.

FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL HIGHEST IN ZONES 215 AND SOUTHERN TWO-
THIRDS OF ZONE 216. MODELS AGREE ON KEEPING FREEZING RAIN EAST OF
ZONE 214...AND QPFS ARE NOT THAT SO...SO WE HAVE CNCLD THE WSW FOR
THIS ZONE. WATCHES FOR SOUTH SLOPES BROOKS RANGE ZONES UPGRADED TO
WARNINGS.

ZONES 221 AND SOUTHERN 219...ANY ABOVE FREEZING LAYERS FORECAST
TO BE WELL ELEVATED...ABOVE 3000 FEET. HENCE...FREEZING RAIN NOT
FELT TO BE A THREAT..THO SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE. SOME SLEET
POSSIBLE ZONE 216 TOO.

HAVE ISSUE WWA FOR ISABEL PASS AS SOME PRECIP LIKELY BLOWING
ACROSS THE CREST...AND TEMPS MAY BE WARM ENOUGH FOR SOME RAIN.
THIS SHOULD END THIS AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR ALOFT MOVES NORTH
FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA.

HIGH WIND WATCHES CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ALASKA
RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF.

NORTH SLOPE REMAINS THE QUIET REGION...FOR THE TIME BEING.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-
AKZ218-AKZ219.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-
PKZ245.
&&

RT JAN 09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 3:07 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	12 hr
Jan 14, 2:43 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	4 days
Jan 14, 2:43 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	59 hr
Jan 14, 3:12 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	40 hr
Jan 14, 3:12 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	6 hr
Jan 14, 1:41 PM AKST	Freezing Rain Advisory	AFG	14 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.