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Brisk Wind Advisory 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 16, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 16, 2009, 1:56 AM AKST. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2009, 1:56 AM AKST (10:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 2009, 2:43 PM AKST
In force: 61 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 15, 3:39 PM AKST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 3:39 PM AKST, 10 hours 17 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
339 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS HEADED FOR WESTERN ALASKA...IT WILL
PRODUCE SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, AND POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN FROM
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL ALSO
CONTINUE THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE ALASKA RANGE
INTO INTERIOR ALASKA...SPREADING NORTHWARD TO THE BROOKS RANGE
BY SATURDAY. RAIN ON FROZEN HIGHWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR
PROBLEM THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE AND ON SOME PORTIONS OF THE DALTON
HIGHWAY THROUGH SATURDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL COME UP QUICKLY IN
MARINE ZONE 210 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE SNOW ENDING LATE THIS EVENING BUT WILL
RETURN AGAIN LATE FRIDAY EVENING WITH EASTERLY WINDS BECOMING
BRISK FROM BARROW EASTWARD.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ222-AKZ223.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ206-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215-
AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218.

HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ240-
PKZ245.
&&

RL JAN 09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 16, 1:56 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	35 hr
Jan 16, 2:09 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Jan 16, 2:09 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	38 hr
Jan 16, 4:37 AM AKST	Freezing Rain Advisory	AFG	22 hr
Jan 16, 8:43 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	39 hr
Jan 16, 1:46 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	23 hr
Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	26 hr
Jan 16, 1:57 PM AKST	Storm Warning	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.