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Wind Chill Advisory 36, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 6, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 6, 2012, 1:25 PM AKST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2012, 1:25 PM AKST (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2012, 3:39 PM AKST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

536 
WWAK41 PAFG 062225
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
125 PM AKST TUE MAR 6 2012

AKZ203-071200-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.120306T2225Z-120308T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
125 PM AKST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 


* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH TUE EVENING AND
  THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ204-071200-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.120306T2225Z-120308T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
125 PM AKST TUE MAR 6 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH TUE EVENING AND
  THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

3 follow-up statements

411 
WWAK41 PAFG 071141
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
241 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

AKZ203-072100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
241 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ204-072100-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
241 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

215 
WWAK41 PAFG 071730
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
830 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

AKZ203-080300-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK
830 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

AKZ204-080300-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/
EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
830 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS
EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$

618 
WWAK41 PAFG 080039
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
339 PM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

AKZ203-204-080145-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/
CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST-EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST-
INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...
KUPARUK...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND
339 PM AKST WED MAR 7 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 Mar 6, 5:30 AM AKST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:30 AM AKST, 7 hours 55 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
530 AM AKST TUE MAR 6 2012

.DISCUSSION...
THE GFS AND NAM COMPUTER WEATHER FORECAST MODELS ARE FORCASTING A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. A LARGE COLD LOW ALOFT IS FORECAST TO EXPAND
SOUTHWARD OVER THE ALASKA MAINLAND TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE THE PRESENT BRISK WESTERLY FLOW SOUTH OF THE ARCTIC
CIRCLE TO BECOME LIGHTER SOUTHWEST FLOW. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT ON THIS FORECAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

A SHORT WAVE ALOFT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD LOW ALOFT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OVER THE MAINLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
WITH THE APPROACH OF THIS TROUGH ALOFT...SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST
ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO RESUME TONIGHT.

STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY...THE COLD LOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND
AND TO HOLD OVER THE EASTERN MAINLAND THROUGH MID WEEK NEXT WEEK
AND QUITE POSSIBLY LONGER. THE INFLUX OF COLD ARCTIC AIR ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE LOW ALOFT IS BRINGING TEMPERATURES IN THE WESTERN
MAINLAND DOWN TO SUB ZERO LEVELS...WHERE THEY WILL REMAIN FOR SOME
TIME.

THE AIR MASS OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR REMAINS UNSTABLE THIS
MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS ARE RAPIDLY MOVING THROUGH IN THE BRISK
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. NEAR THE 5000 FOOT ELEVATION...THE WINDS ARE
FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AROUND 40 MPH. THIS IS NOT COMMON IN
INTERIOR ALASKA AT ANY TIME OF YEAR. THE FAIRBANKS WEATHER BALLOON
RUN THIS MORNING...THE HOURLY DATA FROM THE FAIRBANKS WEATHER
RADAR...AND THE PROFILER AT CENTRAL AGREE CLOSELY ON THIS.

THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS ALOFT IS THE REASON FOR THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES OVER THE HIGH LANDS OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR.
AS THE COLD LOW ALOFT BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE WESTERN
MAINLAND...THE WINDS ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR WILL
DIMINISH.

THIS MORNINGS POLAR ORBITING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN AREA OF
SNOW SHOWERS THAT LOOKS PARTICULARLY ACTIVE. AT 3 AM THIS
MORNING...THIS CLUSTER OF SNOW SHOWERS WAS JUST EAST OF GALENA.
THE CLUSTER IS ABOUT 100 MILES IN DIAMETER. IF IT MOVES TOWARD
THE EAST AT 40 MPH...IT WILL BE OVER NENANA AND FAIRBANKS JUST
BEFORE SUNRISE. SUNRISE AT FAIRBANKS TODAY IS AT 7.41 AM AKST.

OUT OVER THE BERING SEA THERE ARE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST. CONTINUING ON THEIR PRESENT COURSE THE WILL
REMAIN SOUTH OF THE YUKON DELTA.

THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN THE REALM THIS MORNING ARE ON THE
ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN...THE ONLY PART OF NORTHERN ALASKA THAT HAS
CLEAR SKIES. THE INFRARED DERIVED TEMPERATURES THERE ARE AROUND 45
BELOW.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ227.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.
&&

TF MAR 12

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 7:33 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG		34 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.