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Wind Chill Advisory 37, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 7, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 9:39 PM AKST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2012, 9:39 PM AKST (06:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2012, 2:37 AM AKST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

046 
WWAK41 PAFG 080639
WSWNSB

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

AKZ201-081200-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0037.120308T0639Z-120308T1200Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
939 PM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKST THURSDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 25 BELOW.

* WINDS...WEST AROUND 15 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM THURSDAY. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
  TO LESS THAN 15 MPH BY 3 AM WHICH WILL MAKE THE WIND CHILLS LESS
  HARSH.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

986 
WWAK41 PAFG 081137
WSWNSB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
237 AM AKST THU MAR 8 2012

AKZ201-081245-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-120308T1200Z/
WESTERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE
237 AM AKST THU MAR 8 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 7, 11:30 AM AKST, 10 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 11:30 AM AKST, 10 hours 9 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1130 AM AKST WED MAR 7 2012

CORRECTED PARAGRAPH 3 TEXT

.DISCUSSION...
RAGGED MOISTURE FEED CONTINUES ACROSS AKZ227-AKZ221-AKZ220-
SRN AKZ220-WRN AKZ223-NWRN AKZ224. SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING
OVER THESE AREAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...GRADUALLY
TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY LATE TONIGHT. ANOTHER INCH OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN AKZ222-SRN AKZ221-PARTS OF
AKZ227 TONIGHT.

DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW NEAR 46N/152W AT 19Z THIS MORNING
PROGGED BY MODELS TO MOVE TO NEAR YAKUTAT BY 12Z FRI. THE
SYSTEM WILL BE IN ITS WEAKENING PHASES BY THEN. THIS SYSTEM
WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE ERN INTERIOR. SNOW BEGINNING IN
SERN AKZ224-ERN AKZ226 THU AFTERNOON...SPREADING OVER ALL
OF AKZ224-AKZ226-ERN AKZ223 THU NIGHT. SNOW MAY SPREAD INTO
AKZ220-AKZ222-AKZ221-AKZ225 BY LATE FRI NIGHT. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
WILL LIKELY BE IN AKZ226 WHERE LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES MAY
OCCUR THU NIGHT AND FRI. UP TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN SERN AKZ224
DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.

OVER THE ARCTIC COAST...SW WINDS WILL SLACKEN OFF LATE TONIGHT AS
A WEAK SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN. THIS WILL BRING CURRENT WIND
CHILL CONDITIONS IN AKZ203-AKZ204 TO A CONCLUSION.

CURRENT MODELS AND ENSEMBLE MEANS INDICATING THAT BROAD
LOW PRESSURE ALOFT AND A COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE
FORECAST AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A CHANCE OF LIGHT
OVERRUNNING SNOW IN THE SERN INTERIOR AND AK RANGE SUN INTO MON
NIGHT AS ANOTHER WEAKENING SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE NRN GULF OF AK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ222.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.
&&

RF MAR 12

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:14 PM AKST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
714 PM AKST WED MAR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     SNOW             3 WSW FAIRBANKS         64.82N 147.74W
03/07/2012  M11.1 INCH                          AK   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            48 SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 3PM MARCH 5 THROUGH 3PM MARCH 7

&&

JMALINGO

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:18 PM AKST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
718 PM AKST WED MAR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     SNOW             1 WNW COLLEGE           64.88N 147.86W
03/07/2012  M13.1 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 DAY SNOWFALL AT COLLEGE HILLS SPOTTER 041-222

&&

JMALINGO

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:27 PM AKST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
727 PM AKST WED MAR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             4 ESE COLLEGE           64.85N 147.69W
03/07/2012  M11.1 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAMILTON ACRES SPOTTER 006-222 TWO DAY TOTAL, 0.48
            PRECIPITATION

&&

JMALINGO

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:29 PM AKST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
729 PM AKST WED MAR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 AM     SNOW             2 W TWO RIVERS          64.87N 147.17W
03/07/2012  M14.9 INCH                          AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            14 MILE CHSR SPOTTER 2 DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL

&&

JMALINGO

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:39 PM AKST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
739 PM AKST WED MAR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     SNOW             10 N FAIRBANKS          64.98N 147.65W
03/07/2012  M13.5 INCH                          AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            GOLDSTREAM CREEK CO-OP 2 DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL

&&

JMALINGO

Local storm report, Mar 7, 7:42 PM AKST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
742 PM AKST WED MAR 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     SNOW             NORTH POLE              64.75N 147.36W
03/07/2012  M12.4 INCH                          AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LUCINDA COURT NEAR BADGER ELEMENTARY, 2 DAY SNOWFALL

&&

JMALINGO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 1:01 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		38 hr
Mar 8, 1:03 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		72 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.