Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2009
Brisk Wind Advisory 21, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 20, 2009, 2:43 AM AKST. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2009, 2:43 AM AKST (11:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2009, 1:12 PM AKST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
486 FZAK52 PAFG 201143 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-210100- 243 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A BROAD 1040 HIGH CENTERED NEAR BARROW TUES WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND BUILD TO 1052 MB ON WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN CANADA. $$ PKZ200-210100- NORTON SOUND- 243 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-210100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 243 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-210100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 243 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-210100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 243 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ JK/CF JAN 09
3 follow-up statements
162 FZAK52 PAFG 202158 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-211515- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 992 MB LOW 75 NM EAST OF ADAK WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THU MORNING. A BROAD 1040 HIGH CENTERED NEAR BARROW TUES AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND BUILD TO 1052 MB ON WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN CANADA. $$ PKZ200-211515- NORTON SOUND- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-211515- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-211515- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-211515- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ RL/SB/KS JAN 09
100 FZAK52 PAFG 211203 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-220100- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 992 MB LOW 75 NM EAST OF ADAK WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THU MORNING. A 1052MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR DEADHORSE WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO CANADA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. $$ PKZ200-220100- NORTON SOUND- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-220100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-220100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ JK/CF JAN 09
351 FZAK52 PAFG 212212 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-221715- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 989MB LOW 100NM NORTHEAST OF ADAK WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THU MORNING AND DISSIPATE. A 984MB LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN WILL MOVE TO 100NM SOUTH OF COLD BAY THURSDAY MORNING. 1055MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR DEADHORSE WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN. $$ PKZ200-221715- NORTON SOUND- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. STRONGER WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. STRONGER WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-221715- DALL POINT TO WALES- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-221715- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-221715- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ SDB/KS JAN 09
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 19, 3:23 PM AKST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 3:23 PM AKST, 11 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 323 PM AKST MON JAN 19 2009 .DISCUSSION... EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EASTWARD...REACHING THE ALCAN BORDER BY 12Z WED. HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER WESTERN ALASKA AND NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH 12Z WED...SETTING UP A COLD NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL WARM SOME OVER WESTERN ALASKA WHILE COOLING WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. BY 12Z WED...850 MB TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR WILL FALL TO -20C OR A LITTLE COLDER. A LITTLE MODERATION IN TEMPERATURE MAY OCCUR LATER IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. BY 00Z FRIDAY...A BLOCKING HIGH ALOFT WILL SPLIT OFF FROM THE RIDGE...WITH THE CENTER OVER THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST. PROGS ARE IN REASONABLY CLOSE AGREEMENT THROUGH 00Z THU... BY 00Z FRI THE ECMWF DEPARTS FROM THE GFS/NAM SOLUTIONS BY MOVING AN UPPER LOW WESTWARD UNDER THE BLOCK INTO THE INTERIOR...ALONG WITH SOMEWHAT COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT. ECMWF MOVING THIS WORM-IN-THE-APPLE FEATURE TO THE NORTHWEST COAST BY 00Z SAT...GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLES MAINTAINING A MUCH SIMPLER PATTERN WITH RIDGING FROM THE MACKENZIE DELTA AREA SOUTHWARD. CURRENT CANADIAN 500 MB PROGS APPEAR TO BE SHOWING A TREND SIMILAR TO THE ECMWF. BRISK EAST WINDS DEVELOPING OVER MARINE AREA 210 TONIGHT... INCREASING TO MINIMUM GALE OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA TUE AS AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH EXPANDS NORTHWESTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS INTO THE BERING...WITH A LOW CENTER SPLITTING OFF OVER THE FAR WESTERN BERING BY 00Z WED. BRISK EAST WINDS DEVELOPING TUE OVER MARINE AREA 200. 1028 MB HIGH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BUILDING TO 1048 MB OVER THE ARCTIC COAST BY 00Z WED. AREAS OF SNOW LIKELY IN SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND TUE WITH THE EASTWARD MOVING SHORT WAVE. FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR THIS EVENING AS 1000-850 MB LAYER MEAN TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE 0C...BUT GRADUAL COOLING IS EXPECTED THROUGH 18Z TUE. BY 18Z TUE...1000-850 MB LAYER MEAN TEMPERATURE WILL BE BELOW FREEZING IN ALL PARTS OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR...AND ANY PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ALL SNOW. STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR WED AS STRONG SURFACE HIGH CONTINUES TO BUILD AND MOVES INTO NORTHWEST CANADA...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS AND OVER SUMMITS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DENSE FOG ADVISORY AKZ222. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY AKZ222. BRISK WIND ADVISORY PKZ200. GALE WARNING PKZ210. && RF JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 20, 12:58 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 20, 12:58 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 63 hr | |
| Jan 20, 1:55 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 20, 1:55 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:45 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 29 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.