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Brisk Wind Advisory 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 8, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 8, 2009, 2:33 AM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2009, 2:33 AM AKST (11:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2009, 12:47 PM AKST
In force: 10 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 8, 1:10 AM AKST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 1:10 AM AKST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
110 AM AKST THU JAN 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT RANGE PROGS ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT. 976 MB LOW
SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AT 06Z THU IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO
SOUTH OF YAKUTAT BY 00Z SAT FILLING TO AROUND 993 MB. MOVEMENT OF
THIS LOW SHOULD PROLONG THE PRESSURE GRADIENT JUST SOUTH OF THE
ALASKA RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH LOW WIND CHILL WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE IN MENTASTA PASS AT LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT.
LOCAL NORTH WINDS TO 15 MPH COULD DEVELOP TODAY IN WINDY PASS
PASS AND NEAR ISABEL PASS. LOCAL NORTHEAST WINDS TO 15 MPH WITH
WIND CHILL LIKELY CONTINUING IN ZONE 221 AS WELL.

ECMWF AND GFS PROGS AGREE WELL IN THE TIMING OF A WARMUP
IN THE INTERIOR MON...GFS IS MORE BULLISH ON CHINOOK CONDITIONS
HOWEVER. BOTH MODELS AND GFS ENSEMBLES INDICATING FURTHER
WARMING BY MID WEEK AS STRONG RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS OVER
THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA AND NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE
ALASKA INTERIOR.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ221-AKZ223-AKZ225.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ222.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ226.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ245.
&&

RF JAN 09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 3:23 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	51 hr
Jan 7, 10:52 PM AKST	Wind Chill Warning	AFG	55 hr
Jan 8, 2:32 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	10 hr
Jan 8, 4:41 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	49 hr
Jan 8, 1:27 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	16 hr
Jan 8, 2:02 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	14 hr

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Sources

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