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Wind Chill Advisory 63, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 6:10 PM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:10 PM AKST (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 4:25 AM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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 THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
066 WWAK42 PAFG 210313 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 613 PM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 AKZ209-211500- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0063.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 613 PM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST FRIDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW. * TIMING...WIND CHILL WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
656 WWAK42 PAFG 211325 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 425 AM AKST FRI DEC 21 2012 AKZ209-211430- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0063.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 425 AM AKST FRI DEC 21 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 20, 3:06 PM AKST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:06 PM AKST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 306 PM AKST THU DEC 20 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXITING THE STATE TO THE EAST WHILE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PUSHES EAST OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE WARM AIR PUSH STARTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THE RIDGE AXIS SHRINKS AND COMPRESSES ON SAT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SLIDES DOWN THE ALCAN BORDER AND THEN MOVES WEST AND UNDERCUTS THE UPPER HIGH. THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE WEST TO NEAR GALENA BY LATE SUN NIGHT. THIS WILL PICK UP GULF OF ALASKA AIR AND MOVE IT NORTH AND BRING THE TEMPERATURES UP SLIGHTLY OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR MON AND TUE. A DEEP LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE BERING SEA BY TUE AND THE FRONTAL PRECIP BAND WILL HIT THE WEST COAST BY TUE EVENING. IF THIS HOLDS TRUE THEN A GOOD WARM UP FOR NORTHERN ALASKA WILL BE ON TAP FOR THE MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE INTERIOR AT THIS POINT. IN THE NEAR TERM...WIND CHILLS WILL BE AN ISSUE IN ZONE 226 IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE WHERE COLD AIR IS BOTTLED UP AND THE HIGH PRESSURE IS GENERATING A DECENT GRADIENT IN THAT AREA. STRONG WIND OVER A PORTION OF THE WEST COAST INCLUDING THE ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AREA WILL BE IN EFFECT DUE TO THE BUILDING SURFACE HIGH AND THE STRONG LOW IN EASTERN SIBERIA. THIS WILL PUSH SNOW INTO THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND FRI. THE HIGH IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN ON FRI. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ209-AKZ226. DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AKZ222. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220. && 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, 11:42 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 21 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.