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Brisk Wind Advisory 79, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 28, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 28, 2009, 2:39 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2009, 2:39 AM AKST (11:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2009, 2:16 AM AKST
In force
24 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 Feb 27, 3:46 PM AKST, 10 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:46 PM AKST, 10 hours 53 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
346 PM AKST FRI FEB 27 2009

.DISCUSSION...

WEST COAST WARNINGS WILL BE WINDING DOWN WEST TO EAST TONIGHT
THROUGH SAT. ANOTHER MAJOR STORM IS STILL ON THE SUN EVENING TO
MON TIME FRAME. THIS ONE WILL BE MOVING A LITTLE QUICKER AND WITH
LESS TEMPERATURE CONTRAST. THE WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR 216 AND
217 WERE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS... MAINLY FOR HEAVY SNOW... WITH
CRITERIA BEING MET LOCALLY INSTEAD OF WIDESPREAD. THE BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR ZONE 213 WAS EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. NEW
BLIZZARD WARNINGS INCLUDE ZONE 202 BEGINNING AT 3 AM SAT AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY... WITH MAIN CONCERN BEING FOR STRONG
GUSTS MIXING WITH SNOW IN POST FRONTAL STAGE... AND FOR ZONE 206
FOR SOUTH WINDS THROUGH PASSES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH
TOMORROW. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SNOW
LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH SAT IN ZONE 218...WEST OF THE
PIPELINE... AND ZONE 219. EAGLE SUMMIT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH SAT. ALSO... ZONE 221 HAS BEEN GIVEN AN ADVISORY FOR SNOW
WEST OF MANLEY TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING. WIND ADVISORIES WILL
BE IN EFFECT FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ202.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-
AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

DA FEB 09

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 3:08 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG59 hr
Feb 27, 3:08 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG35 hr
Feb 27, 3:39 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG3 hr
Feb 27, 4:00 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG36 hr
Feb 27, 4:03 PM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG10 hr
Feb 28, 2:43 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG48 hr
Feb 28, 3:36 AM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG17 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.