Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 87, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 22, 2012, 4:32 AM AKDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2012, 4:32 AM AKDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 2:02 AM AKDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 FZAK51 PAFG 221232 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 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. PKZ298-230345- 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND BEAUFORT SEA THROUGH FRI. A WEATHER FRONT AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA FRI. $$ PKZ225-230345- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-230345- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-230345- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-230345- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-230345- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 432 AM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/SDB MAR 12
2 follow-up statements
554 FZAK51 PAFG 222214 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 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. PKZ298-231315- 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND BEAUFORT SEA THROUGH SAT. A 961 MB LOW ABOUT 500 NM SW OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL SPLIT AND A 997 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP 50 NM SE OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND FRI AFTERNOON. THE PARENT LOW WILL WEAKEN TO 976 MB AND MOVE BACK WESTWARD FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ225-231315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-231315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-231315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-231315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-231315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 214 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/JK MAR 12
744 FZAK51 PAFG 231002 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 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. PKZ298-240115- 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND NORTON SOUND BY FRI AFTERNOON WHILE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. $$ PKZ225-240115- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-240115- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-240115- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-240115- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-240115- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 202 AM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/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 21, 12:48 PM AKDT, 15 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 12:48 PM AKDT, 15 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1248 PM AKDT WED MAR 21 2012 .DISCUSSION... COLD LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALASKA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST INTO WESTERN CANADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A HIGH AMPLITUDE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL SPLIT AS IT MOVES OVER WESTERN ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WHILE THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE RIDGE BECOMES A CUTOFF HIGH PRESSURE AND MOVES OVER THE THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE BROOKS RANGE HAS DIMINISHED WHERE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE NO LONGER WARRANTED FOR ZONES 206 AND 217 HOWEVER WINDS IN ZONES 207 AND 213 REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH COMBINED WITH WITH LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES TO BE EXPENDED THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. SYNOPTIC SCALE MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT RISES FOR THE INTERIOR AND BERING SEA COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES EASTWARD OVER ALASKA HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE TO NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE INTERIOR. LIMITED CLOUD COVER WILL ALLOW FOR NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN CHILLY AS NOCTURNAL INVERSIONS SET UP ACROSS THE INTERIOR IN WIND SHELTERED LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG AND THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE AND THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES WITH MODERATE GAP FLOWS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY FRIDAY. MILD CHINOOK CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THIS WEEKEND. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && CC MAR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:57 AM AKDT | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:57 AM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:27 AM AKDT | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:27 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:33 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 46 hr | |
| Mar 22, 4:33 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:07 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:07 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:07 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 35 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.