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Brisk Wind Advisory 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 24, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 24, 2009, 12:39 PM AKST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2009, 12:39 PM AKST (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2009, 3:40 AM AKST
In force
15 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 24, 12:35 PM AKST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 12:35 PM AKST, 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1235 PM AKST SAT JAN 24 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL LOW IN
THE BERING SEA EXTENDS TO ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE ARCTIC
PLAIN. THESE FEATURES WILL SLOWLY FILL AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT
48 HOURS. MEANWHILE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTH OUT OF
THE ARCTIC OVER THE UPPER LEVEL SIBERIAN RIDGE AND SPILL COLDER
AIR DOWN TO NORTHERN ALASKA AGAIN BEGINNING MONDAY AND LASTING
THROUGH THE WEEK BUT GETTING COLDER ALOFT AS THE WEEK WEARS ON.

PRESENTLY A WEAK SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
IN THE BERING IS SPREADING SNOW SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST
COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH SUNDAY.

WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF LATER
TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT SLACKENS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220.
&&

CF JAN 09

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 12:37 PM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG7 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.