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Wind Chill Advisory 46, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 18, 2011, 3:29 AM AKST. It was in force for 71 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2011, 3:29 AM AKST (12:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2011, 2:32 AM AKST
- In force
- 71 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759 WWAK42 PAFG 181229 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 329 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 AKZ213-190000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.110118T1229Z-110119T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 329 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF && $$
7 follow-up statements
955 WWAK42 PAFG 181237 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 337 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 AKZ213-190000- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110119T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 337 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
637 WWAK42 PAFG 182332 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 AKZ213-191500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110119T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 232 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
910 WWAK42 PAFG 191401 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 501 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 AKZ213-200000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110120T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 501 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY FOR THE BERING STRAIT... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE BERING STRAIT. WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
977 WWAK42 PAFG 191815 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 915 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 AKZ213-201500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110120T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 915 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY FOR THE BERING STRAIT... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE BERING STRAIT. WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
032 WWAK42 PAFG 201247 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 347 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 AKZ213-202100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110121T0900Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 347 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FOR THE BERING STRAIT COAST... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE BERING STRAIT COAST. WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
596 WWAK42 PAFG 201831 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 931 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 AKZ213-211500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110121T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 931 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST FRIDAY FOR THE BERING STRAIT COAST... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST FRIDAY. WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON FRIDAY FOR THE BERING STRAIT COAST. WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION OF NORTHERN ALASKA MEANS THAT WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 15 MPH ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
070 WWAK42 PAFG 211132 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011 AKZ213-211245- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-110121T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 232 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Jan 17, 1:54 PM AKST, 13 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 1:54 PM AKST, 13 hours 35 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 154 PM AKST MON JAN 17 2011 .DISCUSSION... DEEP COLD LOW ALOFT CENTERED NR 78N/140W WILL BE OVER ERN BANKS ISLAND BY TUE AFTERNOON. ASSCD COLD FRONT PUSHED ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE THIS MORNING WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING ON THE NORTH SLOPE. MEANWHILE...932 MB LOW SW OF SHEMYA NOW WEAKENING AND WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS BUT THE ASSCD OCCLUSION WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL BEING SEA TUE NIGHT. REMNANTS OF THE MEGA HIGH ALOFT STILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL SIBERIA ESEWD INTO SW ALASKA. MODEL GUIDANCE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH THIS WEEK...THO SOME DETAILS DIFFER. IN THE MID RANGE...HOW FAR NORTH THE SOUTHERN FLOW CAN GET WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR TEMPS AND ANY SNOW...THOUGH GIVEN MOST OF THE CWA REMAINS IN A SNOW DROUGHT...PERSISTENCE WOULD FAVOR DRIER SOLUTIONS. NORTH SLOPE...COLDEST AIR REMAINS NORTH OF THE BEAUFORT SEA COAST BUT STILL A SUBSTANTIAL COOL DOWN UNDERWAY...AND THE SLOPE LOOKS TO REMAIN IN BROAD CRCLN OF THE COLD LOW ALOFT ALL WEEK. WEST COAST...WINDS INCREASING TUE AS OCCLUSION MOVES THRU THE BERING SEA. SNOW THO LOOKS UNLIKELY TO GET NORTH OF THE YUKON DELTA. TEMPS MODERATING A BIT BUT PRETTY SHARP N-S GRADIENT PERSISTING. INTERIOR...CLOUDS WITH WEAKENING COLD FRONT HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT BROKEN UP CROSSING THE BROOKS RANGE AND SLIGHTLY MODIFYING VALLEY TEMPS. MEANWHILE...SC ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE/SRN INTERIOR HAVE BEEN PERSISTING...AND EVEN GROWING ACROSS ZONE 224. THESE ARE HAVING A MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TEMPS. INCREASING W-NW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD HELP CLEAR THESE OUT NEXT 18 HOURS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240. && RT JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 8:46 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:40 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:58 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 18, 2:04 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 18, 2:05 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 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.