Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2009, 12:37 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2009, 12:37 PM AKST (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2009, 7:33 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 242137 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1237 PM AKST SAT JAN 24 2009 AKZ225-250600- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.090124T2137Z-090125T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1237 PM AKST SAT JAN 24 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. SOUTH WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 55 MPH THROUGH THE PASSES AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 250433 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 733 PM AKST SAT JAN 24 2009 AKZ225-250545- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090125T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 733 PM AKST SAT JAN 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 24, 12:35 PM AKST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 12:35 PM AKST, 2 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1235 PM AKST SAT JAN 24 2009 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE BERING SEA EXTENDS TO ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE ARCTIC PLAIN. THESE FEATURES WILL SLOWLY FILL AND DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. MEANWHILE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTH OUT OF THE ARCTIC OVER THE UPPER LEVEL SIBERIAN RIDGE AND SPILL COLDER AIR DOWN TO NORTHERN ALASKA AGAIN BEGINNING MONDAY AND LASTING THROUGH THE WEEK BUT GETTING COLDER ALOFT AS THE WEEK WEARS ON. PRESENTLY A WEAK SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE BERING IS SPREADING SNOW SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT SLACKENS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && CF JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 12:39 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 15 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.