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Wind Chill Advisory 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 21, 2012, 11:38 AM AKST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 11:38 AM AKST (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 3:30 PM AKST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
733 WWAK41 PAFG 212038 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1138 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 AKZ206-220900- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0018.120121T2038Z-120122T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 1138 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY FOR ATIGUN PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...ATIGUN PASS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 TO 55 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
136 WWAK41 PAFG 220512 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 812 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 AKZ206-221500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120122T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 812 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY IN PASSES... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE HARSH WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
328 WWAK41 PAFG 221431 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 531 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 AKZ206-222245- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120123T0300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 531 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN PASSES... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE HARSH WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
782 WWAK41 PAFG 221551 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 651 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 AKZ206-230000- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120123T0300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 651 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING IN PASSES... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE HARSH WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
755 WWAK41 PAFG 222351 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 AKZ206-230800- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120123T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 251 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY IN PASSES... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH PASSES. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
371 WWAK41 PAFG 230030 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 330 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 AKZ206-231500- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120123T1500Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WS.W.0002.120123T0030Z-120124T0300Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 330 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE WITH LOCAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. * DRIFTING SNOW...LARGE DRIFTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THAT MAY MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 75 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH PASSES. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$
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 21, 3:15 AM AKST, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 3:15 AM AKST, 8 hours 23 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 315 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. HIGH IN FAR EAST RUSSIA WILL WEAKEN AND THE AXIS WILL MOVE SLIGHTLY WESTWARD. TROUGH EXTENDS WEST AND SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF OF ALASKA AND WILL CONTINUE TO POUR MUCH COLDER AIR INTO MAINLAND ALASKA WITH TROUGH TO SET UP AND MAINTAIN THE PRESENCE OVER ALASKA THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. AS LOW CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD IN THE GULF OF ALASKA AND HIGH PUSHES SOUTHWARD OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA AS COLDER AIR POURS IN. THIS WILL DEVELOP COLD WIND CHILLS OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF MAINLAND ALASKA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST BY LATER TONIGHT. SHORT WAVE OVER NORTHEASTERN INTERIOR IS SPREADING SOME CLOUDS AND FLURRIES OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WHILE THE CLOUDS QUICKLY DECREASE. A STRONG UPPER HIGH IN EASTERN RUSSIA WHICH WEAKENS AND DRIFTS INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA IN THE SHORT TERM ALLOWS A COLD LOW TO PLUNGE SOUTHWEST OUT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA AT THE START OF THE MEDIUM RANGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MEDIUM RANGE WILL START WITH A VERY COLD AIR MASS ACROSS NORTHERN AK. IT LOOKS LIKE THE COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE NEXT WEEK. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE 850 MB TEMPS OF -20C OR COLDER ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AK AND AS COLD AS -35C IN THE BROOKS RANGE. THIS WILL MEAN CONTINUED BELOW TO WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPS ALL WEEK. THE NCEP RMOPS SHOW SOME WEAKENING OF THE LOW WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER HEIGHTS AND MORE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND. THE OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE NOT SO CONVINCED. GIVEN THE STRONG BLOCKING NATURE OF THE PATTERN WOULD SIDE WITH THE IDEA THAT THE COLD AIR HANGS IN PLACE ACROSS THE INTERIOR AT LEAST INTO THE LAST WEEKEND OF JANUARY. A BETTER CHANCE OF SOME MODERATION OF THE AIR MASS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AK BY NEXT WEEKEND. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ217-AKZ218. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF JAN 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:42 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:21 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 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.