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Wind Chill Advisory 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 3:11 AM AKST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 3:11 AM AKST (12:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 5:22 PM AKST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WWAK42 PAFG 231211 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 AM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 AKZ213-232100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0029.120223T1211Z-120223T2100Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 311 AM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...15 TO 20 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME A BIT LESS HARSH BY AROUND NOON AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO SLOWLY MODERATE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
007 WWAK42 PAFG 232012 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1112 AM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 AKZ213-240300- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 1112 AM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...15 TO 20 BELOW. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THE WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME A BIT LESS HARSH IN THE EVENING AS WINDS DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
765 WWAK42 PAFG 240222 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 522 PM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 AKZ213-240330- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 522 PM AKST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ RT FEB 12
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 Feb 22, 2:04 PM AKST, 13 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:04 PM AKST, 13 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 204 PM AKST WED FEB 22 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR...TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THU. BY FRI AFTERNOON A RIDGE WITH AXIS EXTENDING NORTHWEST FROM BRISTOL BAY TO INTERIOR SIBERIA WILL SEPARATE A TROUGH ON EITHER SIDE. THE TROUGH EAST OF THE RIDGE WILL EXTEND SOUTH FROM THE BEAUFORT SEA TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THE TROUGH TO THE WEST OF THE RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM KAMCHATKA TO SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. BY SAT AFTERNOON...A CLOSED LOW WILL BE CENTERED A FEW HUNDRED MILES NORTH OF ADAK...A RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO SIBERIA...AND A TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA. SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN PERSIST THROUGH FRI. WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE ON FRI. STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE BERING SEA ON FRI. NORTH SLOPE...FLURRIES...PATCHY FOG AND LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WEST COAST...FLURRIES WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THU NIGHT AS RIDGE BUILDS EAST. INTERIOR...FLURRIES WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND THU AS LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR WEAKENS. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH PASSES OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL INCREASE SAT NIGHT AND SUN. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DA FEB 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.