Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 65, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 24, 2012, 2:04 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:04 AM AKST (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2012, 2:21 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
874 FZAK52 PAFG 241104 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 204 AM AKST FRI FEB 24 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. PKZ299-250115- 204 AM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS SAT MORNING AND THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ PKZ200-250115- NORTON SOUND- 204 AM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-250115- DALL POINT TO WALES- 204 AM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. NE WINDS 20 KT EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-250115- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 204 AM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .TODAY...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-250115- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 204 AM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ FEB 12
6 follow-up statements
587 FZAK52 PAFG 242300 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 200 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-251400- 200 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A 967 MB LOW WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS SAT MORNING...THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ PKZ200-251400- NORTON SOUND- 200 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-251400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 200 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER NOON...STRONGEST WINDS WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-251400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 200 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-251400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 200 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT BECOMING N. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ RL/JM FEB 12
864 FZAK52 PAFG 251009 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 109 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 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. PKZ299-260015- 109 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 968 MB LOW 50 MILES S OF SHEMYA AT 3 AM SAT WILL MOVE TO 150 MILES SW OF CAPE NEWENHAM BY 3 PM SUN WEAKENING TO 990 MB. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM EASTERN SIBERIA INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. $$ PKZ200-260015- NORTON SOUND- 109 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-260015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 109 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-260015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 109 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-260015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 109 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ RF/CC FEB 12
845 FZAK52 PAFG 252303 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 203 PM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-261230- 203 PM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 974 MB LOW IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO BRISTOL BAY SUN PM AND WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING FROM THIS LOW TO BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE OVER THE YUKON DELTA BY SUN AM AND THEN MOVE INLAND. $$ PKZ200-261230- NORTON SOUND- 203 PM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-261230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 203 PM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 45 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-261230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 203 PM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-261230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 203 PM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT.BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ FEB 12
009 FZAK52 PAFG 261151 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 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. PKZ299-270300- 251 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW 300 MILES SW OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR COOK INLET BY 3 AM MON WEAKENING TO 990 MB. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE FROM EASTERN SIBERIA NORTHWARD INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ200-270300- NORTON SOUND- 251 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-270300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 251 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-270300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 251 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-270300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 251 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/CC FEB 12
530 FZAK52 PAFG 262316 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 216 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-271245- 216 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 988 MB LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE EAST SUN NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE WESTERN BERING SEA TO THE WESTERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS MON. $$ PKZ200-271245- NORTON SOUND- 216 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-271245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 216 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-271245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 216 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-271245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 216 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ FEB 12
894 FZAK52 PAFG 271121 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 AM AKST MON FEB 27 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. PKZ299-280230- 221 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY EARLY TUE. 990 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY EARLY TUE. $$ PKZ200-280230- NORTON SOUND- 221 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-280230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 221 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-280230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 221 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-280230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 221 AM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/CC 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 23, 2:10 PM AKST, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 2:10 PM AKST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 210 PM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR...A 510 DM LOW 300 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND FRI. BY FRI AFTERNOON THE LOW WILL BE 507 DM 150 MILES NORTH OF BARROW. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH SAT AND ON SAT AFTERNOON WILL BE 500 DM 350 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARROW. A TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH FRI. A NARROW RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE WEST COAST TONIGHT AND FRI. THE RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTHWEST ALASKA OVER SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND TO SIBERIA BY FRI EVENING. THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN OUT OVER INTERIOR ALASKA ON SAT. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS FRI NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BE OVER THE PRIBILOFS SUN MORNING. SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY FRI MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE SIBERIAN SEA THROUGH SUN. A 1021 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP 300 MILES NORTH OF BARROW SAT AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE SOUTH TO NEAR BARROW SAT NIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING ON SUN. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS SAT MORNING. AT 3 PM AKDT SAT...THE LOW WILL BE 970 MB 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADAK. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS SUN AFTERNOON. NORTH SLOPE...COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ONLY FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG EXPECTED THROUGH FRI NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE MOVING SOUTH FROM THE ARCTIC MAY BRING AN INCREASE OF WEST WINDS SAT AND SAT NIGHT... WITH LOW WIND CHILLS MAINLY FOR THE BARROW AREA. ANY SNOW WITH THE LOW WILL BE LIGHT. WEST COAST...THE WEST COAST IS BETWEEN SYSTEMS. WINDS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN FRI...WELL AHEAD OF OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH FROM THE PACIFIC. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND FRI NIGHT AND TO THE REST OF THE MARINE ZONE SAT MORNING...THEN CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH SUN. STRONG WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BY SAT EVENING OVER ZONES 213 AND 214. SNOW WITH THE SYSTEM SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN WILL BE MAINLY FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SOUTH AND EAST OVER NORTON SOUND AND THE WESTERN INTERIOR. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THAT AREA FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE BERING STRAIT COAST WILL CONTINUE IN VERY COLD AIR WITH LOW WIND CHILLS SAT THROUGH SUN. INTERIOR...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE INTERIOR ON FRI WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ENDING. SNOW MAY DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR SAT NIGHT OR SUN MORNING...THEN SPREAD RAPIDLY TO THE REST OF THE INTERIOR TO THE SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE...EXCEPT THAT MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL BE BLOCKED OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR BY THE ALASKA RANGE. WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES WILL BECOME GUSTY ON SUN AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST TO NEAR THE PRIBILOFS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. && DA FEB 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 4 days |
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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.