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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 29, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2009, 3:23 PM AKST. It took effect at Nov 30, 2009, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2009, 3:23 PM AKST (00:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 30, 2009, 6:00 AM AKST
Expired
Dec 1, 2009, 4:12 AM AKST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWAK72 PAFG 300023
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
323 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009

AKZ227-301500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.091130T1500Z-091201T0900Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
323 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

LOCAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING  THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...OVER THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE EAST AT 10
TO 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 300030
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
330 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009

AKZ227-301500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.091130T1500Z-091201T0900Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
330 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
AKST MONDAY NIGHT NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
AKST MONDAY NIGHT. 

LOCAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
ELSEWHERE...OVER THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE EAST AT 10
TO 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE
ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 301505
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
605 AM AKST MON NOV 30 2009

AKZ227-010100-
/X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091201T1500Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
605 AM AKST MON NOV 30 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. 

LOCAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...OVER THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 20 MPH. THE
STRONG WIND NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 302344
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
244 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009

AKZ227-010745-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091201T1500Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
244 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY NEAR
   THE ALASKA RANGE...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. 

LOCAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...OVER THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 25 MPH. THE
STRONG WIND NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 010633
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
933 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009

AKZ227-011500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091201T1500Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
933 PM AKST MON NOV 30 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY NEAR
  THE ALASKA RANGE...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. 

LOCAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
ALASKA RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...OVER THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY...WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 25 MPH. THE
STRONG WIND NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$
000 
WWAK72 PAFG 011312
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
412 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009

AKZ227-011415-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-091201T1500Z/
UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE
412 AM AKST TUE DEC 1 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 



$$

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 Nov 29, 2:30 PM AKST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 2:30 PM AKST, 53 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
230 PM AKST SUN NOV 29 2009

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: STRONG RIDGE BUILDS FROM SOUTHEAST ALASKA TO THE
EASTERN INTERIOR ON MON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST TO THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS. LONG WAVE TROUGH RE-EMERGES AT MID WEEK AS RIDGE MOVES
EAST.

SURFACE: A 1000 MB LOW 450 NM NORTH OF BARROW SUN EVENING WILL
MOVE NORTH AND DISSIPATE SUN NIGHT. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL SIBERIA THROUGH TUE. A
SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP FROM KOTZEBUE SOUND TO THE ARCTIC
COASTAL PLANE ON MON THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUE. A 957 MB LOW 600 NM
WEST OF COLD BAY SUN EVENING WILL MOVE EAST. AT 3 PM AKST MON
AFTERNOON...THE LOW WILL BE 961 MB 300 NM WEST OF COLD BAY. AT 6 AM
AKST TUE MORNING...THE LOW WILL BE 967 MB NEAR COLD BAY. AT 6 AM
AKST WED MORNING...THE LOW WILL BE 983 MB OVER BRISTOL BAY.

NORTH SLOPE: TROUGH MOVES NORTH TO THE NORTH SLOPE ON MON TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS FROM BARROW WEST. ANOTHER STRONGER
TROUGH FOLLOWS TUE AFTERNOON/NIGHT.

WEST COAST: NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE
WEST COAST TONIGHT THROUGH MON AS LOW MOVES EAST OVER THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS AND ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVES NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST.
THIS HAS PROMPTED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW FOR ZONES 212 THROUGH 215. EXTENSIONS TO ZONES FURTHER NORTH
WILL BE LOOKED INTO LATER. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY
OCCUR ALONG WITH THE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. ALASKA
RANGE SECTION OF ZONE 227 WILL HAVE ADVISORY WINDS MON TO MON
EVENING.

INTERIOR: STRONG UPCOMING CHINOOK HAS PROMPTED THE THE ISSUANCE OF
HIGH WIND WATCHES FOR THE ALASKA RANGE WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF
BEGINNING MON. ZONE 225 HAS THE WATCH FROM MON MORNING THROUGH MON
NIGHT. ZONE 226 HAS A WATCH FROM MON AFTERNOON THROUGH TUE AS THE
RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY SHIFTS FURTHER EAST INTO CANADA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ227.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220.
&&

DA NOV 09

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 3:14 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG44 hr
Nov 30, 3:29 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG3 days
Nov 30, 4:22 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFG35 hr
Nov 30, 4:22 AM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG24 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.