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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2011, 3:28 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 10, 2011, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2011, 3:28 AM AKST (12:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2011, 3:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2011, 11:40 AM AKST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
100 WWAK73 PAFG 101228 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 328 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 AKZ225-102030- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.111211T0000Z-111211T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 328 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ226-102030- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.111211T0300Z-111211T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 328 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
5 follow-up statements
440 WWAK73 PAFG 102017 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1117 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 AKZ225-110700- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.111211T0000Z-111211T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1117 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... * LOCATION...IN PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ226-110700- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.111211T0300Z-111211T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1117 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
208 WWAK73 PAFG 110635 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 935 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 AKZ225-111500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 935 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... * LOCATION...IN PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ226-111500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 935 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ RT DEC 11
637 WWAK73 PAFG 111022 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 122 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 AKZ223-111500- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.111211T1200Z-111211T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 122 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA. * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ225-111500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 122 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...IN PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ226-111500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T1500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 122 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MORNING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
646 WWAK73 PAFG 111435 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 535 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 AKZ225-112100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T2100Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 535 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ226-112100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111212T0100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 535 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA. * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$ AKZ223-112100- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 535 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WIND...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. && $$
020 WWAK73 PAFG 112040 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1140 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 AKZ223-225-112145- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111211T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-DENALI- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE...HEALY... DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...KANTISHNA 1140 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ226-112145- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111212T0100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1140 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 9, 2:19 PM AKST, 13 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 2:19 PM AKST, 13 hours 9 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 .DISCUSSION... THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE UPPER AIR FEATURES A LONG WAVE PATTERN OF A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE BERING AND NW PACIFIC AND A RIDGE OVER THE NE PACIFIC AND EASTERN ALASKA. THIS WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A SERIES OF STORMS OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE TO MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA WITH CHINOOK WINDS IN THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR ACCOMPANYING EACH STORM. THE 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WITH THE NEXT FRONT COMING INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA SATURDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND WEST COAST SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. AT THE SURFACE...A 1000 MB LOW 50 NM SOUTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE BEAUFORT SEA BY EARLY SAT MORNING...WEAKENING TO 1006 MB. A STRONG LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AS A 955 MB LOW BY 3PM SAT AND THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY 3PM SAT AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUN. EXPECT GALES WITH THIS FRONT. EXPECT 4-8 INCHES OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG THE WEST COAST ALONG THIS FRONT. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WITH THE FRONT FROM THE BERING STRAIT SOUTH AS WELL. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD BUT WILL HAVE PLENTY OF WINTER HAZARDS SO THERE ARE WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR WEST COAST AND SW INTERIOR ZONES SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RL DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:30 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:47 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:47 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:58 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Dec 10, 5:18 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Dec 10, 2:39 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 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.