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Brisk Wind Advisory 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 9, 2013, 3:50 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2013, 3:50 AM AKST (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2013, 7:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this brisk wind 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Jan 8, 2:34 PM AKST, 13 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 2:34 PM AKST, 13 hours 16 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 234 PM AKST TUE JAN 8 2013 .DISCUSSION... COMPLEX SFC LOW IN THE CENTRAL AND WRN SEA WILL SPIN AN "INSTANT OCCLUSION" ONTO THE BERING SEA COAST. LIKE THE SYSTEM LATE LAST WEEK...SOME OF THE ENERGY WILL BE PEELED OFF EWD INTO THE NRN GULF OF ALASKA. A NEW LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC INTO THE ERN BERING SEA ON THU...BUT THIS LOOKS TO BE EVEN WEAKER. 1035 MB HIGH 400 NM NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WITH RIDGE TOWARD BARROW PRSTG BUT DRFTG A BIT EWD. WEAK WARM FRONT APPROACHING ERN NORTH SLOPE COAST WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE WILL OVER THE INTERIOR WILL BUILD AND CONSOLIDATE TO A 1027 MB CENTER OF THE YUKON TERR BY THU AM. NUMERICAL MODELS CONT TO HAVE SOME DIFFS IN HANDLING THE INCOMING BERING COAST OCCLUSION...AND TO A LARGER EXTENT THE NEXT LOW. BY FRI AFTERNOON THE DIFFS ARE UNUSUALLY LARGE FOR SO EARLY IN THE FORECAST CYCLE WITH TIMING AND AND STRENGTH OF SHORT WAVES. MID-RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON BUILDING BIG RIDGE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WITH PERIODIC BUILDING RIGHT ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA. THIS WILL BE A WARM PATTERN ACROSS THE CWA AND INTMTLY STORMY OVR THE WEST COAST AND WRN NORTH SLOPE. NORTH SLOPE...WINDS INCREASING AGAIN WRN AREAS WED PM WHILE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING ERN AREAS, TEMPS REMAIN MOSTLY NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL. WEST COAST...WWA LOOKS PLAUSIBLE FOR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BUT MORE MARGINAL FOR ZONE 214. HOWEVER NO CONFIDENCE TO WARRANT ENDING THE WWA ATTM. OCCLUSION WILL BRING SOME SNOW TO NULATO HILLS AND SRN SEWARD PEN BUT SUB ADVISORY. NEXT LOW ON THU NIGHT/FRI LESS IMPACTFUL AS MOST ENERGY IN THE GULF. INTERIOR...AREAS CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT WILL MOVE EWD AS RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS. MAY BE ENOUGH OF THE BERING OCCLUSION LEFT TO SPREAD SNOW AS FAR EAST AS CENTRAL ZONES ON FRI. AFTER THE BRIEF COOL DOWN TEMPS AGAIN WARMING WITH A DECENT CHINOOK DEVELOPING AGAIN THU NIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ213-AKZ214. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200. && RT JAN 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 6 days | |
| Jan 9, 3:50 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 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.