Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 201, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 22, 2012, 3:25 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2012, 3:25 PM AKST (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2012, 3:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
455 FZAK52 PAFG 230025 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 325 PM AKST SAT DEC 22 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. PKZ299-231530- 325 PM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BERING SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ PKZ200-231530- NORTON SOUND- 325 PM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. E WINDS 25 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 30 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-231530- DALL POINT TO WALES- 325 PM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-231530- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 325 PM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-231530- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 325 PM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DJH DEC 12
2 follow-up statements
851 FZAK52 PAFG 231249 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 349 AM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-240200- 349 AM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BERING SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH MONDAY. $$ PKZ200-240200- NORTON SOUND- 349 AM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-240200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 349 AM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-240200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 349 AM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-240200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 349 AM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ DEC 12
098 FZAK52 PAFG 232339 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM AKST SUN DEC 23 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. PKZ299-241215- 239 PM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA TO THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA OF RUSSIA WILL MOVE NORTH MON. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TO LIE FROM THE BERING STRAIT TO PRUDHOE BAY ON MON PM. A LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO THE YUKON DELTA AS A 994 MB LOW BY 3AM TUE. $$ PKZ200-241215- NORTON SOUND- 239 PM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-241215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 PM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-241215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 PM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-241215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 PM AKST SUN DEC 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ 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 22, 6:00 AM AKST, 9 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:00 AM AKST, 9 hours 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 600 AM AKST SAT DEC 22 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR...RETROGRADING LOW FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA PUSHES WEST COAST HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOW WEST TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE ALASKA RANGE DEVELOPING ON MONDAY. THIS WILL NOT BE A MAJOR CHINOOK EVENT AND WINDS WILL LIKELY NOT MIX DOWN TO THE USUAL CALM VALLEY LEVELS. EAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIGHTENING GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE INTERIOR THROUGH MONDAY. A DRY PERIOD OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223- AKZ226. DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ222. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ245. && DA DEC 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:15 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Dec 22, 5:00 PM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:51 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Dec 23, 8:14 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Dec 23, 8:18 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:33 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:39 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 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.