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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 4:37 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 5:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2012, 4:37 AM AKST (13:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2012, 5:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 4:44 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WWAK42 PAFG 111337 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 AKZ215-111445- /X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120111T1800Z/ LOWER YUKON VALLEY- INCLUDING...RUSSIAN MISSION...GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK... ANVIK...FLAT 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ AKZ213-111445- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ216-112100- /X.EXT.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120111T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * SNOW...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TO 1 INCH. * TIMING...SNOW TAPERING TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ONE OR MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. && $$ AKZ207-120130- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.120111T1500Z-120112T1500Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ209-120130- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.120111T1400Z-120112T1500Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW TODAY AND TO 55 BELOW TONIGHT. * WIND...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY AND WEST 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ210-120130- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.120111T1400Z-120112T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 437 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. * WIND CHILL VALUES...LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 55 BELOW. * WIND...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
3 follow-up statements
128 WWAK42 PAFG 111817 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 917 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 AKZ216-111930- /X.CAN.PAFG.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120111T2100Z/ LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK 917 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ AKZ207-120230- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120112T1500Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 917 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ209-120230- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120112T1500Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 917 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW TODAY AND TO 55 BELOW TONIGHT. * WIND...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY AND WEST 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ210-120230- /X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120112T1500Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 917 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. * WIND CHILL VALUES...LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 55 BELOW. * WIND...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
924 WWAK42 PAFG 112250 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 150 PM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 AKZ207-121500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG 150 PM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 50 BELOW. * WIND...WEST TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS IMPROVING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ AKZ209-121500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/ BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 150 PM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 55 BELOW. * WIND...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS IMPROVING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ210-121500- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 150 PM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THURSDAY... * LOCATION...ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. * WIND CHILL VALUES...LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 55 BELOW. * WIND...WEST AROUND 15 MPH. * TIMING...CONDITIONS IMPROVING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
919 WWAK42 PAFG 121344 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 444 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012 AKZ210-122100- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/ /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.120112T1500Z-120113T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR 444 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA. * WIND CHILL VALUES...LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 45 BELOW. * WIND...LOCAL WEST WINDS TO 15 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$ AKZ207-209-121445- /X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/ CHUKCHI SEA COAST-BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG... KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK 444 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$ AKZ214-122100- /X.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.120112T1500Z-120112T2100Z/ YUKON DELTA- INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK... PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA... PITKAS POINT 444 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...LOCAL WIND CHILL TO 50 BELOW. * WINDS...LOCAL NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. && $$
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 Jan 11, 2:57 AM AKST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 2:57 AM AKST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 257 AM AKST WED JAN 11 2012 .DISCUSSION... COLD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CHUKCHI AND BERING SEAS WILL MOVE EWD TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE BY 12Z FRI AS A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE BERING SEA. SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE RIDGE SAT AND SAT NIGHT WILL TEMPORARILY KNOCK IT DOWN SOME...BUT THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE BUILDING OF A VERY STRONG BLOCKING HIGH OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH 500 MB HEIGHTS APPROACHING 570 DAM. THIS WILL CONTINUE A STRONG N TO NNW FLOW ALOFT OVER THE INTERIOR. COLD UPPER LOW OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL DROP SEWD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA SAT EVENING INTO SAT NIGHT...REINFORCING THE COLD AIR OVER THE ERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. A LITTLE MODERATION POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE MAIN COLD CORE SLIDES SEWD INTO CANADA... BUT TEMPERATURES LIKELY WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. CLOUD COVER MAY BE VARIABLE AS SEVERAL SURGES OF MOISTURE MOVE SOUTHWARD IN THE FLOW ALOFT. SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR BY 12Z WED...SOUTHERN LOW CENTER IN THIS ELONGATED LOW COMPLEX NOW SOUTH OF THE AK PEN WILL DEEPEN AND BECOME THE MAIN LOW CENTER NEAR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND BY 12Z THU. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL PRODUCE GUSTY N-NW WINDS THROUGH AK RANGE PASSES. SNOW OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL SPREAD EWD THROUGH THU. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ209-AKZ210. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ216. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ221-AKZ225-AKZ226. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ245. && RF JAN 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:05 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:16 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 11, 5:01 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 63 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.