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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 31, 2011, 7:37 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2011, 7:37 PM AKST (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2012, 3:02 AM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
242 WWAK41 PAFG 010437 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 737 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011 AKZ201-011500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0001.120101T0437Z-120101T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 737 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT NIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON SUN MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
474 WWAK41 PAFG 011202 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 302 AM AKST SUN JAN 1 2012 AKZ201-011315- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120101T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 302 AM AKST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill advisory went out at Dec 31, 2:15 PM AKST, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 2:15 PM AKST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 215 PM AKST SAT DEC 31 2011 .DISCUSSION... COLD CLOSED LOW ALOFT OVR WRN MAINLAND ALASKA REMAINS THE MOST SGFNT FEATURE FOR NRN ALASKA...AND WILL BE SO FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR MORE. WHILE THE BASIC PATTERN IS LOCKED IN...THE DETAILS REMAIN ELUSIVE...WITH LARGE RUN TO RUN AND INTERMODEL VARIABILITY IN HANDLING SHORT WAVES AND ASSOCIATED CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH PACIFIC AND GULF OF ALASKA. MOST OF THE MODELS ALSO HAVING TERRIBLE DIFFICULTY WITH CLOUDS IN THE COLD AIR. NAM APPEARS TO BE THE MOST REASONABLE...AND POSSIBLY AS A RESULT THE NAM MOS TEMPS LOOK LESS BAD IN MOST PLACES THAN THE GFS...WHICH...AS USUAL...IS AWFUL. NORTH SLOPE...IN RESPONSE TO TROF MOVING NWD FROM THE GLF OF ALASKA...SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP VCNTY MACKENZIE DELTA MON WITH INVERTED TROF XTNG WWD OFFSHORE TO PRUDHOE BAY. THIS WILL ALLOW BRISK WEST WINDS ALONG THE ERN ARCTIC COAST. WIND CHILLS WILL BE QUITE LOW AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR ZONE 204 AT LEAST FOR LATE MON NIGHT/TUE. WEST COAST...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE WEST OF 165W AS POLAR LOW NOW APPROACHING THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS MOVES INTO BRISTOL BAY SUN PM. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR ZONE 214 STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND FOR ZONE 213 SUN NIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AN ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE USUAL BREEZY AREAS IN 211 SUN NIGHT. INTERIOR...AREAS OF CLOUDS...REGULARLY FORMING AND DISSIPATING IN SITU EAST OF THE UPPER LOW CENTER WILL CONT TO WREAK HAVOC WITH TEMPERATURES. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN DVLPG SUBSIDENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF REMAINS OF THE GULF OF ALASKA LOW MOVG INLAND SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF COOLING IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ214. && RT DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:25 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:17 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:19 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 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.