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Wind Chill Advisory 56, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 22, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 22, 2011, 11:32 AM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2011, 11:32 AM AKST (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2011, 6:56 PM AKST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

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 Feb 22, 6:00 AM AKST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:00 AM AKST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
600 AM AKST TUE FEB 22 2011

.DISCUSSION...
A HIGH ENERGY PATTERN IN CIRCULATION ALOFT AND THE WEATHER IN
NORTHERN ALASKA IS CONTINUING...AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH
THIS SATURDAY.

THE GFS AND NAM COMPUTER WEATHER FORECAST MODELS FORECAST STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT TO BUILD FROM SOUTHWEST
ALASKA INTO THE EASTERN INTERIOR BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE AREA OF
LAST REMAINING BRISK WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL TRANSIT INTO THE
YUKON TERRITORY OF CANADA THIS MORNING.

ONE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FAR WESTERN BERING WILL MOVE UP
TO THE GULF OF ANADYR TONIGHT. WILL WILL CONTINUE NORTHWARD AND
STRENGTHEN TO BE A 989 MILLIBAR LOW 200 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WRANGEL ISLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL STRENGTHEN TO A 972 MILLIBAR LOW
JUST OFF CAPE NAVARIN IN THE FAR WESTERN BERING SEA TONIGHT. IT
WILL CONTINUE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD AND REACH THE NORTHWEST
BEAUFORT SEA THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THESE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS IS NOW
ORIGINATING FROM ABOUT 25 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE...AND THIS INFLOW
IS STRENGTHENING. SUCH A PATTERN...COMBINED WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR
OVER SIBERIA...ASSURES STRONG WINDS OVER ARCTIC ALASKA AND THE
WEST COAST...AS WELL AS CONSIDERABLE PRECIPITATION OVER THE BERING
SEA COAST AND NORTHWEST ALASKA.

MORNING POLAR ORBITING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME LINGERING
CLOUDS OVER THE UPPER YUKON VALLEY AND FORTYMILE COUNTRY. THERE IS
AN INFLUX OF CLOUDS OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA AND THE BERING SEA
COAST. THE FIRST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE WEST HAS WELL DEFINED
CIRCULATION. THE SECOND LOW HAS BEEN MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD
AND IS FOLLOWING THE OUTCOME FORECAST BY THE COMPUTER FORECAST
MODELS WELL.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ220.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

TF FEB 11

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 21, 3:12 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	22 hr
Feb 21, 3:12 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	3 hr
Feb 22, 4:07 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	58 hr
Feb 22, 4:07 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	24 hr
Feb 22, 5:24 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	49 hr
Feb 22, 12:47 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	5 days
Feb 22, 1:37 PM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	3 days
Feb 22, 2:32 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	14 hr
Feb 22, 2:34 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	24 hr
Feb 22, 2:34 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	37 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.