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Wind Chill Advisory 35, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 1:57 PM AKST. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 3:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 1:57 PM AKST (22:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:43 PM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
639 WWAK41 PAFG 032257 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 157 PM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012 AKZ204-041400- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120304T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0035.120304T0000Z-120305T0300Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 157 PM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
470 WWAK41 PAFG 041143 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 AKZ203-050100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0015.120304T1143Z-120305T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 243 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...70 TO 75 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...32 TO 42 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH TODAY. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS HARSH MONDAY MORNING AS THE WIND DIMINISHES TO LESS THAN 15 MPH BY NOON. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ204-050100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-120305T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 243 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 32 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH BY NOON. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILLS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS HARSH ON MONDAY MORNING AS THE WIND DIMINISHES TO LESS THAN 15 MPH BY NOON. 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. && $$
626 WWAK41 PAFG 042343 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 AKZ204-051500- /X.UPG.PAFG.WC.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-120305T1500Z/ /X.EXB.PAFG.WC.W.0015.120305T0300Z-120305T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 243 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 60 BELOW TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...25 TO 35 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL MODERATING MONDAY WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ203-051500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120305T1500Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 243 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 75 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...35 TO 40 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL MODERATING MONDAY WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
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 Mar 3, 1:19 PM AKST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:19 PM AKST, 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 119 PM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER TROUGH ALOFT OVER NRN AK WILL BE PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST BY MON AS A TRANSITORY RODGE CROSSES NRN AK. ANOTHER COLD TROUGH ALOFT WILL SETTLE IN OVER NRN AK BY TUE. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR TONIGHT WITH BROAD LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND REMNANTS OF A RAGGED OCCLUDED FRONT. SNOW TAPERING TO FLURRIES TONIGHT AND SUN AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS. SNOW DEVELOPING OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND LATE SUN NIGHT... SPREADING TO THE SRN PARTS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR MON AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ONSHORE. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE MON OVER AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ214- AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227...UP TO 1 INCH IN AKZ210. WINDS AT PABA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BOUNCE AROUND FROM 10-15 MPH. WILL DOWNGRADE WIND CHILL WARNING TO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ207-AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && RF MAR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:32 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Mar 3, 1:24 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 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.