Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2011, 8:28 PM AKST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2011, 8:28 PM AKST (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2011, 2:26 PM AKST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305 WWAK72 PAFG 300528 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 828 PM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 AKZ227-301500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0005.110130T0528Z-110131T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 828 PM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. A SOUTHEAST WIND WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 MPH OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
999 WWAK72 PAFG 301246 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 AM AKST SUN JAN 30 2011 AKZ227-310000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110131T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 346 AM AKST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. A SOUTHEAST WIND WILL GUST TO 50 MPH AT TIMES NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 MPH OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ RT JAN 11
877 WWAK72 PAFG 302326 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 226 PM AKST SUN JAN 30 2011 AKZ227-310030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110131T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 226 PM AKST SUN JAN 30 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 Jan 29, 2:38 PM AKST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 2:38 PM AKST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 PM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 00Z MON. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA WILL CONTINUE REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. OCCLUDED FRONT WILL NORTH FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA TO THE NORTH GULF COAST BY 00Z MON AND THEN WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE INTERIOR AS A WEAK TROUGH ALOFT BY MON EVENING. WINDS WILL LIKELY STAY TO SOUTHERLY TO PRODUCE PRECIPITATION ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE ALASKA RANGE. LOW NEAR THE ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE NORTH TO NEAR THE YK DELTA BY EARLY SUNDAY. THE ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND PUSH SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DISSIPATE OVER NIGHT AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD. THE WINDS WILL LIKELY STAY AT ADVISORY LEVEL THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT THROUGH SUNDAY BUT THE WINDS WILL LIKELY DROP TO SUB ADVISORY LEVEL THROUGH MOST OF THE OTHER MARINE ZONES. WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE WILL LIKELY STAY RELATIVELY STRONG THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH RE-BUILDING OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AS THE TROUGH ALOFT PASSES NORTH OF THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ213-AKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && CF JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 5:08 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Jan 30, 2:26 PM AKST | Wind 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.