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Brisk Wind Advisory 195, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 18, 2011, 1:46 AM AKST. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2011, 1:46 AM AKST (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2011, 1:13 PM AKST
- In force
- 35 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 17, 4:02 PM AKST, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 4:02 PM AKST, 9 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 402 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT...THE LONG WAVE PATTER CONSISTING OF A TROUGH IN THE BERING AND A RIDGE OVER NW CANADA WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL CAUSE SW FLOW TO PERSIST AND KEEP CONDITIONS CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. A CHINOOK WIND BLOWING ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN LATE SUN AS A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR. THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THE SHORT WAVE IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND MORE LIKELY SNOW FALL IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR. SURFACE... HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE BROOKS RANGE WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA SUN. THIS IS CAUSING EAST WINDS AND SNOW IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST AND WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COAST TONIGHT. THIS HAS CAUSED BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY FROM POINT LAY WEST. WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS THE WINDS INCREASE. A STRONG LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO 100 NM WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND AS A 966 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN AND TO DALL POINT AS A 982 MB LOW BY 3PM MON. A WEATHER FRONT FROM THIS LOW EAST WILL MOVE OVER NORTON SOUND TONIGHT...TO THE BERING STRAIT TO MCGRATH BY 3PM SUN...TO THE BERING STRAIT TO FORT YUKON BY 3AM MON...AND TO THE BERING STRAIT TO ARCTIC VILLAGE BY 3PM MON. EXPECT 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT...2-4 INCHES SUN AND ANOTHER FEW INCHES SUN NIGHT. THIS COULD BRING SEVERAL INCHES TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR SUN NIGHT AND MON WITH THE MOST LIKELY SNOW FALL NORTH AND WEST OF FAIRBANKS. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL. GFS MOVES THE FRONT AND TROUGH ALOFT NORTHWARD OVER ALASKA MORE QUICKLY SUN THAN THE NAM, BUT PREFER THE GFS DUE TO THE STRONG SOUTH FLOW ALOFT WITH THIS FEATURE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ215. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ213-AKZ216. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ240. && JB DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 4:42 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Dec 18, 1:58 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 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.