Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 108, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 9, 2012, 2:45 AM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2012, 2:45 AM AKDT (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 2:44 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
629 FZAK51 PAFG 091045 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-100145- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 984 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ANADYR WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN TODAY. THE LOW WILL BE 998 MB 250 NM WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY 4 AM AKDT TUESDAY. A 1034 MB HIGH IN THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL DRIFT NORTH THROUGH TUESDAY. $$ PKZ225-100145- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LOCALLY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LOCALLY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ230-100145- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LOCALLY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-100145- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-100145- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-100145- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ CCC/CB APR 12
2 follow-up statements
808 FZAK51 PAFG 092214 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-101315- 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 988 MB LOW NEAR ANADYR WILL MOVE TO JUST WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND TUE AS A 1008 MB LOW AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST. A 1037 MB NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST INTO THU. $$ PKZ225-101315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-101315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-101315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-101315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-101315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 214 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ APR 12
515 FZAK51 PAFG 101044 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-110145- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 994 MB LOW IN FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL WEAKEN TO 1004 MB IN THE EAST SIBERIAN SEA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST. A 1036 MB NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST INTO THU. $$ PKZ225-110145- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-110145- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT S 15 KT SOUTH OF ICY CAPE. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-110145- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-110145- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-110145- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ 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 8, 2:19 PM AKDT, 12 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:19 PM AKDT, 12 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. RELATIVELY STRONG LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL CONTINUE TO PULL NORTHWARD AND BEGIN TO FILL THIS EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT IS STRETCHING OUT AND DISSIPATING BUT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE WEST COAST BUT CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER MOST AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS EVENING. WEST COAST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND THE WINDS BEGIN TO EASE BY MORNING. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THE RIDGE WILL TILT TO BECOME EAST TO WEST ORIENTED THROUGH CENTRAL ALASKA. THIS WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION OUT OF NORTHERN ALASKA FOR THIS COMING WEEK. SMALL UPPER LEVEL FEATURE OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL FULLY EXIT BY EARLY EVENING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && CF APR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2:45 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Apr 9, 9:14 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Apr 9, 1:04 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 4 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.