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Wind Chill Advisory 60, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 12:44 AM AKST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 12:44 AM AKST (09:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 2:35 AM AKST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WWAK41 PAFG 190944 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1244 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 AKZ201-191500- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.121219T0944Z-121219T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 1244 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST EARLY THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * 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. && $$ AKZ202-191745- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.121219T0944Z-121220T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1244 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS NOW ACCRUING INLAND WILL SPREAD TO THE COAST INCLUDING BARROW BY 5AM. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ203-191745- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.121219T0944Z-121220T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 1244 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
860 WWAK41 PAFG 191308 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 408 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 AKZ201-191415- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121219T1500Z/ WESTERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...WAINWRIGHT...ATQASUK...POINT LAY...CAPE LISBURNE 408 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ204-192115- /X.EXB.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.121219T1800Z-121220T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 408 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * 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. && $$ AKZ202-192115- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 408 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ203-192115- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 408 AM AKST WED DEC 19 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. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE WEDNESDAY EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE. * 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. && $$
594 WWAK41 PAFG 191949 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1049 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 AKZ202-192100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T0000Z/ NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 1049 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ203-200300- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 1049 AM AKST WED DEC 19 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. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE WEDNESDAY EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE. * 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. && $$ AKZ204-200300- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 1049 AM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
584 WWAK41 PAFG 192307 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 207 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 AKZ203-200015- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ CENTRAL BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...NUIQSUT...PRUDHOE BAY...ALPINE...DEADHORSE...KUPARUK 207 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ204-200600- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 207 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
206 WWAK41 PAFG 200535 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 835 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 AKZ204-201345- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 835 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD WIND CHILL WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * 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. && $$
431 WWAK41 PAFG 200634 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 934 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 AKZ204-201500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 934 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...COLD WIND CHILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COLD WIND CHILL WILL BECOME LESS SEVERE THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
096 WWAK41 PAFG 201135 WSWNSB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 235 AM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 AKZ204-201245- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0060.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST- INCLUDING...KAKTOVIK...FLAXMAN ISLAND 235 AM AKST THU DEC 20 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 18, 3:00 PM AKST, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:00 PM AKST, 9 hours 44 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 300 PM AKST TUE DEC 18 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 48 HOURS. CURRENT RAGGED FRONT OVER WEST CENTRAL ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE IN PLACE WITHOUT MUCH FURTHER MOVEMENT. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH DEEP COLD AIR OVER THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY THU EVENING. STRONG HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE TROUGH FROM THE BERING SEA. IT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD AS WELL. THE CURRENT UPPER LEVEL LOW WITH THE COLD TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE ALCAN BORDER AND THEN SLIDE DOWN THE EASTERN BORDER OF ALASKA TO NEAR NORTHWAY BY FRI NIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WHICH WILL CUT OFF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE UPPER LOW WILL SPLIT AND ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL FORM NEAR GREAT BEAR LAKE IN WESTERN CANADA AND CREATE AN EAST WEST TROUGH. HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN CANADA HAS DEVELOPED THE TANANA VALLEY JET OVER THE INTERIOR HAS BROUGHT UP THE WINDS IN SEVERAL PLACES AND REFUSED TO LET THE WINDS DROP OFF. THIS HAS CREATED LOW WIND CHILLS OVER PARTS OF THE INTERIOR. THESE WINDS SHOULD START DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ221-AKZ223-AKZ224. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF DEC 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:59 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 72 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:46 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:47 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr |
Nearby
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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.