Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Advisories in 2011
Wind Chill Advisory 70, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 6, 2011, 8:23 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2011, 8:23 AM AKST (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2011, 11:04 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
376 WWAK41 PAFG 061723 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 823 AM AKST TUE DEC 6 2011 AKZ206-062300- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0027.000000T0000Z-111206T2100Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0070.111206T1723Z-111206T2300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 823 AM AKST TUE DEC 6 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...BROOKS RANGE PASSES. * WIND CHILL....WIND CHILLS OF 50 TO 55 BELOW ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH PASSES WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS OF 50 TO 55 BELOW THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STRONG WIND DIMINISHES AND THE TEMPERATURES WARM SLIGHTLY. * IMPACTS...THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ AKZ204-061830- /X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0027.000000T0000Z-111206T2100Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 823 AM AKST TUE DEC 6 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$
1 follow-up statement
412 WWAK41 PAFG 062004 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1104 AM AKST TUE DEC 6 2011 AKZ206-062115- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0070.000000T0000Z-111206T2300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 1104 AM AKST TUE DEC 6 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 Dec 6, 6:11 AM AKST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 6:11 AM AKST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 611 AM AKST TUE DEC 6 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN SOMEWHAT DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 48 HOURS. ANOTHER STORM IS BREWING IN THE WESTERN BERING. ENERGY WILL TRANSFER INTO THE BERING AND A 970 LOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL DEPOSIT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE FROM THE BERING STRAIT COAST SOUTHWARD. ALONG WITH THE SNOW WILL BE STRONG WINDS THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG MANY OF THE COASTAL AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR ZONE 213. WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONE 214 AND WATCHES FOR 215 216 AND 211. UPGRADES TO THESE WATCHES LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EASTERN ARCTIC. ALTHOUGH A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ZONE 245 IT IS HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING THE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS THAT WERE EXPECTED THUS FAR BUT WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE IT OUT WHILE THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD SLIGHTLY. WINDS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY BUT THE WINDS AT VALLEY LEVEL ARE NOT REALLY HAMPERING ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT. WINDS ON THE SUMMITS ARE A BIT STRONGER AND WILL LIKELY BE SEEING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. ANOTHER CHINOOK IS ON TAP FOR THE ALASKA RANGE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW RAMPS UP ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP AGAIN. SNOW MAY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR ON THURSDAY AND AS IT STANDS AT THE MOMENT...THE FLOW WILL NOT BE AS SOUTHERLY AS THE PAST SYSTEM. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215. && JK DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 3:21 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:21 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:21 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Dec 6, 10:50 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Dec 6, 12:09 PM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Dec 6, 1:57 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 36 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.