Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 97, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 30, 2012, 3:56 AM AKDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2012, 3:56 AM AKDT (11:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 3:05 AM AKDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865 FZAK52 PAFG 301156 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 356 AM AKDT FRI MAR 30 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. PKZ299-310200- 356 AM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL SIBERIA WITH A RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE THROUGH SAT MORNING. LOWER PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ALASKA INTERIOR. $$ PKZ200-310200- NORTON SOUND- 356 AM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 35 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-310200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 356 AM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WEST OF SLEDGE ISLAND... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-310200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 356 AM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 25 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 20 KT SOUTH OF CAPE .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-310200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 356 AM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/DJH MAR 12
2 follow-up statements
504 FZAK52 PAFG 302218 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 218 PM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-311330- 218 PM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL SIBERIA WITH A RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE WHILE A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ROTATES WESTWARD OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ PKZ200-311330- NORTON SOUND- 218 PM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-311330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 218 PM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-311330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 218 PM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-311330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 218 PM AKDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CCC/RL MAR 12
661 FZAK52 PAFG 311105 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 305 AM AKDT SAT MAR 31 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. PKZ299-010200- 305 AM AKDT SAT MAR 31 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL SIBERIA WITH A RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE WHILE A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ROTATES WESTWARD OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ PKZ200-010200- NORTON SOUND- 305 AM AKDT SAT MAR 31 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 30 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 25 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-010200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 305 AM AKDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-010200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 305 AM AKDT SAT MAR 31 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...EXCEPT W WINDS 20 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS...EXCEPT W WINDS 15 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...LIGHT WINDS. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-010200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 305 AM AKDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/DJH 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 29, 2:16 PM AKDT, 13 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 2:16 PM AKDT, 13 hours 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 216 PM AKDT THU MAR 29 2012 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT GFS/NAM/ECMWF RUNS ARE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT OUT THROUGH 00Z MON. AT THE SURFACE...EXPANSIVE HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL SIBERIA WILL MOVE TO EASTERN SIBERIA BY 12Z SUN...WITH RIDGING EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA. WEAK RIDGE OVER THE INLAND ARCTIC SLOPE PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT. MODERATELY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE OUTER MARINE AREAS FROM CAPE LISBURNE SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND... WEAKENING A LITTLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ALOFT...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING PERSISTING OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST AND THE INTERIOR THROUGH 12Z SUN. COLD UPPER LOW OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 00Z SUN...THEN MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE NW ALASKA COAST BY 00Z MON. THIS UPPER LOW WILL BRING COLDER AIR TO THE NORTH SLOPE AND BROOKS RANGE. SOMEWHAT COLDER WILL SLOWLY INFILTRATE SOUTHWARD INTO MUCH OF THE INTERIOR..EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST... THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FAIRBANKS AREA TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO COOL SLIGHTLY SUN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRINGE OF THE COLDER AIR WORKS ITS WAY SOUTHWARD. WEAK LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR FRI...A CHANCE OF SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR AND EASTERN ALASKA RANGE FRI THROUGH SAT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK IS A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST...THERE ARE LARGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF OPERATIONAL RUNS AND ALSO BETWEEN THE ENSEMBLE MEANS. ECMWF OPERATIONAL AND ENSEMBLE MEAN PREFERRED BY HPC DUE TO BETTER CONSISTENCY OVER TIME. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF MAR 12
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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.