Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2010, 6:05 AM AKST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2010, 6:05 AM AKST (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2010, 2:01 PM AKST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WWAK73 PAFG 061505 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 605 AM AKST SAT FEB 6 2010 AKZ223-070000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.100206T1505Z-100207T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 605 AM AKST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH FROM DELTA JUNCTION SOUTH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. && $$
1 follow-up statement
424 WWAK73 PAFG 062301 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 201 PM AKST SAT FEB 6 2010 AKZ223-070015- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100207T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 201 PM AKST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Feb 6, 4:39 AM AKST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:39 AM AKST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 439 AM AKST SAT FEB 6 2010 DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A 977 MB LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF ALASKA THAT WILL FILL FAIRLY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES INLAND TODAY. A 495 MB LOW ALOFT OVER THE YUKON DELTA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TODAY AND FILL BY SUN NIGHT OVER NORTHWESTERN AK. INTERIOR...A CHINOOK PATTERN IS CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR BRINGING IN WARMER TEMPERATURES AT 850 MB TODAY. STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PASSES OF THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON SUN. NORTH AND WEST OF FAIRBANKS WILL SEE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. WEST COAST...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING SLOWLY NORTH TODAY, SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS THROUGH SUN MORNING. NORTH SLOPE... 1005 MB LOW 200 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEAKEN ON SATURDAY. SOME CLOUDS AND FLURRIES IS EXPECTED FOR THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE TODAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. && JK FEB 10
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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.