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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 23, 2010

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2010, 3:45 AM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2010, 3:45 AM AKDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2010, 3:32 PM AKDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

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 Mar 22, 2:12 PM AKDT, 13 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:12 PM AKDT, 13 hours 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
212 PM AKDT MON MAR 22 2010

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR: A 548 DM HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL RETROGRADE
NORTHWEST TUE THROUGH THU. A 513 DM LOW WILL FORM OVER NUNIVAK
ISLAND ON TUE...THEN MOVE WEST WED THROUGH THU.

SURFACE: A 1045 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WED THEN WEAKEN. WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST. PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN ARCTIC
HIGH AND GULF LOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND TUE...THEN PERSIST
THROUGH WED NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE FAR WESTERN BERING SEA
WILL WEAKEN.

EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND TUE THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WED
NIGHT. THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
OR FLURRIES TUE NIGHT...OTHERWISE WEATHER WILL BE DRY...WITH
PATCHY FOG MAINLY ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

DA MAR 10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 3:51 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG58 hr
Mar 23, 3:54 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG34 hr
Mar 23, 3:30 PM AKDTWind Chill AdvisoryAFG12 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.