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Wind Chill Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 14, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 14, 2012, 3:39 PM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2012, 3:39 PM AKST (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2012, 2:56 AM AKST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

818 
WWAK41 PAFG 150039
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
339 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

AKZ204-151500-
/X.CON.PAFG.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120116T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
339 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. 

* WIND...WEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TONIGHT AND BE LESS
  SEVERE ON SUN BUT CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN AGAIN SUN NIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DEVELOPING SUN EVENING. 

* DRIFTING SNOW...THE STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DRIFTING 
  SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL...TO 55 BELOW.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

AKZ203-151500-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0012.120115T0039Z-120115T1600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
339 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH TONIGHT.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SLOWLY
  DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE.

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.

&&

$$

4 follow-up statements

350 
WWAK41 PAFG 150047
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
347 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

AKZ204-151500-
/X.EXT.PAFG.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120116T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
347 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. 

* WIND...WEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TONIGHT AND BE LESS 
  SEVERE ON SUN BUT CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN AGAIN SUN NIGHT. 

* VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE 
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DEVELOPING SUN EVENING. 

* DRIFTING SNOW...THE STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DRIFTING 
  SNOW. 

* WIND CHILL...TO 55 BELOW.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. TRAVEL 
  AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

AKZ203-151500-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120115T1600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
347 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SLOWLY 
  DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES 
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

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.

&&

$$

051 
WWAK41 PAFG 150902
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1202 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

AKZ204-151015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120116T1500Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
1202 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 



$$

AKZ203-151600-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120115T1600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
1202 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKST THIS
MORNING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS TO 55 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BUT SLOWLY
  DIMINISH.

* IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES 
  RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 

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.

&&

$$

489 
WWAK41 PAFG 151154
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
254 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

AKZ203-151300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120115T1600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
254 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM AKST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE 
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR TODAY. A NEW WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL 
BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW.

* WINDS...INCREASING TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING THIS EVENING AS WINDS INCREASE.

* IMPACTS...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILL WITH
  SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTING OR
  OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT
  FROSTBITE.


$$

AKZ204-160115-
/X.NEW.PAFG.BZ.W.0003.120116T1500Z-120119T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
254 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* WINDS...WEST TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING 
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD 
  BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

411 
WWAK41 PAFG 151156 CCA
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
256 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

AKZ203-151300-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120115T1600Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
256 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM AKST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE 
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR TODAY. A NEW WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL 
BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW.

* WINDS...INCREASING TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING THIS EVENING AS WINDS INCREASE.

* IMPACTS...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILL WITH
  SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTING OR
  OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT
  FROSTBITE.


$$

AKZ204-160130-
/X.COR.PAFG.BZ.W.0003.120116T1500Z-120119T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
256 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2012

CORRECTED TIMING

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM AKST
WEDNESDAY. 

* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* WINDS...WEST TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL BE VERY POOR AND SNOW WILL 
  ACCUMULATE INTO DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SHOULD 
  BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE
OCCURRING OR EXPECTED.

&&

$$

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 Jan 14, 2:13 PM AKST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 2:13 PM AKST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
213 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. SHORT WAVE MOVING
OVER THE THE TOP OF THE BERING SEA RIDGE. THIS IS PRODUCING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BUT SHOULD NOT LAST
TOO LONG AS THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSAGE.

THE COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PUSHING INTO WESTERN CANADA AND WARMER
AIR ALOFT WILL FILTER IN BEHIND IT OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
STATE. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE STATE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

HIGH WILL BUILD IN OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST AND THIS WILL INCREASE
THE GRADIENT ALONG THE EASTERN ARCTIC BEGINNING SUN
NIGHT...THEREFORE WILL LEAVE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT ALTHOUGH
CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT AND ON SUN.

HIGH OVER NORTHWEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH MON
NIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND SPARSE THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STAY LOCKED IN OVER THE
BERING SEA.

RELATIVELY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR
THOUGH THE MID RANGE MODELS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ240.
&&

CF JAN 12

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 14, 4:39 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	21 hr
Jan 14, 8:40 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	7 hr
Jan 15, 2:54 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	3 days
Jan 15, 3:04 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	23 hr
Jan 15, 3:53 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	10 hr
Jan 15, 1:25 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	3 days
Jan 15, 1:25 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	3 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.