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Brisk Wind Advisory 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 9, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 9, 2011, 3:40 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2011, 3:40 AM AKST (12:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2011, 3:45 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 8, 3:46 PM AKST, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 3:46 PM AKST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
346 PM AKST SAT JAN 8 2011

.DISCUSSION...

GOES IR AND WATER VAPOR SHOW CONTINUING FEED OF MOISTURE
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND NEARBY WEST COAST AREAS.
LATEST MODELS INDICATING ONLY MINIMAL PRECIP FOR ZONES 212 AND 214
TONIGHT. IN ZONE 217...1000-850 MB MEAN TEMPERATURES NOT EXPECTED
TO WARM UP TO FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

THUS...HAVE CANCELLED WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ZONE 212
AND HAVE DOWNGRADED WINTER STORM WARNING TO FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY FOR ZONES 214 AND 217. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE
JUST STARTED AT KIVALINA AND KOTZEBUE IS NEAR BLIZZARD.

WIND TUNNEL CONTINUING OVERNIGHT IN ZONE 213...SAVOONGA REPORTING
PEAK WINDS TO 60 MPH. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 68 MPH REPORTED AT WALES.

MEGA HIGH ALOFT CONTINUING TO BUILD...AT 500 MB...576 DAM CENTER
WILL BE OVER WEST CENTRAL INTERIOR BY SUN AFTERNOON...WITH
PRECIPITATION SHOVED WESTWARD OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODELS
BUILDING THE HIGH TO 580+ OVER NW ALASKA BY MON. HEIGHTS WILL
START TO FALL OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND LATER IN THE WEEK
AS THE 580+ CENTER MOVES WESTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN SIBERIA
COAST. COLDER AIR WILL SEEP INTO THE EASTERN INTERIOR FROM CANADA
LATER IN THE WEEK...ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHING 1060 MB.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-
AKZ213.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ217.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

RF JAN 11

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 3:19 PM AKSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryAFG14 hr
Jan 8, 7:16 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG5 hr
Jan 8, 7:41 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG18 hr
Jan 9, 3:40 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG9 hr
Jan 9, 3:41 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Jan 9, 3:41 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG9 hr
Jan 9, 12:32 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG15 hr
Jan 9, 12:45 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFG8 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.