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Brisk Wind Advisory 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 8, 2011, 3:54 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2011, 3:54 AM AKST (12:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2011, 3:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Jan 7, 2:30 PM AKST, 13 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 2:30 PM AKST, 13 hours 24 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 230 PM AKST FRI JAN 7 2011 .DISCUSSION... RECORD 500 MB HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO BE OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA BY MONDAY. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...A 580+ CENTER SHOULD BE CENTERED JUST NORTHEAST OF KOTZEBUE SOUND WITH THE PERIMETER OF THE CLOSED HIGH ENCOMPASSING ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE DOMINANCE OF THE HIGH WILL PERSIST INTO MIDWEEK. THE FIRST OF THREE STRONG SURFACE LOWS TRACKING NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TONIGHT. THE SECOND LOW WILL BE 970 MB OVER THE ALEUTIANS...JUST WEST OF THE DATELINE... FRIDAY EVENING. THIS LOW WILL FOLLOW A SIMILAR TRACK NORTH TO SIBERIA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE THIRD LOW WILL BE WEAKER AND WILL SIMILARLY MOVE NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A FOURTH LOW LOOKS UNLIKELY. THE SECOND LOW WILL WEAKEN OVER SIBERIA SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT THEN STRENGTHEN AS IT GOES NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL SWEEP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NORTH SLOPE: TROUGH OFF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT WITH WINDS DROPPING RAPIDLY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS WARM FRONT SWEEPS EAST. FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...BUT THEN DRIER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW AND PERSIST INTO MIDWEEK AS HIGH BUILDS. WEST COAST: RAIN WILL BE MIXING WITH SNOW WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWS MOVING NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL END THE BLIZZARD POSSIBILITIES...BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON HIGH PRESSURE WILL CHANGE THE WEATHER TO A DRIER PATTERN WITH LESS WIND. INTERIOR: FLURRIES OVER SOME LOCATIONS SHOULD BE COMING TO A HALT BY SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER. HIGH WILL PERSIST INTO MIDWEEK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ225. && DA JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:33 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Jan 7, 9:33 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Jan 8, 1:12 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 14 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.