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Brisk Wind Advisory 176, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 5, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 5, 2011, 1:46 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2011, 1:46 PM AKST (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 6, 2011, 2:00 PM 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 Dec 5, 7:04 AM AKST, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 7:04 AM AKST, 6 hours 42 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
704 AM AKST MON DEC 5 2011

.DISCUSSION...

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED TOWARDS THE NORTH SLOPE.
WINDS ARE STILL STRONG BEHIND THIS SYSTEM, PRODUCING
WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND LOW VISIBILITY TO OCCURRING
AT NOME/KOTZEBUE AREAS. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING
AND VISIBILITY IMPROVING TODAY. WINTER WX ADVISORIES STILL
OUT FOR THE SEWARD PENN AREA THROUGH NOON TODAY.

FOR THE INTERIOR...SNOW HAS BEEN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST
TO EAST AND STILL WINDY AT 850 MB BUT WINDS HAVE NOT
BEEN AS STRONG AT THE SURFACE THEN WE THOUGHT. THERE HAVE
BEEN GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE FAIRBANKS OVERNIGHT. WINDS GUSTING
TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH
LOCAL BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH MONDAY BUT THE
VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL NOT SEE THAT STRONG A WIND. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE FAIRBANKS AREA WILL LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED OR
CANCELLED TODAY.

ARCTIC...STRONG S-SW WINDS DEVELOPING IN BROOKS PASSES TONIGHT WILL
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...CONTINUING THROUGH NOON BLIZZARD
ENDING AKZ202 THIS EVENING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
AKZ204 LATE TONIGHT. AT BARTER ISLAND...SUSTAINED SPEEDS COULD
APPROACH 50 MPH LATE MON AFTERNOON/MON NIGHT.

HIGH ENERGY PROGRESSIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 7 DAYS...WITH AT LEAST TWO SUBSEQUENT
SYSTEMS PRODUCING EPISODES OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. NEXT ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER OVER THE WEST COAST WILL LIKELY BEGIN EARLY TUE.
THIS TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
NORTHERN BERING SEA WED.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-
AKZ222-AKZ224.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ206.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-
AKZ223-AKZ226.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ215-PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

JK DEC 11

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 4, 5:51 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	9 hr
Dec 4, 7:13 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	24 hr
Dec 5, 3:09 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	29 hr
Dec 5, 11:05 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	41 hr
Dec 5, 11:05 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	25 hr
Dec 5, 11:05 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	3 days
Dec 5, 1:46 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	38 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.