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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:14 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 44 hr | |
| Nov 30, 3:29 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Nov 30, 4:22 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Nov 30, 4:22 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 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.