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Wind Chill Advisory 55, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 15, 2012, 3:30 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 15, 2012, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2012, 3:30 AM AKST (12:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2012, 12:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2012, 4:55 AM AKST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
105 WWAK41 PAFG 151230 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 330 AM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 AKZ201-152030- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0053.121215T1230Z-121216T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 330 AM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS...WILL DROP TO 50 BELOW * BLOWING SNOW...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING CAUSING VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TO DEVELOP. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ AKZ202-152030- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0055.121215T2100Z-121216T0900Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 330 AM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TO DEVELOP. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
3 follow-up statements
397 WWAK41 PAFG 152013 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1113 AM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 AKZ201-152115- /X.CAN.PAFG.WW.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1113 AM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AKZ202-160900- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0055.121215T2100Z-121216T0900Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1113 AM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TO DEVELOP. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ RT DEC 12
449 WWAK41 PAFG 160833 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1133 PM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 AKZ202-161400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-121216T1400Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1133 PM AKST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM AKST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. * 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. && $$
952 WWAK41 PAFG 161355 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 455 AM AKST SUN DEC 16 2012 AKZ202-161500- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-121216T1400Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 455 AM AKST SUN DEC 16 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
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 Dec 14, 2:48 PM AKST, 12 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:48 PM AKST, 12 hours 42 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 248 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 .DISCUSSION... COLD AMS COVERS NRN ALASKA AND THIS WILL PERSIST THIS WEEKEND. BASIC WLY FLOW ALOFT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DEEP COLD LOW NW OF WRANGEL ISLAND. AT THE SURFACE...DVLPG LOW MOVG FROM THE GULF OF ANADYR INTO CHUKOTKA WILL DEEPEN TO 986 MB BY SAT AFTERNOON OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA. 1002 MB LOW NOW COMING OFF OF KAMCHATKA WILL MOVE TO NEAR ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND SAT. MEANWHILE...976 MB LOW IN THE ERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE SRN YUKON SAT. HIGH PRES OVR ERN BERING SEA DRFTG EAST TO BE OVR CENTRAL INTERIOR BY SAT NIGHT. THE MID-RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS CONSIDERABLE SPREAD HANDLING DEEP COLD LOW NW OF WRANGEL ISLAND AND ASSOCIATED TROF INTO NW ALASKA. SOME AGREEMENT IN BUILDING A RIDGE OVR THE BERING SEA MID-WEEK AHEAD OF A DEEP STORM FARTHER WEST...BUT EVOLUTION BEYOND THAT COMPLETELY UNCERTAIN. NORTH SLOPE...LOW OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL BRING A PERIOD OF BRISK SOUTH WINDS TO WRN ZONES. THIS MIGHT BRING A PERIOD OF ADVISORY WINTER WX...EITHER SNOW/BLOWING OR WIND CHILLS FOR A SHORT TIME SAT AND WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED. REMAINING QUITE COLD ERN ZONES. WEST COAST...SOME MODERATION IN TEMPS AND A PERIOD OF SNOW ALONG THE COAST WITH THE QUICK MOVING LOWS THIS WEEKEND. STILL COLD INLAND. INTERIOR...WE HAVE CONTINUED THE SNOW ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 224 AND 226. TEMPS REMAIN A BIG FORECAST PROBLEM DUE TO THE SHARP CLOUD LINE...WITH 40S BELOW IN CLEAR VALLEYS AND TEMPS NOT MUCH BELOW ZERO IN CLOUDY VALLEYS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ224-AKZ226. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RT DEC 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:02 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:30 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Dec 15, 1:27 PM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 14 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.