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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2009, 3:11 PM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 23, 2009, 1:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2009, 3:11 PM AKDT (23:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2009, 1:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2009, 2:36 PM AKDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 222311 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 PM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 AKZ225-230715- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.090423T0900Z-090423T1900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 311 PM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM AKDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM AKDT THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH PASSES WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ226-230715- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.090423T0900Z-090424T0200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 311 PM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM AKDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM AKDT THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 230357 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 757 PM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 AKZ225-231400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.090423T0900Z-090423T1900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 757 PM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM AKDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM AKDT THURSDAY. A SOUTH WIND THROUGH PASSES WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. EXPECT LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-231400- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.090423T0900Z-090424T0200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 757 PM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM AKDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM AKDT THURSDAY. A SOUTH WIND THROUGH PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. EXPECT LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 231237 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 437 AM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 AKZ225-231900- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-090423T1900Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 437 AM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKDT THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES 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. && $$ AKZ226-231900- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-090424T0200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 437 AM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 231748 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 948 AM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 AKZ225-232300- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-090424T0200Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 948 AM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WIND WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. WINDS IN HEALY WILL GUST TO 40 MPH. 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. && $$ AKZ226-232300- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-090424T0200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 948 AM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF TODAY. THE STRONG WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ RT APR 09
000 WWAK73 PAFG 232236 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 PM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 AKZ225-226-232345- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-090424T0200Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 236 PM AKDT THU APR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RT APR 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 Apr 22, 5:57 AM AKDT, 9 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:57 AM AKDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 557 AM AKDT WED APR 22 2009 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR: RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AND TROUGH WILL REPLACE IT OVER THE WEST COAST... THEN TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE INTERIOR ON FRI BEFORE RIDGE REDEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR OVER THE WEEKEND. TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND WEST COAST CONTINUES A RATHER FIXED FIXTURE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SURFACE: LOW OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN... THEN OPEN UP NORTHEAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND FRI MORNING. OTHER LOWS WILL DEVELOP UNDER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA DURING THE NEXT WEEK. FRONT EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS MORNING WILL BE EAST OF THE SOUNDS BY THU MORNING. WEAK HIGH OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL MOVE EAST OF MACKENZIE BAY TONIGHT. TROUGH WILL FORM OVER THE NORTH SLOPE TONIGHT... THEN LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OF BARROW THU NIGHT WITH ASSOCIATED FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE INTERIOR THU AND THU NIGHT. NORTH SLOPE: NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY BECOMING EAST TONIGHT AS HIGH MOVES EAST AND TROUGH DEVELOPS. LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST OF BARROW THU NIGHT WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW WITH 1 INCH ACCUMULATIONS. WEST COAST: NOME RADAR SHOWS SNOW MOVING NORTH AND EAST OF NOME THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD REACH UNALAKLEET LATER IN THE MORNING THEN KOTZEBUE AND KIVALINA BY EVENING. MIXED RAIN WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE WEST COAST ZONES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 3 INCHES. INTERIOR: CHINOOK WILL BLOCK OUT PRECIPITATION FROM SOUTHEAST CORNER OF INTERIOR THU. CHINOOK WINDS MAY REACH 50 MPH ON THU FOR PASSES OF THE DENALI ZONE. SNOW THU THROUGH FRI WILL BE MAINLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES WITH MAINLY RAIN OVER SOME LOCATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE PICTURE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MID RANGE: THERE IS INCREASING UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODELS LATER IN THE MID RANGE. THEREFORE... INCREASING RELIANCE HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE ENSEMBLES FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE MID RANGE. WINDS WILL BE RATHER BRIEF AS THE GRADIENT LOOSENS QUICKLY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL KEEP CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...WEB CAMS AND REPORTS SHOW SNOW COVER STILL WIDESPREAD OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. WARMER TEMPERATURES WED AND THU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY NEARLY A WEEK OF CLOUDS AND CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. THE CHINOOK WED NIGHT AND THU WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM FOR FIRE WEATHER... THANKS TO SNOW COVER. && .HYDROLOGY...RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PRODUCE SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES THUS FAR THIS SPRING. TODAY... TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 50S OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR... THEN AGAIN ON THU FOR THE EASTERN INTERIOR. TROUGH DEEPENING OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND WEST COAST WILL INCREASE CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR SNOW OR RAIN FROM WED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WATER CONTENT OF PRECIPITATION COULD BE IN THE ONE QUARTER INCH RANGE FOR THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH FOR THE EASTERN INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200 AND PKZ210. && APR 09 DA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2:41 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 9 days | |
| Apr 22, 1:41 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:25 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:28 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 33 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.