Wind Chill Advisory 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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WWAK42 PAFG 121816
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
916 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012

AKZ214-121930-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120112T2100Z/
YUKON DELTA-
INCLUDING...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK...ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...
PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY...MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...
PITKAS POINT
916 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

$$

AKZ210-130200-
/X.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/
NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA-
INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK...
PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR
916 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM AKST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...TO 45 BELOW.

* WIND...TO 20 MPH TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS 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.

&&

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639 
WWAK42 PAFG 122305
WSWWCZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
205 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2012

AKZ210-130015-
/X.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120113T0200Z/
NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA-
INCLUDING...BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK...
PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR
205 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 


$$

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
227 PM AKST WED JAN 11 2012

.DISCUSSION...

ALOFT...AT 500 MB...LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE
EAST TONIGHT AS CLOSED LOW PINCHES OFF THE SOUTH END OF IT OVER
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. TROUGH CONTINUES TO FILL AND MOVE NORTH AND
EAST WHILE THE CLOSED 513 DAM LOW MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE QUEEN
CHARLOTTE ISLANDS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHARP RIDGE WILL BUILD
OVER THE WEST COAST AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST WITH STRONG NORTHERLY
FLOW OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. A RELATIVELY STRONG
SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE RIDGE SATURDAY DAMPENING IT. THE
SHORTWAVE EXITS THE BACKSIDE OF THE RIDGE SATURDAY NIGHT OVER
BRISTOL BAY THEN DIVES SOUTH INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC. THE RIDGE
THEN BUILDS WITH A 573 DAM CENTER NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND. THE
STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A SERIES OF MINOR SHORTWAVE MOVING IN THE FLOW WILL PRODUCE
PERIODS OF CLOUDS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

SURFACE...ELONGATED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS NORTH TO SOUTH
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND IS MOVING
SLOWLY EAST. 998 MB LOW IN THE NORTHERN PART WILL CONTINUE TO FILL
MOVING EAST AND EXITING THE STATE NEAR DEMARCATION POINT THIS
EVENING. 993 MB LOW NEAR KODIAK WILL MOVE NORTH INTO PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND LATER THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT
SOUTH MOVING TO THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS BY SATURDAY MORNING.
RIDGE IS BUILDING IN BEHIND THE TROUGH AND 1050 MB CENTER WILL BE
LOCATED NEAR BETTLES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. RIDGE THEN ROTATES TO
EXTEND EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE STATE BY MONDAY MORNING. A TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE PUSHES INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE RIDGE MONDAY
BRINGING CLOUDS AND SOME PRECIPITATION TO THE COASTAL AREAS.

ARCTIC COAST...PERIODS OF SNOW EAST OF BARROW THIS EVENING AS THE
LOW EXITS THE STATE. A FEW FLURRIES ELSEWHERE WITH COLD ADVECTION.
WIND CHILL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SLOPE AS NORTH TO SOUTH GRADIENT
INCREASES AND COLD AIR IS REINFORCED. EXPECT DEEP COLD TO CONTINUE
INTO AT LEAST MID WEEK.

WEST COAST...WINDS CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT WILL TAPER OFF TOMORROW.
LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND CHILL ISSUES WILL
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME SLIGHT MODERATION IN
TEMPERATURES AS THE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.

INTERIOR...BAND OF SNOW OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA IS
PROGRESSING TO THE EAST...BUT SLOWLY. THE NORTHERLY FLOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WILL ENHANCE SNOWFALL ON THE NORTH FACING
SLOPES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND ALASKA RANGE WEST OF THE
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. A STRONG
GRADIENT DEVELOPS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW THAT IS MOVING INTO
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH
ALASKA RANGE PASSES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. AS THE LOW MOVES SOUTH AND BAND OF SNOW
MOVES EAST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE AN ISSUE FOR AREAS IN ZONE
226 EAST OF THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY AND UPSLOPE AREAS IN ZONE 224.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205-
AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ225-AKZ226.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ245.
&&

SDB JAN 12