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Wind Chill Advisory 71, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 14, 2011, 3:32 AM AKST. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2011, 3:32 AM AKST (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2011, 3:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408 WWAK41 PAFG 141232 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 332 AM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 AKZ201-150000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0071.111214T1232Z-111215T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 332 AM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WESTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR POINT HOPE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 BELOW * WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HARSH WIND CHILLS SHOULD EASE A BIT THIS EVENING AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
935 WWAK41 PAFG 141234 CCA WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 333 AM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 CORRECTED TO CHANGE POINT HOPE TO POINT LAY IN THE FIRST BULLET AKZ201-150015- /X.COR.PAFG.WC.Y.0071.111214T1233Z-111215T0300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 333 AM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WESTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR POINT LAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 BELOW * WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HARSH WIND CHILLS SHOULD EASE A BIT THIS EVENING AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$
629 WWAK41 PAFG 142352 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 PM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 AKZ201-150800- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-111215T0800Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 252 PM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WESTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR POINT LAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...55 BELOW * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HARSH WIND CHILLS SHOULD EASE A BIT THIS EVENING AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. * 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. && $$
385 WWAK41 PAFG 150608 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 908 PM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 AKZ201-151415- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-111215T2100Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 908 PM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR POINT LAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...55 BELOW * WIND...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HARSH WIND CHILLS SHOULD EASE A BIT THIS EVENING AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF GOING OUTDOORS...BE PREPARED. BE CAREFUL TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. && $$ RT DEC 11
854 WWAK41 PAFG 151206 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 306 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 AKZ201-160000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-111216T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 306 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR POINT LAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...55 BELOW * WIND...NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HARSH WIND CHILLS SHOULD EASE A BIT THIS EVENING AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. * 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. && $$
067 WWAK41 PAFG 160000 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 300 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 AKZ201-160100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0071.000000T0000Z-111216T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 300 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
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 13, 2:57 PM AKST, 12 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:57 PM AKST, 12 hours 35 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 257 PM AKST TUE DEC 13 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SIMILAR IN SOLUTIONS THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST WILL ELONGATE AND DIG IN MORE SHARPLY OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH WED NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW MOVING NORTH TO THE BERING SEA ON THU. THE ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD AND SPREAD SOME SNOW OVER ZONES 214 AND 215 ON THU THROUGH EARLY FRI. STRONG LOW BOTTOMING OUT SOMEWHERE NEAR 945 MB AS IT APPROACHES THE ALEUTIANS. THIS WILL BE THE LOW THAT BRINGS THE NEW SNOWFALL ON THE WEST COAST ON THU AND FRI. THE LOW GETS STUCK IN BRISTOL BAY ON THU AND THEN SHOOTS NORTHWARD TO NEAR EMMONAK ON FRI. THIS WILL BUILD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE AND BRING A LITTLE SNOWFALL TO THE INTERIOR ALONG WITH THE OTHER INTERIOR WEST COAST ZONES SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. THE WINDS ALONG THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT AS THE GRADIENT DECREASES. HOWEVER...WINDS OVER MARINE ZONE 210 WILL CONTINUE AT GALE THROUGH FRI. ZONE 225 WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MARINE ADVISORY WINDS BEGINNING THU AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST FRI OVER THE CAPES TO INCLUDE POINT HOPE. IN THE NEAR FUTURE...ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN ZONE 227 BEGINNING WED NIGHT AND INTO THU. THESE WINDS MAY GET INTO ZONES 225 AND 226 THU NIGHT AND FRI BEFORE WINDS TURN TO WESTERLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH ALOFT MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA BY FRI AFTERNOON. A SOMEWHAT QUIETER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA AFTER THIS EPISODE OF WEATHER PASSES BY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225. && CF DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2:54 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 6 days | |
| Dec 14, 1:54 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 6 days | |
| Dec 14, 2:06 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 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.