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Brisk Wind Advisory 38, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 26, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 26, 2013, 3:51 AM AKST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2013, 3:51 AM AKST (12:51 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2013, 12:49 PM AKST
In force: 9 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 25, 11:12 AM AKST, 16 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 11:12 AM AKST, 16 hours 39 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1112 AM AKST FRI JAN 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...
SNOWFALL IS CONTINUING OVER ERN AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ226...BUT SHOULD
END IN ERN AKZ223 BY LATE AFTERNOON. WILL EXTEND THE WARNINGS FOR
AKZ224-AKZ226 TO MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES OVER THE INTERIOR AND
ARCTIC ZONES WILL BE VERY COLD INTO MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE ALOFT
EXPANDS AND DEEPENS OVER THE NRN AK MAINLAND. WIDESPREAD LOWS OF
-40 TO -55 EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR AND INLAND AREAS OF THE ARCTIC
SLOPE. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES CONTINUING OVER THE WEST COAST ZONES.

NARROW UPPER RIDGE OVER THE INLAND ARCTIC SLOPE IS EXPECTED
TO PERSIST...PRODUCING COLD W TO SW WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC
COAST IN ZONES 203-204. LOW WIND CHILL NUMBERS CONTINUING
MOST OF THE TIME OVER ZONES 203-204 THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE...BUT
CURRENT GFS/ECMWF MODELS SUGGEST A MEAN RIDGE WITH SEVERAL
SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH...FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK ON.
THIS PATTERN SHOULD BRING SOME MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES AND
MORE CLOUD COVER. MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR MON AND TUE ARE QUITE
DIVERGENT BUT COME CLOSER TOGETHER LATER IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ220-AKZ226.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ224-AKZ226.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ245.
&&

RF JAN 13

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 25, 9:57 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	3 days
Jan 26, 3:52 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	59 hr
Jan 26, 12:42 PM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	26 hr
Jan 26, 12:49 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	25 hr

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Sources

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