Alert archive / Alaska / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind warning at Dec 20, 2009, 10:06 PM AKST. It was in force for 31 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2009, 10:06 PM AKST (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2009, 4:41 AM AKST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 210706 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1006 PM AKST SUN DEC 20 2009 AKZ225-211600- /X.UPG.PAFG.WI.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-091222T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0015.091221T0706Z-091222T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1006 PM AKST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SOUTH WIND OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES THROUGH MONDAY. THE TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS WILL ASSIST IN MINIMIZING THE EXTREME BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. THERE WILL STILL REMAIN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 211221 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 321 AM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 AKZ225-220100- /X.EXT.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 321 AM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. A SOUTH WIND OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN PASSES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND THIS WILL ASSIST IN MINIMIZING THE EXTREME BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ226-220100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.091221T1221Z-091222T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 321 AM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. A SOUTH WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND MAY LOCALLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 212253 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 153 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 AKZ225-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 153 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. IN OTHER AREAS NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS WELL. THE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS HAVE WARMED TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S WHICH HAS REDUCED THE BLOWING SNOW. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS HAVE SHOWN 70 MPH GUSTS AT ANTLER CREEK TODAY AND 60 MPH NEAR HEALY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ226-221400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 153 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TONIGHT AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH. WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 220613 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 913 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 AKZ225-221500- /X.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 913 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. IN PASSES...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. IN OTHER AREAS NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS WELL. THE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS HAVE WARMED TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S WHICH HAS REDUCED THE BLOWING SNOW. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS HAVE SHOWN 70 MPH GUSTS AT ANTLER CREEK TODAY AND 60 MPH NEAR HEALY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ223-221500- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091222T1800Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 913 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY IN THE FORT GREELEY AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-221500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091222T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 913 PM AKST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST TUESDAY. IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 221244 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 344 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 AKZ225-230100- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091223T0100Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 344 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON IN PASSES... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SOUTH WIND WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 60 MPH IN PASSES TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE WELL ABOVE FREEZING...AND THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ223-222100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091222T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 344 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY IN THE FORT GREELEY AREA... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-230100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091223T0100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 344 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON* IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 221342 CCA NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 441 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 CORRECTED ZONE 223 AKZ225-230100- /X.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-091222T1500Z/ /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091223T0100Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 441 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON IN PASSES... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SOUTH WIND WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 60 MPH IN PASSES TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE WELL ABOVE FREEZING...AND THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ223-222100- /X.COR.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091222T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 441 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY IN THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING IN THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-230100- /X.COR.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-091223T0100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 441 AM AKST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 high wind warning went out at Dec 20, 2:41 PM AKST, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:41 PM AKST, 7 hours 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AKST SUN DEC 20 2009 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO EASTERN MAINLAND ALASKA. IN WESTERN ALASKA A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH TOWARDS ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT INITIALLY...BUT BY 30 HOURS THE NAM HAS THE SURFACE LOW NEAR THE WEST COAST 20MB WEAKER THAN THE OTHER MODELS. THROUGH 84 HOURS THE ECMF...THE GFS AND THE UKMET ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT ALTHOUGH THE GFS DOES WEAKEN THE LOW MORE QUICKLY. THE NAM APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT OUTLIER SO WE THREW THAT OUT. OVER THE INTERIOR THE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS WHEN THE GFS CONTINUES TO TRY AND MOVE THE RIDGE OUT MORE QUICKLY. && .DISCUSSION... ACROSS THE WEST COAST...THE FRONTAL SYSTEM FROM 962 MB LOW JUST WEST OF ST PAUL ISLAND AT 18Z IS PRODUCING BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. ON THE YUKON DELTA TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM SO THE BLIZZARD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE TRANSITIONED TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR HIGH WIND WARNINGS...BUT AT THIS POINT WE WILL KEEP THEM BLIZZARD WARNINGS. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO PICK UP IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND NULATO HILLS. KALTAG IS REPORTING AROUND 2 MILES VISIBILITY AND SNOW...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE NULATO HILLS STILL LOOKS GOOD. ANOTHER LOW DEEPENING SOUTH OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY MONDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ONE POTENTIAL PROBLEM COULD BE WARM TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S SO THAT COULD LIMIT BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY BRING IN SOME FREEZING RAIN. ACROSS THE INTERIOR...A STRONG INVERSION HAS DEVELOPED WITH THE RIDGE ALOFT. TEMPERATURES IN THE HILLS AROUND FAIRBANKS ARE AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO...WHILE THE AIRPORT IS REPORTING 19 BELOW. SOME HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR THIS EVENING...WHICH MAY WEAKEN THE INVERSION SLIGHTLY BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AGAIN AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY THE GFS BRINGS A SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE INTERIOR...THIS COULD BRING SOME FREEZING RAIN TO THE INTERIOR. THIS FEATURE IS MUCH WEAKER ON THE ECMF. THE ECMF CONTINUES TO HAVE THE RIDGE THROUGH SATURDAY WHILE THE GFS BRINGS A LOW IN ON THURSDAY AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE ECMF LOOKS MORE CREDIBLE AS IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THE RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN SO QUICKLY. WINDS CONTINUE TO STAY UP IN AND JUST NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WITH THE CHINOOK FLOW AND THE TANANA VALLEY JET. REPORTS OF GUSTS TO 42 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN HEALY. ANTLER CREEK HAS NOT BEEN REPORTING BUT A GOOD FIRST GUESS IS NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT HEALY REPORTS. WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN STRONG AT FAREWELL LAKE IN THE ALASKA RANGE WITH GUSTS THIS MORNING TO 52 MPH. WIND ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED IN BOTH 227 AND 225 TO COVER THESE. THIS WIND WILL VARY IN STRENGTH BUT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS THE RIDGE STAYS IN PLACE. ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE...THERE ARE CURRENTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS. WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO PICK UP IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC AND BROOKS RANGE AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE BERING SEA. BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL...BUT THIS SHOULD BE WATCHED. AS THE RIDGE BUILDS IN A WARMER AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL STAY UP IN THE EASTERN ARCTIC WITH THE LOWS IN THE BERING THROUGH TUESDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ227. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ213-AKZ214. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ208. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && MKK DEC 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1:33 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Dec 21, 3:13 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 21, 3:21 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Dec 21, 3:44 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 21, 4:58 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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.