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Brisk Wind Advisory 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 3, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 3, 2011, 1:37 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2011, 1:37 AM AKST (10:37 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2011, 1:40 AM 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 Jan 3, 12:02 AM AKST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 12:02 AM AKST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1202 AM AKST MON JAN 3 2011

.DISCUSSION...
WEAKENING STORM CENTER NOW NORTHWEST OF GAMBELL IS CONTINUING
TO SPIN DOWN AND WILL DEGENERATE INTO A BARELY RECOGNIZABLE CENTER
OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BY EARLY TUE. REMAINING ADVISORIES AND
WARNINGS FOR THE WEST COAST WILL LIKELY BE ENDED THIS MORNING.

960 MB LOW ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF ADAK PROGGED TO MOVE TO THE
NORTHWESTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY TUE EVE...SECONDARY CENTER
DEVELOPING OVER BRISTOL BAY MON EVE...DRIFTING NORTHWARD INTO
AKZ214 BY TUE AFTERNOON. THIS SECONDARY LOW WILL BRING ANOTHER
ROUND OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE WEST COAST/BERING AND CHUKCHI
SEAS...ALONG WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF NORTHERLY GALES OVER
PKZ210-220...MAX BRISK WIND OVER PKZ225.

THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE SEVERAL DAYS OF RELATIVE
INACTIVE WEATHER.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...CURRENT MODELS DEVELOPING A STRONG UPPER
HIGH OVER THE ALASKA THEATER BY NEXT WEEKEND...EUROPEAN RUN AND
CURRENT HPC GUIDANCE APPEAR TO BE THE BEST ESTIMATE OF POSITION
AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

RF JAN 11

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 3, 1:36 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	13 hr
Jan 3, 1:53 PM AKST	Wind Advisory	AFG	7 hr
Jan 3, 2:19 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	36 hr
Jan 3, 2:19 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	36 hr
Jan 3, 2:22 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	36 hr
Jan 3, 2:49 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	30 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.