Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Advisories in 2011
Wind Chill Advisory 64, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Nov 24, 2011, 1:48 PM AKST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2011, 1:48 PM AKST (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2011, 5:41 AM AKST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964 WWAK41 PAFG 242248 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 148 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 AKZ203-250700- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.111124T2248Z-111125T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 148 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...WEST 15 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$ AKZ204-250700- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.111124T2248Z-111125T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 148 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...WEST 20 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$ AKZ206-250700- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.111124T2248Z-111125T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 148 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH 15 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
2 follow-up statements
648 WWAK41 PAFG 250518 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 818 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 AKZ203-251500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-111125T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 818 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...WEST 15 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$ AKZ204-251500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-111125T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 818 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...WEST 20 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$ AKZ206-251500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-111125T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 818 PM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTH 15 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$ RT NOV 11
306 WWAK41 PAFG 251441 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 541 AM AKST FRI NOV 25 2011 AKZ203-204-206-251545- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-111125T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE... KUPARUK...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND...ANAKTUVUK PASS... ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 541 AM AKST FRI NOV 25 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 Nov 24, 12:50 AM AKST, 12 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 12:50 AM AKST, 12 hours 58 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1250 AM AKST THU NOV 24 2011 .DISCUSSION... LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A BROAD UPPER LOW REMAINS LOCKED IN PLACE. MODERATELY COLD 850 MB TEMPERATURES CONTINUING...MOSTLY IN THE -18C TO -22C RANGE. WITH CYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUING...SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY INTO THE WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES UNDER THE CLOUD COVER SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY IN THE 0F TO -20F RANGE. SOME CLEAR AREAS MAY OCCUR AT TIMES WHICH WOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO AROUND -30F. A WEATHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH OUT EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT INTO SUN...BUT PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. A MODERATING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE INTERIOR MON AS THE UPPER LOW RETROGRADES WESTWARD...SETTING UP SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE INTERIOR. THIS WILL BRING IN WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND MORE SOLID SOLID CLOUD COVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR WILL LIKELY WARM TO THE 0F TO +10F RANGE BY MON...WHILE NORTHERN INTERIOR TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 0F TO -10F. BELOW. BY WED....NORTHERN INTERIOR HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ZERO WHILE SOUTHERN INTERIOR HIGHS WILL CLIMB UP INTO THE TEENS. WEAK CHINOOK CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE TUE. A COLD MESO-HIGH IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE...BUT THE OVERALL PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA HAS WEAKENED SOME AND WINDS IN MOST AREAS ARE LIGHT. ALL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL BE ENDED ON THIS MORNINGS FORECAST ISSUANCE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && RF NOV 11
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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.