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Brisk Wind Advisory 196, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 19, 2011, 1:13 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2011, 1:13 PM AKST (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2011, 2:31 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 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 19, 2:33 AM AKST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 2:33 AM AKST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 233 AM AKST MON DEC 19 2011 .DISCUSSION... ELONGATED 972 MB LOW STRETCHING FROM ST MATTHEW ISLAND TO OUTER NORTON SOUND FILLING TO AROUND 990 MB BY 12Z TUE WITH ONLY A VERY WEAK CIRCULATION REMAINING. SOME WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER THE MOST OF THE WEST COAST/BROOKS RANGE/CENTRAL INTERIOR TODAY. OVER THE NULATO HILLS...WRAPAROUND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY OVER WITH BY MORNING...SO WILL END THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ216 AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ215. 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATING A TIGHT PINCH IN THE ISOBARS FROM POINT LAY TO POINT HOPE...SO WILL CONTINUE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS FOR THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF AKZ201. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS IN THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY PERSISTING INTO THE MORNING IN AKZ213...BUT IMPROVED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT COLLAPSES. NEXT LOW ON DECK IS NOW DEVELOPING NEAR 46N/177E...MODELS DEEPENING THIS SYSTEM TO 975 MB CAPE NEWENHAM BY 00Z WED... THEN FILLING TO AROUND 995 MB BY 00Z THU AS IT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH 00Z FRI AS IT EXITS NORTHEAST. MUCH OF THE INTERIOR MAY EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM. CHINOOK WINDS DEVELOPING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TUE MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM...DIMINISHING WED AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN WIND PRONE AREAS COULD APPROACH OR REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND...BUT FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH AT THIS TIME...GFS AND ITS ENSEMBLE MEAN RUNNING NOTICEABLY COLDER AT 850 MB THAN THE CORRESPONDING EUROPEAN PRODUCTS WHICH KEEP 850 MB TEMPERATURES ONLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMALS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 1:31 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 9 days | |
| Dec 19, 1:31 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 hr |
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Sources
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