Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2009, 6:25 AM AKST. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2009, 6:25 AM AKST (15:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2009, 8:11 PM AKST
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK72 PAFG 211525 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 625 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 AKZ216-220000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.090121T1525Z-090122T0300Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 625 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
11 follow-up statements
000 WWAK72 PAFG 211825 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 925 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 AKZ215-220100- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T0600Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 925 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-220100- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 925 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ216-220100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T1800Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 925 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...EXCEPT FOR PORTIONS OF THE YUKON VALLEY FROM GALENA WESTWARD. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 212117 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1217 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 AKZ215-220600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T0600Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 1217 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING ALONG THE NULATO HILLS. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ216-220600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T1800Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1217 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...EXCEPT FOR PORTIONS OF THE YUKON VALLEY FROM GALENA WESTWARD WERE WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-220600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1217 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY AND ALONG HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 220534 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 834 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 AKZ215-220645- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T0600Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING... SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT 834 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND HAS DIMINISHED...AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AKZ216-221500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T1800Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 834 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THURSDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...EXCEPT FOR PORTIONS OF THE YUKON VALLEY FROM GALENA WESTWARD WERE WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-221500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 834 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THURSDAY. EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY AND ALONG HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT IN THE NOATAK VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 221443 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 543 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 AKZ216-222100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090122T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 543 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-230000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 543 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 221705 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 805 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 AKZ216-230000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T0000Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 805 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-230000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T0300Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 805 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 222020 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1120 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 AKZ216-230900- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1120 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-230900- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1120 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 230828 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1128 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 AKZ216-232100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1128 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-232100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1128 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 230840 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1140 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 AKZ216-232100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1140 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-232100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1140 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM AKST FRIDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 231313 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 413 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 AKZ216-232100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 413 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$ AKZ217-232100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 413 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 232102 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1202 PM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 AKZ216-232215- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090123T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 1202 PM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ217-240600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090124T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1202 PM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK72 PAFG 240511 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 811 PM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 AKZ217-240615- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090124T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 811 PM AKST FRI JAN 23 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 Jan 21, 2:51 AM AKST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:51 AM AKST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 48 HOURS BUT CONTINUE TO DIVERGE THURSDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES FROM MODEL TO MODEL AND RUN TO RUN. AN UPPER RIDGE THAT STRETCHES FROM SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL CUT OFF BY THUR AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF PABR-PASC. A 1050 MB SURFACE HIGH ALONG THE BEAUFORT SEA COAST WILL SLIDE OFF INTO THE WESTERN NW TERRITORIES ON THUR. THE COLDEST AIRMASS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR. AS THE HIGH RETREATS AND THE WIND PICKS UP ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST IT WILL LEAD TO SOME WIND CHILL CONCERNS THROUGH TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALSO TIGHTEN ACROSS INTERIOR AK AND MAY LEAD TO SOME CONCERNS WITH BLOWING SNOW. TEMPERATURES LIKELY NOT COLD ENOUGH IN MOST AREAS ACROSS THE INTERIOR FOR WIND CHILL ADVISORIES. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH ENERGY CUTTING UNDERNEATH THE UPPER HIGH. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AT CUTTING OFF A LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR FRI AND LIFTING THE LOW UP TO THE BEAUFORT SEA SAT. THE UKMET IS FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE LOW AND CARRIES THE ENERGY TO THE WEST COAST. THE GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLES EITHER KEEP THE ENERGY IN CANADA OR BRING A WEAKER LOW MUCH FURTHER SOUTH CLOSER TO THE UKMET. FORECASTER CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO REMAIN LOW. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK THE MAJORITY OF THE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES BUILD A RIDGE ACROSS THE BERING SEA WITH A DOWNSTREAM TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF THE MAINLAND. DETAILS CONTINUE TO VARY FROM RUN TO RUN...BUT THIS SET UP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BRINGING VERY COLD AIR BACK INTO NORTHERN AK. THE OPERATIONAL GFS DEVELOPS A YAKUTAT LOW BY LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH THE PATTERN EVERY BIT AS COLD AS THE COLD SNAP OF LATE DECEMBER INTO THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF THE MONTH. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:07 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 21, 6:31 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 54 hr | |
| Jan 21, 1:00 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Jan 21, 1:12 PM AKST | Gale Warning | 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.