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Brisk Wind Advisory 233, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 5, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Dec 5, 2013, 3:50 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2013, 3:50 AM AKST (12:50 UTC)
Expired: Dec 6, 2013, 3:45 AM AKST
In force: 24 hr
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 Dec 4, 5:15 PM AKST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 5:15 PM AKST, 10 hours 35 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
515 PM AKST WED DEC 4 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ALOFT...
A VERY STRONG RIDGE ALOFT OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL PERSIST INTO
THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MAKING THEIR WAY NORTH
OVER THE BERING SEA THIS WEEK WILL CAUSE THE RIDGE TO FLATTEN
SLIGHTLY AND PUSH PRECIPITATION INLAND. GIVEN THE VERY HIGH
HEIGHTS WITH THIS RIDGE MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE
FORM OF RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE
INTERIOR.

SURFACE...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL WEAKEN THU
NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DOWN VALLEY WINDS IN THE EASTERN
INTERIOR.

A WARM FRONT FROM GAMBELL TO BETHEL WILL MOVE THE BERING
STRAIT TO MCGRATH BY 3AM THU...TO KOTZEBUE TO DENALI BY 3PM
THU...TO POINT LAY TO FAIRBANKS BY 3AM FRI AND TO WAINWRIGHT TO
EAGLE BY 3PM FRI. THERE IS 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT
CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE FRONT. COULD SEE UP TO .10 OF
AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OVER THE WEST
COAST...WITH .10-.25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE INTERIOR.
AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE WILL BE
NORTH OF FAIRBANKS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SOUTH OF
THE FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST WHERE THE COLD SURFACE AIR MIXES
OUT WITH UP TO .25 INCH OF LIQUID RAIN. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
DECREASES AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE
SUBSIDENCE FROM THE STRONG RIDGE ALOFT. HAVE ISSUED WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE FREEZING RAIN.

A COLD FRONT IN THE BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA
FRI AND ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA SAT. RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK
TO SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THIS FRONT.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS SHOWED SIMILAR SOLUTIONS AT 500 MB. THE NAM MOVES
PRECIPITATION EAST INTO THE INTERIOR QUICKER THAN THE GFS BUT
AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPES WERE SIMILAR. FOR TIMING WENT
WITH A BLEND BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ICE STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ216.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-
AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ205-AKZ227.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

JB DEC 13

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 4, 3:03 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Dec 4, 3:03 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Dec 4, 3:18 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	13 hr
Dec 4, 3:18 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	43 hr
Dec 5, 3:50 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	24 hr
Dec 5, 4:21 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	64 hr
Dec 5, 4:55 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	67 hr
Dec 5, 5:56 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	22 hr
Dec 5, 2:57 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	13 hr

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Sources

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