Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 77, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 1:01 PM AKST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 1:01 PM AKST (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2012, 2:32 AM AKST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 FZAK51 PAFG 082201 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-091315- 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER SIBERIA THROUGH SAT. STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THROUGH FRI AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. $$ PKZ225-091315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-091315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-091315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-091315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ245-091315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 101 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ CCC/CWA MAR 12
3 follow-up statements
344 FZAK51 PAFG 091138 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-100015- 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER SIBERIA THROUGH SAT. STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THROUGH FRI AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. $$ PKZ225-100015- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-100015- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-100015- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-100015- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-100015- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 238 AM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TODAY...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ JK/RL MAR 12
580 FZAK51 PAFG 092256 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-101400- 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT AS A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PERSISTS OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. $$ PKZ225-101400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-101400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-101400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-101400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 10 KT OR LESS NEAR SHORE. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-101400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 156 PM AKST FRI MAR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 10 KT NEAR SHORE. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ CCC/DJH MAR 12
521 FZAK51 PAFG 101132 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-110030- 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ225-110030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-110030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-110030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-110030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 10 KT BECOMING W. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-110030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 232 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ JK MAR 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 Mar 8, 12:00 PM AKST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 12:00 PM AKST, 1 hour 1 minute before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1200 PM AKST THU MAR 8 2012 .DISCUSSION... A 978 MB LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF ALASKA WITH MID AN UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR AT THIS TIME. STRATUS DECKS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE WEST ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST WITH INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CONTINUES ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE WITH AREAS OF STRATUS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE. AS GULF OF ALASKA LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 226 AND ZONE 224 THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED IN ZONES 223 AND 224. 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL IN ZONE 226 WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING IN THE THE EASTER HALF OF ZONE 226. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF THE LOW CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH INTO THE YUKON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE ARE EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY FROM FAIRBANKS AND POINTS EAST WITH ONE INCH OR LESS EXPECTED. EXPECT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE ON CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR SUMMITS AS GRADIENT INCREASES THIS EVENING. WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR BLOWING SNOW ON SUMMITS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. ON THE NORTH SLOPE SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN PROVIDING RELIEF TO WIND CHILL VALUES THAT WERE CLOSE TO ADVISORY LEVELS THIS MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT WINDS AS WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH CHANNELED AREAS. THESE AREAS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED TOMORROW AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AS THE REMNANTS OF THE GULF OF ALASKA MOVE INTO THE YUKON. MID RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DOMINATING THE WEATHER OVER ALASKA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. BELOW TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEK. CLOUD COVER WILL BE DICTATE HOW MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THE MID TERM. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && CC MAR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:39 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 5 hr | |
| Mar 8, 1:03 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 72 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.