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Wind Chill Advisory 79, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 29, 2011, 9:42 PM AKST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2011, 9:42 PM AKST (06:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 2:40 AM AKST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
131 WWAK42 PAFG 300642 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 942 PM AKST THU DEC 29 2011 AKZ213-301500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.111230T0642Z-111231T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 942 PM AKST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST * WIND CHILL VALUES...BETWEEN 40 AND 50 BELOW * WIND...NORTH WIND 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY AND LIKELY BEYOND PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
5 follow-up statements
425 WWAK42 PAFG 301327 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 427 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 AKZ209-302100- /X.EXB.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111230T2100Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 427 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY ALONG THE BALDWIN PENINSULA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BALDWIN PENINSULA. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW * WIND...EAST 15 TO 20 MPH DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY NOON. LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED INLAND. * TIMING...THE HARSHEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE WIND CHILLS MODERATING BY LATE THIS MORNING AS THE WIND GRADUALLY DIMINISHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ213-302100- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111231T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 427 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN THE WIND CHILLS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS HARSH TONIGHT AS THE WIND SLOWLY DIMINISHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
933 WWAK42 PAFG 301512 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 612 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 AKZ209-301615- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111230T2100Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 612 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WIND HAS DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 15 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...AND THEREFORE THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AKZ213-310100- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111231T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 612 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN THE WIND CHILLS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS HARSH TONIGHT AS THE WIND SLOWLY DIMINISHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
901 WWAK42 PAFG 302028 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1128 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 AKZ213-310700- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111231T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1128 AM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN THE WIND CHILLS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS HARSH AS THE WIND SLOWLY DIMINISHES LATE SATURDAY MORNING . PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
991 WWAK42 PAFG 310632 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 932 PM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 AKZ213-311500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111231T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 932 PM AKST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN THE WIND CHILLS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS HARSH AS THE WIND SLOWLY DIMINISHES LATE SATURDAY MORNING . PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
336 WWAK42 PAFG 311140 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 AM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011 AKZ213-311245- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0079.000000T0000Z-111231T1500Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 240 AM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
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 29, 1:37 PM AKST, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 1:37 PM AKST, 8 hours 5 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 137 PM AKST THU DEC 29 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH CONTINUES OVER WESTERN ALASKA AND THE EASTERN BERING SEA WITH 495 DAM 1000 TO 500 MB THICKNESS VALUES CENTERED OVER WESTERN ALASKA. A WEAK SHORT WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND NORTH SLOPE. CLEARING SKIES IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR MASS ALOFT ARE CAUSING SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DROP RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR. AS SKIES SCATTERED OUT AT PAFA TEMPERATURES DROPPED FROM 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. UNDER CLEAR SKIES PATA DROPPED TO 47 BELOW THIS MORNING WITH MINIMAL RECOVER NOTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIR MASS OVER THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA WILL SUPPORT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 50 BELOW OR COLDER HOWEVER TRANSIENT CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE LONG WAVE PATTERN CONTINUE TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR. AREAS OF STRATUS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT TEMPERATURE FORECASTS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AS WILL HIGH CLOUDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE INTERIOR. AREAS THAT REMAIN CLEAR OR SCATTERED WILL LIKELY DROP TO 40 BELOW OR COLDER IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR WHILE AREAS THAT RETAIN CLOUDS WILL LIKELY ONLY DROP TO NEAR 25 BELOW. WIND CHILL VALUES ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE AND NORTHERN BERING COAST ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST UNDER ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH. WILL NEED TO MONITOR AS LOCAL WINDS MAY PRODUCE LOCAL ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILLS. SYNOPTIC SCALE MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH TIMING TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE NEXT LOW MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NOT ONLY ARE THERE SIGNIFICANT RUN TO RUN DIFFERENCES WITH THE SAME MODELS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WITH ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND THE OPERATIONAL MEMBERS. IN THE WHOLE BOTH THE 12Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF MODELS TRY TO BRING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH LANDFALL JUST WEST OF PAYA SUNDAY EVENING. LANDFALL THIS FAR EAST WITH THE LOW CONTINUING NORTHWARD WOULD PRESENT AN OVERRUNNING SCENARIO FOR THE EASTERN INTERIOR WITH LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS. PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS HAD INDICATED A LAND FALL FURTHER WEST WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVING OVER THE ALASKA RANGE AND A MILD CHINOOK EVENT LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. EITHER WAY A BRIEF WARM UP TO THE TEENS BELOW FOR THE EASTERN INTERIOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOKS POSSIBLE. AS THIS SYSTEM PULLS NORTH THE COLD AIR WILL MAKE A RAPID RETURN TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE THE BERING COAST AND THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR THROUGH THE MAIN OF NEXT WEEK AS THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE THROUGH THE LONG TERM. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && CCC DEC 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.