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Brisk Wind Advisory 107, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 8, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 8, 2012, 2:38 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2012, 2:38 AM AKDT (10:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2012, 2:44 AM AKDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

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 7, 11:46 AM AKDT, 14 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 11:46 AM AKDT, 14 hours 52 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1146 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. ALL MODELS HAVE
BACKED OFF FROM 24 HOURS AGO CONCERNING BRINGING IN MUCH COOLER
AIR TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS HAS MODERATED
SUBSTANTIALLY THOUGH.

STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA THIS EVENING WHICH WILL
CONTINUE TO FORCE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EASTWARD. THIS SHORT WAVE
IS PRODUCING A FEW ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA AN IT
MOVES EASTWARD.

A MUCH WEAKER FIRST SHORT WAVE OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TODAY
WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THIS EVENING WHILE THE NEXT AND MUCH STRONGER
FRONT WILL PUSH TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY LATER THIS EVENING
WHICH IS WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS NEXT FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE A MUCH
HEFTIER LOAD OF PRECIPITATION WITH IT AS WELL. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WESTWARD
WITH ONLY SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION MAKING IT AS FAR EAST AS THE
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA AND WESTERN ZONE 214.

THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN EASTERN ALASKA AND THE LOW IN THE
BERING SEA WILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS ALONG THE WEST COAST AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WHICH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN
ZONE 213 AND INCREASE WINDS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEST COAST
ZONES.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

CF APR 12

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 10:24 PM AKDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1024 PM AKDT SAT APR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     BLIZZARD         WALES                   65.61N 168.08W
04/07/2012                                      AK   AWOS

            BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGAN AT WALES AT APPROXIMATELY 915
            PM THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 53 MPH.

&&

CBOGEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 2:38 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		48 hr
Apr 8, 3:38 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG		23 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.