Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 182, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 11, 2012, 1:43 PM AKST. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2012, 1:43 PM AKST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2012, 2:27 PM AKST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 FZAK52 PAFG 112243 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 143 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 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. PKZ299-121345- 143 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 967 MB LOW 500 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE EAST TO BRISTOL BAY BY THU AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE YUKON DELTA TUE EVENING...AND ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH WED. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR SAINT PAUL ISLAND TUE NIGHT AND MOVE EAST TO THE YUKON DELTA AS A 980 MB LOW WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-121345- NORTON SOUND- 143 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. FOG...SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. FOG...SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-121345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 143 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE EVENING. FOG...SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. FOG...SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-121345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 143 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-121345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 143 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ EWP/SDB DEC 12
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660 FZAK52 PAFG 120042 AAA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 342 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 UPDATED ZONE 210 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-121615- 342 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 967 MB LOW 500 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE EAST TO BRISTOL BAY BY THU AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE YUKON DELTA TUE EVENING...AND ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH WED. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR SAINT PAUL ISLAND TUE NIGHT AND MOVE EAST TO THE YUKON DELTA AS A 980 MB LOW WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-121615- NORTON SOUND- 342 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. FOG...SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. FOG...SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-121615- DALL POINT TO WALES- 342 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 12 FT SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. FOG...SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. FOG...SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT $$ PKZ215-121615- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 342 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-121615- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 342 PM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ EWP/SDB DEC 12
861 FZAK52 PAFG 121241 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 AM AKST WED DEC 12 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. PKZ299-130345- 341 AM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 967 MB LOW 500 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE EAST TO BRISTOL BAY BY THU AFTERNOON AS A 990 MB LOW. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS INTERIOR ALASKA THROUGH WED NIGHT. A SECOND LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR SAINT PAUL ISLAND TUE NIGHT AND MOVE EAST TO THE YUKON DELTA AS A 982 MB LOW WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-130345- NORTON SOUND- 341 AM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. FOG...SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-130345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 341 AM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. FOG...SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-130345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 341 AM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-130345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 341 AM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/JM DEC 12
711 FZAK52 PAFG 122350 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 250 PM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-131500- 250 PM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 983 MB LOW 500 NM NORTH OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO NEAR ST PAUL ISLAND BY THURSDAY MORNING AS A 987 MB LOW THEN TO BRISTOL BAY BY FRIDAY MORNING AS A 989 MB LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND NORTHEASTERN BERING SEA. $$ PKZ200-131500- NORTON SOUND- 250 PM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-131500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 250 PM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-131500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 250 PM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...LIGHT WINDS. $$ PKZ220-131500- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 250 PM AKST WED DEC 12 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ SDB/RT DEC 12
826 FZAK52 PAFG 131242 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 342 AM AKST THU DEC 13 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. PKZ299-140200- 342 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 989 MB LOW NEAR ST PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO BRISTOL BAY BY FRIDAY MORNING AS A 990 MB LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND NORTHEASTERN BERING SEA. A WEAK 999 MB LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND BY SAT AFTERNOON AS A 988 MB LOW. $$ PKZ200-140200- NORTON SOUND- 342 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT...LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT NEAR TOPKOK AND ROCKY POINT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-140200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 342 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 40 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-140200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 342 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-140200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 342 AM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ CF/CC DEC 12
227 FZAK52 PAFG 132327 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 227 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-141215- 227 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 989 MB LOW NEAR ST PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO BRISTOL BAY BY FRIDAY MORNING AS A 990 MB LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND NORTHEASTERN BERING SEA. A WEAK 999 MB LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND BY SAT AFTERNOON AS A 988 MB LOW. $$ PKZ200-141215- NORTON SOUND- 227 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-141215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 227 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-141215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 227 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-141215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 227 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ SDB DEC 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 Dec 11, 3:44 AM AKST, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 3:44 AM AKST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 344 AM AKST TUE DEC 11 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 36 HOURS BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE ECMWF. CURRENTLY...A LONG BAND OF SNOWFALL OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR STRETCHES FROM ABOUT JUST EAST OF RUBY TO WESTERN ZONE 224. THE SNOWFALL IS BEING USHERED EASTWARD BY AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY NEAR HUSLIA. THIS WILL FORCE THE SNOWFALL EASTWARD AND TURN THE LIGHT SNOWFALL TO SCATTERED FLURRIES BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS THE SHORTWAVE PASSES THROUGH. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY DROP UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME HIGHER TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT. THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER IS MOVING EASTWARD IN THE BERING SEA AND THE FRONTAL BAND IS COMPLEX AND BECOMES MORE SO AS TIME PROGRESSES. IT APPEARS THAT THE MODELS ARE A LITTLE SLOW IN BRINGING IN THE PRECIPITATION BAND TO THE WEST COAST. THE LOW REMAINS IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA BUT THE FRONT STRETCHES EASTWARD TO THE WEST COAST BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH A COUPLE MORE SURFACE LOWS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THEN MORPHING INTO 2 MAIN LOW CENTERS BY LATE TUE NIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP THE FRONT POISED ALONG A MOSTLY ZONAL FLOW ORIENTATION WHICH WILL PICK UP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FOR ENHANCEMENT. THE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR THROUGH AT LEAST THU BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ON THE FRONT END OF THE PRECIPITATION FALL. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY OVER ZONE 213 AND ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE SNOWFALL WILL BE SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT...THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH SNOWFALL TO COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THIS IS BASED SOLELY ON SNOWFALL AND WINDS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CURRENT SNOW COVER TO EVEN BLOW AROUND. ZONE 214 SEEMS NEARLY CERTAIN TO MEET MINIMUM WARNING CRITERIA...HENCE A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. MOST AREAS OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL BE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. HOW MUCH REMAINS A MYSTERY BUT PROBABILISTIC IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4 AND 10 INCHES AT THIS POINT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ON HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL ENHANCE IT. BY WED AFTERNOON...THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW NEAR ST MICHAEL WILL MOVE TO JUST WEST OF TANANA BY EARLY THU MORNING AND THEN THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL FIZZLE OUT WHILE THE SURFACE LOW MOVES TO ABOUT LIVENGOOD BY THU EVENING WHICH WILL END MOST OF THE SNOWFALL WEST OF THERE EXCEPT FOR SOME FLURRIES BY THEN. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE LOW ON FRI AND BEGIN TO DROP TEMPERATURES DOWN TO WHAT WE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PRIOR TO THIS WARM UP LAST WEEK. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ219-AKZ220- AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ225. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225. && CF DEC 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 3:26 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:26 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:26 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 52 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:34 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:35 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 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.