Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2011
Brisk Wind Advisory 77, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 1, 2011, 2:09 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2011, 2:09 AM AKST (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2011, 1:40 PM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
330 FZAK52 PAFG 011109 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 209 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 NORTHWESTERN 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. PKZ299-020300- 209 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN SLOWLY OVER THE STATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE TODAY. $$ PKZ200-020300- NORTON SOUND- 209 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-020300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 209 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-020300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 209 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-020300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 209 AM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ CC/CF MAR 11
1 follow-up statement
417 FZAK52 PAFG 012240 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 140 PM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-021345- 140 PM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1042 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR DAWSON WILL PERSIST. A SECOND 1032 MB HIGH CENTER BETWEEN DALL POINT AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL DRIFT SOUTH. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AND INLAND OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN. ANOTHER TROUGH OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND WILL PERSIST TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN ON WEDNESDAY. $$ PKZ200-021345- NORTON SOUND- 140 PM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-021345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 140 PM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TONIGHT..VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...EXCEPT SW WINDS 20 KT FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND NORTH TO THE BERING STRAIT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-021345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 140 PM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 15 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-021345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 140 PM AKST TUE MAR 1 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ DJH/JK MAR 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 Feb 28, 2:48 PM AKST, 11 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:48 PM AKST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 248 PM AKST MON FEB 28 2011 .DISCUSSION... QUIET WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUING OVER THE CWA. CURRENT GFS/EURO/NAM/GEM RUNS SHOWING SIMILAR PATTERNS ALOFT. MODERATELY STRONG HIGH CENTER ALOFT OVER THE BERING WILL BREAK DOWN INTO A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE BY THU...REBUILDING SOME BY FRI AS BUBBLE HIGH SPLITS OFF OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA. THIS HIGH MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH SUN. THE CWA WILL BE DRY THROUGH SAT...MODERATELY COLD TEMPERATURES PERSISTING OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR BUT WITH FAIRLY LARGE DIURNAL RANGES WITH AS INTERIOR DAYLIGHT APPROACHES 9 HOURS. NO MAJOR SURFACE SYSTEMS AFFECTING THE BERING OR ARCTIC COASTS THROUGH SAT. LOCALLY GUSTY SUB-ADVISORY WINDS DEVELOPING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TUE NIGHT WITH SOME TIGHTENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && RF FEB 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:07 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr |
Nearby
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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.