Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2011
Brisk Wind Advisory 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 16, 2011, 1:18 PM AKST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2011, 1:18 PM AKST (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2011, 3:40 AM AKST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
603 FZAK51 PAFG 162218 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-171330- 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA SUN NIGHT AND SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT MON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA MON AND MON NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. $$ PKZ225-171330- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-171330- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NORTH 20 KT. SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-171330- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT. SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-171330- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ245-171330- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 118 PM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT BECOMING W. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO W 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ TF/DA JAN 11
3 follow-up statements
190 FZAK51 PAFG 171155 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-180030- 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM BARTER ISLAND TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE SOUTH TO THE YUKON DELTA TUE. HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA MON AND MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ225-180030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. FOG. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-180030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-180030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-180030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-180030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 255 AM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ JAN 11
733 FZAK51 PAFG 172208 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-181315- 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... 992 MB LOW 400 NM NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT WILL WEAKEN TO 995 MB BY TUE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL BUILD ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ225-181315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-181315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-181315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU...LIGHT WINDS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-181315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...LIGHT WINDS. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...LIGHT WINDS. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-181315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 108 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...LIGHT WINDS. .THU...NW WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ DA/RT JAN 11
555 FZAK51 PAFG 181240 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-190030- 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 994 MB LOW JUST NORTHWEST OF BANKS ISLAND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA STRETCHING EAST ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA WILL BUILD SOUTH OVER INTERIOR ALASKA TUE. $$ PKZ225-190030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-190030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-190030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-190030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT DECREASING TO 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-190030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 340 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...W WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ JAN 11
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 16, 5:53 AM AKST, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 5:53 AM AKST, 7 hours 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 553 AM AKST SUN JAN 16 2011 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... THE LONG WAVE PATTERN IS STARTING TO UNDERGO A CHANGE. THE RIDGE OVER NORTHERN RUSSIA INTO NORTHERN ALASKA WILL RECEDE WEST TODAY THROUGH MON AS A VERY DEEP LOW NOW NEAR HE NORTH POLE MOVES SOUTH TO BANKS ISLAND BY 3AM TUE. 500 MB HEIGHTS WILL FALL DRAMATICALLY OVER NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH MON AS THE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW MOVES SOUTH OVER ALASKA. SURFACE... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE ARCTIC COAST TO THE SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY WILL RECEDE SOUTH OVER THE YUKON TODAY AND WEAKEN TONIGHT. EAST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TODAY THEN DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE HIGH WEAKENS. A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST BY 3PM SUN AND ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE BY 3AM MON SUN NIGHT...TO OLD CROW TO NOME BY 3PM MON AND TO EAGLE TO FAIRBANKS TO THE YUKON DELTA BY 3AM TUE. EXPECT A CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THE FRONT NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE WITH FLURRIES AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS TO THE SOUTH. ALSO EXPECT NORTH WINDS 15-25 KT ALONG AND TRAILING THE FRONT. THIS WILL CAUSE A BRIEF WARM UP IN THE INTERIOR DUE TO THE WINDS AND CLOUDS MIXING OUT THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA MON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 KT AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW ALONG THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST...THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE AND ALONG THE WEST COAST MON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS THE HIGH BUILDS. WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND COLD WIND CHILLS AS WELL. A VERY STRONG LOW WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA ON TUE. THIS WILL CAUSE EAST WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BERING SEA COAST TUE. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS. THEY ALL APPEAR TO WEAKEN THE HIGH IN THE YUKON TOO QUICKLY TODAY SO WE WILL KEEP CURRENT EAST WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS 6 HRS LONGER THAN MODELS WOULD INDICATE. THIS MEANS THAT THE CURRENT COLD WIND CHILLS IN ZONES 223 AND 226 WILL LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ZONE 221 HAS WIND CHILLS OF -30 SO HAVE INCLUDED THAT FOR TODAY AS WELL. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226. && JB JAN 11
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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.