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Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this heavy freezing spray warning at Oct 29, 2012, 4:01 AM AKDT. It was in force for 7 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2012, 4:01 AM AKDT (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2012, 2:50 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy freezing spray warning 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 heavy freezing spray warning went out at Oct 28, 3:34 PM AKDT, 12 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 3:34 PM AKDT, 12 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 334 PM AKDT SUN OCT 28 2012 .DISCUSSION... PATTERN CHANGE NOW UNDERWAY AS HIGH ALOFT RETROGRADES AND TROF DIGS IN OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. AT THE SFC...1006MB SFC LOW 300 NM NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY DRFTG SWD. 1045 MB HIGH OVR WRN CHUKOTKA WOBBLING AROUND BUT BASICALLY PRSTG. COLD FRONT MOVG SWD OVR NW CST TONIGHT AND THEN QUICKLY SWD MON AND MON NIGHT OVR THE REST OF THE CWA. SECONDARY COLD TROF MOVG ONTO THE ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT AND NORTH SLOPE...FLOW BTWN THE HIGH ARCTIC LOW AND THE CHUKOTKA HIGH PRODUCING TOGETHER PRODUCING LONG FETCH W-NW WINDS. SECONDARY TROF WILL TURN THE WINDS AROUND MORE TO THE NORTH...INCREASING SURF ON THE WRN ARCTIC SHORE. MEANWHILE...STRONG WEST WINDS ERN ARCTIC WILL DIMINISH A BIT BUT NOT END OVERNIGHT. HENCE HIGH SURF ADVISORIES CONTINUE. WEST COAST...WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH ONSHORE FLOW SNOW SHOWERS. WITH THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION WINDS WILL BE GUSTY. IN THE INTERIOR...PESKY ST/FOG PSTG BUT WILL BE OVERTAKEN BY DEEPER MOISTURE WITH DIGGING SHORTWAVE. AS IS USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...PCPN OUT OF THE ST COULD BE S OR ZL- UNTIL SEEDER CLOUDS ARRIVE OVER TOP. FOR MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE SHOULD BRING 6-12 HOURS OF SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH...MOSTLY IN THE TWO INCHES OR LESS RANGE. MID-RANGE...THERE IS DECENT AGREEMENT ON THE BASIC PATTERN..WITH RIDGE ALONG ABOUT 160E AND TROF ABOUT 150W. DETAILS DIFFER...BUT COOL WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IN ERN ZONES AND COLD AND DRY...XCP FOR ONSHORE FLOW AREAS IN THE WEST. PROLONGED NLY FLOW WILL HELP TO PUSH/FORM ICE TOWARD THE NORTH SLOPE COAST...AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...LONG DURATION NLY WINDS OVR THE CHUKCHI SEA BUT CURRENT GUIDANCE HAVE WINDS STRAIGHT NORTH OR EVEN A BIT EAST OF DUE NORTH...IN WHICH CASE THE THREAT TO SHISHMAREF IS MINIMAL. HOWEVER...THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ204-AKZ207. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ230-PKZ235. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. && RT OCT 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:58 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Oct 29, 3:58 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Oct 29, 4:01 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 6 days |
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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.