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Brisk Wind Advisory 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:19 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Jan 8, 7:16 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 5 hr | |
| Jan 8, 7:41 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 18 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:40 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:41 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:41 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Jan 9, 12:32 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Jan 9, 12:45 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 8 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.