Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2010, 4:39 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2010, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 38 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2010, 4:39 AM AKST (13:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2010, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2010, 7:58 PM AKST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 4, 2:13 AM AKST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 2:13 AM AKST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 213 AM AKST MON JAN 4 2010 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RUNS OF THE GFS/NAM/ECMWF SHOWING GENERALLY SIMILAR 500 MB HEIGHTS/850 MB TEMPERATURES/SEA LEVEL PRESSURE FIELDS THROUGH 12Z WED. STRONG SURFACE LOW NOW NEAR 50N/168W WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN...BUT WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA/ WEST COAST/WESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS WILL INCREASE AS THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES NORTH. IR LOOP SUGGESTS SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE FEED WITH THE SYSTEM. ONGOING WINTER STORM OR BLIZZARD WATCHES IN ZONES 212-213-214-215-216 WILL BE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS... AND NEW WINTER STORM WATCHES WILL BE POSTED FOR ZONES 210-211. 12 HR SNOW AMOUNTS AND COVERAGE AREA FROM THE GFS/NAM95 ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT FOR MON NIGHT AND TUE. ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT WILL LIKELY SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF BRISK NORTH WINDS...LASTING AT LEAST INTO FRIDAY. OVER WEST COAST AREAS FARTHER TO THE EAST...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY TUE AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...BUT INCREASE AGAIN WED NIGHT AND THU AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER RUSSIA BUILDS EASTWARD AND ANOTHER STORM MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF OF ALASKA...INCREASING THE OVERALL PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE WEST COAST AND NORTHERN BERING. MEDIUM RANGE OUTLOOK...A COLD UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSIT EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN RUSSIA COAST/CHUKCHI SEA/ARCTIC OCEAN...REACHING THE CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING COLDER AIR TO THE BROOKS RANGE AND NORTHWARD. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL LIKELY REMAIN DOMINANT OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY BEING NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERATE SURFACE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC OCEAN THU NIGHT AND FRI COULD BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG WEST WINDS AND POSSIBLY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO ZONES 203-204. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ210-AKZ211. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. && RF JAN 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:39 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Jan 4, 4:39 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 5 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:24 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 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.