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Brisk Wind Advisory 76, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 23, 2013, 2:05 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2013, 2:05 PM AKST (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2013, 2:06 PM 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 Feb 23, 7:09 AM AKST, 6 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 7:09 AM AKST, 6 hours 56 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 709 AM AKST SAT FEB 23 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... A DEEP LOW OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE TO THE GULF OF ANADYR BY 3PM SAT AND THEN PERSIST INTO MON. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM KOTZEBUE TO NORTHWAY WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTH SLOPE BY 3PM SAT AND THEN WEAKEN. EXPECT FLURRIES NORTH OF THIS TROUGH AND CLEARING TO THE SOUTH AS RIDGING BUILDS OVER ALASKA. A SECOND SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA COAST AND OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR BY 3AM SUN AND OVER 65N LAT BY 3PM SUN. EXPECT ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF SNOW WITH THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES. 850 MB TEMPERATURES ARE NOW -20 TO -30 BUT WILL WARM TO -10 OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR TODAY. WILL SEE SOME WARMING OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST TONIGHT AND SUN AND OVER THE NORTH SLOPE SUN. SURFACE... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. THIS IS CAUSING EAST WINDS 20-30KT OVER THE ARCTIC COAST ALONG WITH WIND CHILLS OF 50 TO 70 BELOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A STRONG LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE NEAR COLD BAY BY 3PM SAT AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA SUN PM. A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO ANVIK TO TANANA TO EAGLE BY 3AM SUN ANDS THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR SUN. EXPECT ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WITH THIS FRONT. THIS IS ALSO CAUSING NORTH WINDS AND COLD WIND CHILLS ALONG WEST COAST CAPES THAT MAY CONTINUE INTO SUN. A 1005 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR KOTZEBUE BY 3PM SUN AND MOVE TO POINT HOPE AS A 1005 MB LOW BY 3AM MON. EXPECT A CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THIS. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLLUTIONS ALOFT. AT THE SURFACE MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH 3AM SUN. AFTER THAT TIME THE NAM IS MUCH DEEPER WITH A LOW DEVELOPING NEAR KOTZEBUE THAN THE GFS. THE ECMF IS IN BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS ON DEPTH AND IS PREFERRED FOR THE LOW PRESSURE DEPTH SUN THROUGH MON. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ212- AKZ213-AKZ217-AKZ219. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ207. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ205. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && JB FEB 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 1:22 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 17 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:49 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Feb 23, 10:11 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 48 hr |
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