Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2013

Brisk Wind Advisory 37, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 25, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 25, 2013, 3:51 AM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2013, 3:51 AM AKST (12:51 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2013, 1:57 PM AKST
In force: 10 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 Jan 24, 5:01 PM AKST, 10 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 5:01 PM AKST, 10 hours 50 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
501 PM AKST THU JAN 24 2013

.DISCUSSION...
HEAVY SNOW EVENT CONTINUES IN PROGRESS FOR ZONES
222-223-224-225-226.
ZONE 222...SNOW CONTINUING FROM NORTH POLE SOUTH AND EAST
           TONIGHT.
ZONE 223...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRI NIGHT...HEAVIEST
           AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND FRI.
ZONE 224...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRI NIGHT...HEAVIEST
           AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND FRI. ADDITIONAL
           SNOW POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF TOK SAT.
ZONE 225...SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT TAPERING OFF FRI.
ZONE 226...SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRI NIGHT...ADDITIONAL
           SNOWFALL POSSIBLE EAST OF THE TOK CUTOFF SAT.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 INCHES OR MORE IS EXPECTED IN
PARTS OF ZONES 223-224-226...8 INCHES IN ZONE 222 AND UP
TO 10 INCHES IN PARTS OF ZONE 225. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
FOR ZONES 222-223-224 HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE HEAVY SNOW. A COLD UPPER TROUGH
EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD FROM NORTHEAST ALASKA SWWD WILL DEEPEN
FURTHER AS IT PROGRESSES SOUTHWARD. VERY COLD AIR ALOFT WILL
COVER ALL OF THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC ZONES BY FRI AFTERNOON...
850 MB TEMPERATURES PROGGED TO APPROACH -30C. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER...BUT AREAS WITH CLEAR SKIES
WILL SEE TEMPERATURES OF -40F OR COLDER. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A MODERATING TREND
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE MONDAY AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
BEGINS TO BUILD NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR.

WARNINGS FOR WIND CHILL TO -60F CONTINUE THROUGH FRI NIGHT
IN ZONES 203-204. NARROW RIDGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR ARCTIC
SLOPE WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY...PRODUCING VERY COLD
SOUTHWEST SURFACE WIND FLOW OUT OF THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE
AND NORTH WINDS 15-25 MPH AND ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILL IN
BROOKS RANGE PASSES.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ226.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ245.
&&

RF JAN 13

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 24, 4:00 PM AKST	Wind Chill Warning	AFG	4 days
Jan 24, 4:00 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	13 hr
Jan 25, 1:58 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	23 hr
Jan 25, 2:14 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	22 hr
Jan 25, 2:14 PM AKST	Wind Chill Warning	AFG	49 hr

Nearby

Brisk Wind Advisories in Alaska, 2013 Every brisk wind advisory in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.