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Wind Chill Advisory 53, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 7, 2012, 5:09 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 7, 2012, 9:55 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2012, 5:09 PM AKST (02:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2012, 9:55 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2012, 11:01 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159 WWAK43 PAFG 080209 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 509 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 AKZ223-081015- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0053.121208T0900Z-121209T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 509 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM AKST SATURDAY SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND VERY COLD WIN CHILLS WILL DEVELOP. THE WINDS AND WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
215 WWAK43 PAFG 080655 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 955 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 AKZ223-081500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0053.121208T0655Z-121209T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 955 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST SATURDAY SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE... * LOCATION...SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE. * WINDS...EAST 29 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS AND COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
994 WWAK43 PAFG 080656 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 956 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 AKZ223-081500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121209T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 956 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST SATURDAY SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE... * LOCATION...SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...50 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS AND COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME 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. && $$
626 WWAK43 PAFG 081423 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 523 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012 AKZ223-090030- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121209T0700Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 523 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKST THIS EVENING SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE... * LOCATION...SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE. * WINDS...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...40 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS AND COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AND WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
742 WWAK43 PAFG 082001 WSWAFG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1101 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012 AKZ223-082115- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121209T0700Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1101 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INDICATED WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WITH THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND RESULT IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA NOT BEING MET. THUS THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 Dec 7, 3:10 PM AKST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:10 PM AKST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 310 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012 .DISCUSSION... THE 960 MB LOW OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL DEEPEN A BIT AS IT MOVES NORTH TO BE NEAR DUTCH HARBOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO BRISTOL BAY SUNDAY. THE MODELS DO NOT HAVE THIS A HEAVY PRECIPITATION PRODUCER FOR NORTHERN ALASKA...AND SATELLITE PICS SUGGEST NOTHING TO THE CONTRARY. INCREASING WINDS OVER MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE THOUGH...AND CERTAINLY SOME SNOW OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR AS THE THING LIFTS OUT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ213. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DJH DEC 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:07 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Dec 7, 5:47 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Dec 8, 2:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Dec 8, 2:42 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 8, 2:42 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 8, 2:42 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 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.