Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Feb 4, 2010, 3:21 AM AKST (12:21 UTC)

Expired

Feb 4, 2010, 2:26 PM AKST

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

295 
WWAK41 PAFG 041221
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
321 AM AKST THU FEB 4 2010

AKZ206-050100-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100204T1500Z/
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0004.100204T1221Z-100205T0300Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
321 AM AKST THU FEB 4 2010

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN MOUNTAIN 
PASSES...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW WILL COMBINE WITH A NORTHEAST WIND
OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS TO 65 BELOW THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON IN MOUNTAIN PASSES. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED
AT ATIGUN PASS. THE WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME A LITTLE
LESS HARSH TONIGHT AS THE WIND SLOWLY DIMINISHES.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.
IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS...BE CAREFUL TO COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO
PREVENT FROSTBITE.

&&

$$

AKZ204-050100-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0015.100204T1221Z-100205T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
321 AM AKST THU FEB 4 2010

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. 

TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE WITH A NORTHWEST
WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 50 BELOW
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME A
LITTLE LESS HARSH TONIGHT AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS
THAT WIND CHILLS OF 50 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE
PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN.

&&

$$

135 
WWAK41 PAFG 042326
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
226 PM AKST THU FEB 4 2010

AKZ206-050030-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100205T0300Z/
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
226 PM AKST THU FEB 4 2010

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL WARNING. 

$$

AKZ204-050030-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-100205T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
226 PM AKST THU FEB 4 2010

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

$$

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Feb 3, 2:49 PM AKST, 12 hours 32 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
249 PM AKST WED FEB 3 2010

.DISCUSSION...
THE LOW ALOFT CENTERED NORTH OF THE MACKENZIE DELTA AT THIS TIME
WILL WEAKEN QUITE GRADUALLY AS IT MOVES CYCLONICALLY EAST AND
NORTHEAST TONIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO DRIFT NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY.
WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING SOUTH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL IMPACT THE
WEATHER OVER OUR ARCTIC AND WEST COAST ZONES THROUGH FRIDAY AT
LEAST...THOUGH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
ARCTIC ZONES...AND EVEN THERE FLURRIES ARE MORE LIKELY THAN
ANYTHING MEASURABLE FROM THURSDAY ON.

THE 1000 MB SURFACE LOW NEAR BANKS ISLAND WILL REMAIN ROUGHLY
UNDER THE LOW ALOFT BUT WILL WEAKEN MORE RAPIDLY...WITH A 1015 MB
BLOB AT THE SURFACE OVER MUCH OF THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS ON
FRIDAY. WINDS IN THE ARCTIC ZONES WILL WEAKEN SUBSTANTIALLY
OVERNIGHT IN MOST AREAS...BUT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
IN THE BROOKS RANGE FROM ATIGUN PASS EAST UNTIL THURSDAY.

A COLDER AIRMASS AT LOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTH OVER
MOST OF NORTHERN AK TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...THOUGH IT HAS NEARLY
MAXED OUT NOW OVER ZONES 201...202...AND MOST OF 205. SOME MODEST
COOLING WILL CONTINUE OVER OUR WESTERN ZONES ON THURSDAY NIGHT...
BUT IT WILL OVER (OR NEARLY SO) IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR
THEN. A WARMER AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE INTERIOR FRIDAY
MORNING AS WINDS ALOFT TURN TO THE SOUTH.

EXPECT STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AT ELEVATION OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR
AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE WARMER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO SPREAD
IN...BUT ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS APPEAR UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-
PKZ245.
&&

DJH FEB 10

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