Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 102, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 4, 2012, 1:58 PM AKDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2012, 1:58 PM AKDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 2:39 AM AKDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
621 FZAK52 PAFG 042158 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 158 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-051300- 158 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STORM NEAR DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A 999 MB LOW BY 4PM THU AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA TOWARD WRANGEL ISLAND ON FRI. $$ PKZ200-051300- NORTON SOUND- 158 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING W. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-051300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 158 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-051300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 158 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-051300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 158 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SW. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. $$ APR 12
3 follow-up statements
327 FZAK52 PAFG 051156 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 356 AM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-060015- 356 AM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 996 MB LOW OVER SOUTHWEST MAINLAND ALASKA WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TO BE NEAR CAPE ESPENBERG AT 4PM THU AND NEAR POINT HOPE AT 10 PM THU. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTHWEST THEREAFTER. $$ PKZ200-060015- NORTON SOUND- 356 AM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON... EXCEPT SW WINDS 25 KT THIS AFTERNOON FROM CAPE DARBY EAST. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-060015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 356 AM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT BECOMING W 20 KT...EXCEPT N WINDS 25 KT PERSISTING NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-060015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 356 AM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-060015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 356 AM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ DJH/JB APR 12
422 FZAK52 PAFG 052209 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 209 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-061315- 209 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1004 MB LOW NEAR CAPE ESPENBERG WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OF POINT HOPE AT 10 PM THU...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN TO 1012 MB OVER WRANGEL ISLAND BY FRI AFTERNOON. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ200-061315- NORTON SOUND- 209 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-061315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 209 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-061315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 209 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT BY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-061315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 209 PM AKDT THU APR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SW. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ APR 12
262 FZAK52 PAFG 061039 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-070145- 239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1006 MB LOW IN THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. A 978 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT NIGHT AND MOVE TO 200 NM WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY 4 PM AKDT SUNDAY. $$ PKZ200-070145- NORTON SOUND- 239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-070145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-070145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-070145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 AM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ CCC/CB APR 12
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this brisk wind 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Apr 4, 12:50 PM AKDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 12:50 PM AKDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1250 PM AKDT WED APR 4 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR...LONG WAVE RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA TO THE NORTH SLOPE WILL BE PUSHED EAST OF THE ALCAN BORDER THU BY SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA ROTATING NORTHEAST. BY SAT MORNING...THE TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE BROOKS RANGE. THE LONG WAVE RIDGE WILL RETURN OVER THE INTERIOR ON SAT. SURFACE...STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A 999 MB LOW BY 4 PM THU AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA FRI. HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU. NORTH SLOPE...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT AND THU IN RESPONSE TO LOW MOVING NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST TO THE CHUKCHI SEA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRI AS LOW TRACKS NORTHWEST TOWARD WRANGEL ISLAND. WINDS WILL BECOME BRISK OVER MARINE AREAS. ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW MAY OCCUR WEST OF BARROW TO CAPE LISBURNE THU NIGHT. SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH MAY SPREAD TO BARROW FRI AND EAST TO BARTER ISLAND FRI NIGHT. WEST COAST...THE FORECAST FOR SNOW WILL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN ZONES 215...216....AND 227 WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE NULATO HILLS IS STILL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS LOW TRACKS RAPIDLY NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST. LATEST MODELS SHOW DELAY OF HEAVIEST SNOW AND POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN FOR MCGRATH. SO THE STARTING TIME OF THE ADVISORY WAS DELAYED UNTIL 4 AM THU. INTERIOR...CHINOOK FLOW OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL STEADILY INCREASE TONIGHT. AN INCREASE OF SOUTH WINDS ON THE GLENNALLEN PROFILER BELOW 5K FEET HAS BEEN OBSERVED. WINDS AT ANTLER CREEK HAVE BECOME SOUTH AND ARE INCREASING. ALSO WINDS AT DELTA HAVE BECOME SOUTHEAST. UPPER TROUGH ROTATING NORTHEAST OVER THE INTERIOR AND SURFACE LOW FORMING OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE FRI WILL BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR...THEN TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR BY FRI EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH...BUT WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL TO NORTH CENTRAL INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL RISE TO AROUND 50 DEGREES THU AFTERNOON...THEN AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER. COLDER AIR WILL PUSH EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE ROTATES NORTHEAST OVER THE INTERIOR FRI AND FRI NIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230. && DA APR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:04 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Apr 4, 4:25 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 47 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.