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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2009, 3:51 AM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2009, 3:51 AM AKDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2009, 1:34 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 221151 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 351 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 AKZ217-230000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.090322T1151Z-090323T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 351 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NOATAK VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE... BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
10 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 221834 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1034 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 AKZ217-230600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090323T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1034 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NOATAK VALLEY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE... BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 230420 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 820 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 AKZ217-231400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090323T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 820 PM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE... BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 231026 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 226 AM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 AKZ217-240000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090324T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 226 AM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT TUESDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE... BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 232219 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 AKZ217-241400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090324T2000Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 219 PM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AKDT TUESDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AKDT TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE... BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 240339 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 739 PM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 AKZ217-241400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090324T2000Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 739 PM AKDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKDT TUESDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKDT TUESDAY. A NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE NOATAK VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 241226 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 426 AM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 AKZ217-242100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090325T0100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 426 AM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE NOATAK VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 241246 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 446 AM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 AKZ217-250000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090325T0100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 446 AM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. A NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN THE NOATAK VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 242215 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 215 PM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 AKZ217-251300- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090325T1300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 215 PM AKDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER ESPECIALLY IN THE NOATAK VALLEY AND NEARBY HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 251227 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 427 AM AKDT WED MAR 25 2009 AKZ217-260000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090327T0100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 427 AM AKDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THURSDAY IN THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THURSDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN THE NOATAK VALLEY AND NEARBY HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE...BUT LESS THAN 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 252134 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 134 PM AKDT WED MAR 25 2009 AKZ217-252245- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-090327T0100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 134 PM AKDT WED MAR 25 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ ES MAR 09
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Mar 22, 12:47 AM AKDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 12:47 AM AKDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1247 AM AKDT SUN MAR 22 2009 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RUNS OF GFS/NAM/ECMWF ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH TUE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. A GENERALLY COLD AND DRY PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK...BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR IS LIKELY TO SEE A LITTLE MODERATION IN THE COLD BEGINNING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW PATTERN SETS UP. THE MODERATION AND SOUTHERLY FLOW IS A RESULT OF A VERY STRONG SURFACE LOW EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA AREA BY WED AFTERNOON...THEN MOVING TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA BY THU AFTERNOON AS IT STARTS TO FILL. WILL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES CURRENTLY POSTED. TEMPERATURES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CERTAINLY BE COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILL WITH ADEQUATE WIND SPEEDS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ206-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219- AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF MAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:30 PM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Mar 22, 3:47 AM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:35 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 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.