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Brisk Wind Advisory 68, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 26, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 26, 2012, 2:16 PM AKST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2012, 2:16 PM AKST (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2012, 2:47 AM AKST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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

3 follow-up statements

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

520 
FZAK52 PAFG 272244
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
144 PM 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.

PKZ299-281400-
144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A STRONG 1046 MB HIGH 150 NM NW OF WRANGELL ISLAND WILL EXPAND
A SURFACE RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC SLOPE THROUGH TUE
NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE.

$$

PKZ200-281400-
NORTON SOUND-
144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT.  
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT.  
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT.  
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT.  
.THU...NE WINDS 25 KT.  
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT.  
.FRI...N WINDS 15 KT.  
.SAT...N WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-281400-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT.  
.TUE...N WINDS 35 KT.  
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT.  
.WED...N WINDS 25 KT.  
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT.  
.THU...N WINDS 30 KT.  
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT.  
.FRI...N WINDS 25 KT.  
.SAT...N WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-281400-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.  
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW.  
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT.  
.WED...NE WINDS 10 KT.  
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT.  
.THU...NE WINDS 15 KT.  
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT.  
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT.  
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-281400-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW.  
.TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW.  
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT.  
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT.  
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT.  
.THU...N WINDS 30 KT.  
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT.  
.FRI...N WINDS 25 KT.  
.SAT...N WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

CF/SDB FEB 12

774 
FZAK52 PAFG 281147
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 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.

PKZ299-290300-
247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 1045 MB HIGH 150 NM NW OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 200
NM N OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY WED AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE.

$$

PKZ200-290300-
NORTON SOUND-
247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-290300-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-290300-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-290300-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

.TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 30 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...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 26, 3:16 AM AKST, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:16 AM AKST, 11 hours before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
316 AM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FRONTAL CLOUD SHIELD IS NOW PUSHING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
WEST COAST AND INTO THE INTERIOR. OVER THE WEST COAST AND
WESTERN INTERIOR...POSTFRONTAL WRAPAROUND SNOWFALL CONTINUING
TODAY...TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. SNOW DEVELOPING IN AKZ219-AKZ220-
AKZ221-AKZ222-NRN AKZ224 TODAY...AND IN AKZ225-AKZ226 TONIGHT.
LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IN AK RANGE PASSES TODAY THROUGH MON.

TEMPERATURES OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME NOTICEABLY COLDER
BY MON NIGHT AS A COLD UPPER TROUGH EXPANDS SWD ACROSS NRN AK. 850
MB TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL INTO THE -20S CELSIUS OVER MOST
AREAS. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE INTERIOR TUE MORNING THROUGH FRI
MORNING WILL BE IN THE -20S OVER MANY AREAS...A FEW SPOTS FALLING
INTO THE -30S. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ARCTIC
REGION AND THE WEST COAST. AFTER THE CURRENT STORM SPINS DOWN...
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE RELATIVELY
QUIESCENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...LIGHT SNOW MAY BE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND ERN INTERIOR.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225.
&&

RF FEB 12

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 25, 3:03 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	8 days
Feb 25, 3:03 PM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	31 hr
Feb 26, 1:34 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	45 hr
Feb 26, 1:52 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	7 hr
Feb 26, 1:52 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.