Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Chill Advisories in 2012
Wind Chill Advisory 46, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 24, 2012, 2:47 AM AKDT. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2012, 2:47 AM AKDT (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 4:20 AM AKDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWAK41 PAFG 241047 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 247 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012 AKZ201-242300- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120324T1200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.120324T1047Z-120324T2300Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 247 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY 16 TO 20 BELOW. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. 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. && $$ AKZ205-241200- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120324T1200Z/ NORTHWESTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...SINGILUK...UMIAT 247 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. $$ AKZ202-203-241200- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-120324T1400Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK...NUIQSUT... PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 247 AM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILLS ALONG THE NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST AND CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BE 40 TO 45 BELOW TODAY...BUT WILL REMAIN WARMER THAN ADVISORY LEVEL OF 50 TO 59 BELOW. $$
5 follow-up statements
523 WWAK41 PAFG 242227 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 227 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012 AKZ201-251400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-120325T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 227 PM AKDT SAT MAR 24 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY... * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT 19 TO 29 BELOW. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
180 WWAK41 PAFG 251054 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 AM AKDT SUN MAR 25 2012 AKZ201-260000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-120326T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 254 AM AKDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY NEAR 20 BELOW. LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 25 BELOW. * TIMING...THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE DAY TUESDAY. 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. && $$
816 WWAK41 PAFG 252254 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 PM AKDT SUN MAR 25 2012 AKZ201-261400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-120327T0200Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 254 PM AKDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 25 BELOW. HIGHS TODAY NEAR 20 BELOW. * TIMING...THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
458 WWAK41 PAFG 261134 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 334 AM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 AKZ201-270000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 334 AM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...NEAR POINT HOPE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY 17 TO 22 BELOW. LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 30 BELOW. * TIMING...THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MODERATE SOME THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WILL DROP BACK TO NEAR 55 BELOW LATE THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
807 WWAK41 PAFG 261220 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 420 AM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 AKZ201-270000- /X.UPG.PAFG.WC.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.W.0019.120326T1220Z-120327T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 420 AM AKDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...NEAR POINT HOPE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 65 BELOW. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS TODAY 17 TO 22 BELOW. LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 30 BELOW. * TIMING...THE LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MODERATE SOME THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WILL DROP BACK TO NEAR 60 BELOW LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
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 23, 2:39 PM AKDT, 12 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:39 PM AKDT, 12 hours 8 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM AKDT FRI MAR 23 2012 .DISCUSSION... ALL OF THE MODELS HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS FOR PARTICULARLY THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. THE GFS AND THE NAM DO SPLIT THE ENERGY TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS A MAJORITY OF THE ENERGY TO THE SOUTH AS IT DIVES INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE NAM TAKES THE NORTHERN PRECIPITATION AND DRIVES IT UP ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE WHILE AS IF IN A CHINOOK PATTERN. WILL DISCREDIT THE NAM SOLUTION SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF A CHINOOK SETTING UP OVER THE INTERIOR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. THE GFS SEEMS MORE PLAUSIBLE AS IT ASSIGNS PRECIPITATION TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND KEEPS THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS GENERALLY WESTERLY SO THERE IS NOT REALLY ANY UPSLOPE COMPONENT TO CONSIDER FOR THE BROOKS RANGE. BELIEVE THAT THE ECMWF IS NOT GIVING ENOUGH PLAY TO THE NORTHERN PRECIPITATION. THE COLD AIR IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL BE SLOWLY ERODED AWAY AS THE CLOUDS MOVE IN AND A LITTLE WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MOVE INTO THE AREA. WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG WITH THE HIGH IN THE ARCTIC REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ONLY A LITTLE WESTERLY MOVEMENT. THE LOW CLIMBING UP ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ203. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ205. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF MAR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:03 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 24, 1:54 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days |
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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.