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Brisk Wind Advisory 89, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 23, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 23, 2012, 2:02 AM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2012, 2:02 AM AKDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 1:46 PM AKDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

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

3 follow-up statements

846 
FZAK51 PAFG 232224
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
224 PM 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.

PKZ298-241330-
224 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A STRONG WEATHER FRONT AND A TROUGH AND A 997 MB LOW OVER ST
LAWRENCE ISLAND. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AT
1006 MB AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TO 1014 MB BY SATURDAY EVENING WHILE
MOVING TO NEAR KIVALINA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE HIGH
ARCTIC WHILE CONTINUING TO WEAKEN.

$$

PKZ225-241330-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
224 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...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. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 30 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-241330-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
224 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-241330-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
224 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

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

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-241330-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
224 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

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

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-241330-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
224 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012

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

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

CF/JM MAR 12

922 
FZAK51 PAFG 241003
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 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.

PKZ298-250115-
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA AND
SEWARD PENINSULA AND THEN INTO THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY. THE
WEATHER FRONT WILL WEAKEN TODAY AND A 1003 MB LOW NEAR NOME WILL
MOVE NORTH TO NEAR KIVALINA AND WEAKEN TO 1014 MB BY 9 PM AKDT
THIS EVENING. A 1039 MB HIGH 350 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL SLOWLY
WEAKEN AND DRIFT WEST THROUGH SUNDAY.

$$

PKZ225-250115-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT...STRONGEST NORTH OF CAPE LISBURNE. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-250115-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...
...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT AFTER NOON. BLOWING SNOW.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-250115-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-250115-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-250115-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
203 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

JK/CB MAR 12

418 
FZAK51 PAFG 242146
CWFNSB

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 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.

PKZ298-251300-
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST...
A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA AND
SEWARD PENINSULA AND THEN INTO THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY. THE
WEATHER FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT AND A 1010 MB LOW NEAR
SHISHMAREF WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO NEAR HUSLIA AT 1011 MB BY SUN
AFTERNOON. A 972 MB LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA
PASSING 200 NM NORTH OF ADAK BY 6 PM AKDT SUNDAY EVENING. A 1035
MB HIGH 350 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND DRIFT WEST
THROUGH SUNDAY.

$$

PKZ225-251300-
CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT-
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ230-251300-
CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN-
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

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

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ235-251300-
POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT-
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 KT.  

$$

PKZ240-251300-
CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND-
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ245-251300-
FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT-
146 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

CF/JM 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 22, 1:27 PM AKDT, 12 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 1:27 PM AKDT, 12 hours 35 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
127 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 24 HOURS. THE ECMWF AND THE GFS
ARE NOT AT ALL IN AGREEMENT AFTER 24 HOURS. THE NAM AND THE GFS
ARE MUCH CLOSER IN AGREEMENT. ALL OF THE MODELS TAKE THE NEXT
INCOMING SYSTEM AND SPLIT THE ENERGY WITH MOST OF IT GOING INTO
THE GULF OF ALASKA AND THE REMAINING DAB OF ENERGY GOING NORTH.
HOWEVER...THE ECMWF LEAVES VERY LITTLE ENERGY TO THE NORTH OF THE
ALASKA RANGE.

GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ON EITHER MODEL...IT APPEARS
THAT THERE WILL BE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW THAT WILL MAKE IT NORTH OF
THE ALASKA RANGE. THERE APPEARS TO BE GOOD MOISTURE WITH THIS
SYSTEM AND IT IS LIKELY THAT THE WESTERN ZONES WILL BE RECIPIENTS
OF DECENT MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THIS EVENT. HENCE A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR ZONE 214 AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 215 AND 216
SEEM REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT ZONE 213
WILL BLIZZ WITH THIS EVENT.

THE AIR MASS WILL CHANGE OUT RATHER QUICKLY FROM RATHER DRY TO
RATHER MOIST. BUT THE LOW WILL WRAP COLD AIR IN AND AROUND IT SO
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A HUGE WARM UP WITH THE CHANGING OUT OF THE
AIR MASS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH
NEXT WEEK WITH SOME OF THE COLD AIR GETTING PUSHED WELL NORTH
INITIALLY. BUT THEN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK A RESURGENCE
OF COLD AIR ATTEMPTS TO PUSH DOWN AGAIN OVER THE ARCTIC COAST TO
REMIND US THAT WINTER STILL HAS NOT RELINQUISHED ITS GRIP AS OF
YET...DESPITE AVAILABLE SUNLIGHT.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ205.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

CF MAR 12

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 2:02 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		36 hr

Nearby

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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.