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Brisk Wind Advisory 31, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 25, 2011, 2:06 PM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2011, 2:06 PM AKST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2011, 12:50 AM AKST
- In force
- 11 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 25, 2:07 AM AKST, 11 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 2:07 AM AKST, 11 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 207 AM AKST TUE JAN 25 2011 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RUNS FROM THE GFS/NAM/EUROPEAN AND GEM ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT OUT THROUGH 12Z FRI. 974 MB LOW S OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO ABOUT 100 NM S OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY 12Z SUN FILLING TO 982 MB...WEAKENING TO A VERY WEAK 988-990 MB CENTER ABOUT 100 NM W OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY 12Z THU AS IT BECOMES ABSORBED IN THE CIRCULATION AROUND A DEEP 955-960 MB LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS. FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING 976 MB LOW NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL RAPIDLY BECOME BROKEN UP AS IT CROSSES THE ALASKA RANGE...LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS MAY SPREAD NORTHWARD UP THE WEST COAST TODAY THROUGH WED. WEAKENING SHORT WAVE CROSSING THE ALASKA RANGE COULD BRING SOME FLURRIES OR A DUSTING OF LIGHT SNOW TO SOME INTERIOR AREAS WED NIGHT INTO THU MORNING. WINDS INCREASING OVER THE WEST COAST AND WEST COAST MARINE AREAS BEGINNING THU AFTERNOON AS A DEEP 955-960 MB LOW MOVES NORTHWARD TO THE ALEUTIANS WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND THU EVENING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE IN ZONES 210-211-212-214. BLIZZARD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR ZONE 213 ON THE TUE AFTERNOON OR WED MORNING FORECASTS. STRONG RIDGING ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC REGIONS FROM THU INTO THE WEEKEND...BRINGING AN END TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE. THE MONDAY AFTERNOON RAOB AT FAIRBANKS SHOWED TEMPERATURES ABOVE -5C FROM 890 MB TO 820 MB. TEMPERATURES ALOFT MAY TEMPORARILY COOL A BIT WITH THE NORTHWARD MOVING SHORT WAVE THEN RISE AGAIN WITH THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE. WILL KEEP THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY GOING FOR ZONE 207 TILL NOON TODAY...POINT HOPE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE A FEW DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD NUDGE THE WIND CHILL NUMBERS INTO THE -30S. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF JAN 11 .DISCUSSION... && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:15 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:06 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 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.