Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 48, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 6, 2012, 1:37 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2012, 1:37 PM AKST (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2012, 2:54 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
118 FZAK52 PAFG 062237 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 137 PM AKST MON FEB 6 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. PKZ299-071345- 137 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 1001 MB BY MID DAY TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-071345- NORTON SOUND- 137 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-071345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 137 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-071345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 137 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-071345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 137 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ FEB 12
3 follow-up statements
986 FZAK52 PAFG 062240 CCA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 140 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 CORRECTED SYNOPSIS NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-071400- 140 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL TRACK NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 1001 MB BY MID DAY TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-071400- NORTON SOUND- 140 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-071400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 140 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-071400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 140 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-071400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 140 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ FEB 12
203 FZAK52 PAFG 070017 AAA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 317 PM AKST MON FEB 6 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. PKZ299-071630- 317 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL TRACK NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 1001 MB BY MID DAY TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-071630- NORTON SOUND- 317 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 UPDATED ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT BY MIDNIGHT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-071630- DALL POINT TO WALES- 317 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW IN THE EVENING. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM IN THE EVENING. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-071630- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 317 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-071630- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 317 PM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM IN THE EVENING. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ FEB 12
831 FZAK52 PAFG 071154 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-080300- 254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1000 MB LOW SOUTH OF WRANGELL ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE BY TUE NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA TUE. LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-080300- NORTON SOUND- 254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-080300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-080300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-080300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 254 AM AKST TUE FEB 7 2012 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ DA/RT FEB 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 Feb 6, 1:15 AM AKST, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:15 AM AKST, 12 hours 22 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 115 AM AKST MON FEB 6 2012 .DISCUSSION... 975 MB LOW NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND PROGGED BY CURRENT MODELS TO MOVE TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND BY 12Z...GRADUALLY FILLING TO AROUND 1000 MB. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE NORTHERN WEST COAST AREAS LATE TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHWARD AND FILLS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT GRADUALLY BUILDING OVER THE NRN AK MAINLAND. UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE EASTERN INTERIOR LATE TUE NIGHT MAY BRING A SMALL POOL OF COLDER AIR WITH IT. LITTLE OR NO PRECIP EXPECTED WITH THIS FEATURE. MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE FORECAST PHILOSOPHY DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE SINCE YESTERDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS DOMINATED BY DEEP UPPER LOWS NEAR THE HUDSON BAY AND FROM THE SEA OF OKHOTSK AND ACROSS KAMCHATKA AND INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA. NORTHERN AK WILL REMAIN IN BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WITH NARROW RIDGING FROM WRN CANADA INTO THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA THAT MAY EVENTUALLY GET PINCHED OFF INTO A CLOSED HIGH ALOFT. THE MODELS MOVE A COMPACT CLOSED LOW OUT OF THE YUKON AND ACROSS NORTHERN AK AT THE START OF THE MEDIUM RANGE BUT DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE LOW AS IT MOVES INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN THURSDAY. THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF HAS BACKED OFF ON THE IDEA FROM YESTERDAY OF UNDERCUTTING THE RIDGE IN THE ARCTIC AND ALLOWING COLD AIR TO BACK DOOR INTO NORTHERN ALASKA FROM THE DEEP HUDSON BAY LOW. ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ZONES AS SOME SHORTWAVES ROTATE AROUND THE MEAN LOW WELL WEST OF THE STATE. CB && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY AKZ223. WINTER STORM WARNING AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY PKZ200-PKZ230-PKZ235. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AKZ201-AKZ209. && RF/CB FEB 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:01 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:28 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Feb 6, 5:00 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Feb 6, 1:36 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 6, 1:52 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 10 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.