Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 26, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 2:42 AM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 2:42 AM AKST (11:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 1:08 PM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
831 FZAK52 PAFG 211142 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 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. PKZ299-220300- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1035 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-220300- NORTON SOUND- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-220300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-220300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DA JAN 12
2 follow-up statements
913 FZAK52 PAFG 211821 AAA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS. UPDATED ZONE 200 PKZ299-220415- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1035 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-220415- NORTON SOUND- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS BECOMING 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-220415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-220415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DA JAN 12
503 FZAK52 PAFG 212208 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 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. PKZ299-221315- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1035 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-221315- NORTON SOUND- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT BECOMING 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-221315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-221315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-221315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLWOING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ RL/JK JAN 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 Jan 20, 3:16 PM AKST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:16 PM AKST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 316 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 .DISCUSSION... PATTERN CHANGE WELL UNDERWAY AS BIG UPR HIGH OVR CHUKOTKA WEAKENS AND TROF DIGS FROM WRN CANADIAN ARCTIC INTO CENTRAL MAINLAND ALASKA. AT THE SURFACE...PRES GRAD INCREASING SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE AS HIGH DEVELOPS OVR THE INLAND NORTH SLOPE AND BROAD LOW PRESSURE PRSTS THRU THE WEEKEND OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. WHILE THE AIRMASS WITH THE DIGGING TROUGH IS PLENTY COLD...IT IS NOW FORECAST TO BE NO COLDER..AND IN THE ERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR A BIT MILDER...THAN THE COLD AIRMASS LAST WEEKEND. THIS WILL BE PARTLY OFFSET BY LOW WIND CHILLS. OVER THE WEST COAST THE COLD ADVECTION WILL BE MUCH GREATER AND IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. WE HAVE ISSUED WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR THE NRN INTERIOR AND NW ARCTIC FOR SAT....AND MAY BE NEEDED FARTHER SOUTH FOR SAT NIGHT. MODEL GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE BROAD DETAILS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE FLOW ACROSS NRN ALASKA. THE EXTENT OF ANY PRECIP ON THE E SIDE OF THE DIGGING TROF IS IN QUESTION THOUGH SREF SUGGEST THAT THE CHANCE OF MORE THAN A SKIFF OF SNOW ARE QUITE LOW. MID-RANGE GUIDANCE ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK IN KEEPING THE TROF/CLOSED LOW ALONG ABOUT 150W. THEREAFTER MORE SPREAD IN THE GUIDANCE ON THE TROF OPENING UP. HOWEVER...NO HINT YET OF ANY CHANGE THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT SENSIBLE WEATHER OVER THE CWA. NORTH SLOPE....BLIZ WARNING CONTINUES FOR ZONE 204 BUT WILL END OVERNIGHT. MESO-HIGH WILL DEVELOP INLAND PLAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND COLDEST TEMPS IN THE STATE WILL LIKELY ZONES 205 AND 206. WEST COAST...WINDS AND WIND CHILL WILL BE THE MAIN ISSUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INTERIOR...INCREASING WINDS WILL BREAK THE VALLEY BASED INVERSION IN SOME AREAS. ANY SNOW ERN AND CENTRAL ZONES EXPECTED TO BE QUITE LIGHT...PROBABLY NO MORE THAN FLURRIES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ217-AKZ218. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RT JAN 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:21 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Jan 21, 11:38 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 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.