Wind Chill Advisory 80, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Dec 31, 2011, 1:44 PM AKST (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Jan 1, 2012, 6:00 PM AKST

In force

28 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

070 
WWAK42 PAFG 312244
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
144 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011

AKZ209-011500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0080.111231T2244Z-120102T0300Z/
BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK
144 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY FOR KOTZEBUE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. 

* LOCATION...KOTZEBUE

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW

* WIND...SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ214-011500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0080.120101T0900Z-120102T0300Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
144 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
AKST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM AKST
SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...40 TO 50 BELOW.

* WIND...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE
  SUNDAY

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.

&&

$$

AKZ213-011500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0080.120102T0300Z-120102T1500Z/
ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
144 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM AKST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM AKST
MONDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...40 TO 50 BELOW. 

* WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY.

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.

&&

$$
RT DEC 11

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Dec 31, 5:17 AM AKST, 8 hours 27 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
517 AM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...LONG WAVE PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. LOW
PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ALASKA AND EASTERN BERING SEA...HIGH
PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA...AND RIDGE OVER CANADA. SHORT WAVES WILL
SWING EAST AND NORTHEAST BETWEEN LOW AND RIDGE OVER CANADA.

SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER SIBERIA AND THE CHUKOTSK
PENINSULA THROUGH SUNDAY. A 1000 MB LOW 500 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GAMBELL WILL MOVE EAST. AT 3 AM AKDT SUNDAY...THE LOW WILL BE 996
MB 500 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAMBELL. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE
GULF OF ALASKA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN
GULF WILL INTENSIFY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST
OVER CANADA ON MONDAY. A 1023 MB HIGH IN THE BEAUFORT SEA 500
MILES NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO CANADA
ON SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE WILL
WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY MID DAY SUNDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...LIGHT WINDS AND PATCHY FOG THROUGH SUNDAY. A CHANCE
OF SNOW MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA
ZONES AND THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE.

WEST COAST...COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
LOW PRESSURES MOVING EAST WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE WEST COAST
ZONES.

INTERIOR...THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF
OF ALASKA TO CANADA. OTHERWISE THE COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER
THE INTERIOR THROUGH MID WEEK.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

DA DEC 11

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