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Wind Chill Advisory 61, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 1:01 AM AKST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 1:01 AM AKST (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395 WWAK42 PAFG 201001 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 101 AM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 AKZ209-210300- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0061.121220T1001Z-121221T0300Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 101 AM AKST THU DEC 20 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...CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE IN THE AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
408 WWAK42 PAFG 210310 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 610 PM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 AKZ209-211115- /X.EXP.PAFG.WC.Y.0061.000000T0000Z-121221T0300Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0063.121221T0310Z-121221T1500Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 610 PM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE IN THE AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
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 19, 1:14 PM AKST, 11 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 1:14 PM AKST, 11 hours 47 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 114 PM AKST WED DEC 19 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. MODELS HAVE FLIPPED HARD IN MEDIUM RANGE FROM 24 HOURS AGO. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THROUGH THE CENTRAL INTERIOR IS MOVING EAST AND WILL PUSH THROUGH THE ALCAN BORDER BY THU EVENING AS THE TAIL END LAGS BEHIND A BIT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN OVER THE WEST COAST AND PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEK. THE UPPER LOW THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH THAT IS PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE STATE WILL SLIDE DOWN THE WESTERN PART OF CANADA AND CROSS OVER INTO ALASKA BY SAT MORNING AND THEN UNDERCUT THE UPPER RIDGE AND TROUGH OUT IN AN EAST WEST DIRECTION. THE LOW WILL EXPAND WEST AND ROTATE A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES AROUND IT AND DRAG THE COLD AIR IN SIBERIA AND BRING IT INTO THE INTERIOR. THIS WILL KEEP THE COLD AIR FIRMLY ENTRENCHED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. VERY LITTLE PRECIP WILL BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. WIND CHILL ISSUES OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC WILL CONTINUE AS THE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-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 20, 3:27 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:28 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Dec 20, 5:16 AM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Dec 20, 12:12 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Dec 20, 1:56 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 38 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.