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Brisk Wind Advisory 114, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 14, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 14, 2012, 1:28 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2012, 1:28 PM AKDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2012, 1:31 PM AKDT
In force
24 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 14, 12:58 PM AKDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 12:58 PM AKDT, 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1258 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 48 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
OVER MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL GIVE WAY TO A BUILDING UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE FROM WESTERN CANADA WHICH WILL PUSH IN OVER MOST ALL
OF NORTHERN ALASKA BY MON NIGHT.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL ENCOMPASS MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA
THROUGH THE WEEK BEFORE MODELS SUGGEST AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
SINKING DOWN THROUGH NORTHERN ALASKA.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINING A PRESENCE OVER THE CANADIAN
WESTERN ARCTIC AND THE LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS KEEPING A
RELATIVELY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC THAT
SHOULD SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE BERING
STRAIT WILL KEEP WINDS AROUND THE ADVISORY MARK AS WELL SUNDAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245.
&&

CF APR 12

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:21 PM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG13 hr
Apr 14, 1:02 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG13 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.