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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2013, 4:31 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 1, 2013, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2013, 4:31 AM AKST (13:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2013, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2013, 4:29 PM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752 WWAK72 PAFG 011331 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 431 AM AKST TUE JAN 1 2013 AKZ227-020130- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.130101T1500Z-130102T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 431 AM AKST TUE JAN 1 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSITNG TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
1 follow-up statement
184 WWAK72 PAFG 020129 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 429 PM AKST TUE JAN 1 2013 AKZ227-020230- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130102T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 429 PM AKST TUE JAN 1 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 1, 4:13 AM AKST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 4:13 AM AKST, 18 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 413 AM AKST TUE JAN 1 2013 .DISCUSSION... FRONTAL CLOUD SHIELD IS NOW MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR SUGGEST THAT PRECIPITATION IN THE CLOUD BAND IS LIMITED TO FLURRIES OR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AREAS. SCATTERED OR POSSIBLY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR IN PARTS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND/OR THURSDAY AS THE FILLING LOW MOVES NORTHWEST...ACCUMULATION 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. AT 12Z TUE...THE LOW CENTER IS NEAR PORT HEIDEN WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 972 MB. CURRENT MODELS PROGGING THE LOW CENTER TO BE NEAR NUNIVAK WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 975 MB AT 12Z WED...BUT WITH A MUCH LOOSER CIRCULATION. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ZONE 213 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO RESTRICT VISIBILITY TODAY AND TONIGHT. OVER THE NORTHWEST ALASKA COAST...THE PINCH IN THE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE ISOBARS HAS DRIFTED A BIT NORTHWARD...RESULTING IN LIGHTER WINDS AT POINT HOPE BUT NOTICEABLY STRONGER WINDS AT POINT LAY AND WAINWRIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ZONE 201 THROUGH TONIGHT...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOME WED. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL SPIKE UP WIND SPEEDS ALOFT AND CAUSE WIND GUSTS TO 50-60 MPH IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TODAY. NAM12 CROSS SECTION ALONG THE LEE OF THE ALASKA RANGE DELIVERS AREAS OF MAXIMUM WINDS OF 60-70 KT BELOW 700 MB FROM THE CURRENT TIME THROUGH AROUND NOON TODAY... WITH WIND SPEEDS DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR ZONES 225-226-227 TODAY. RF MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION... THE 12Z ECMF SHOWED GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY AND ALSO LOOKED QUITE A BIT LIKE THE ECMF ENSEMBLE MEAN AT 120 AND 132 HR. WE WOUND UP USING QUITE A LOT OF THE 12Z ECMF IN OUR MID- RANGE SOLUTION...DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IT AND THE GFS ARE QUITE APPRECIABLE AT THAT RANGE. THE GFS HAS A STRONG LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA EARLY NEXT WEEK IN MOST OF ITS RUNS...AND THE CURRENT (00Z) OPERATIONAL RUN IS FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE. THE GFS ENSEMBLE DOES SHOW QUITE A BIT MORE SCATTERER THAN THE ECMF THOUGH. THE ECMF RUNS TEND TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE...WITH A WEAKER LOW FARTHER SOUTH IN THE BERING SEA...MOVING INTO BRISTOL BAY...THEN PUSHING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. OVERALL A MUCH LESS STORMY SOLUTION FOR OUR WEST COAST ZONES THAN THE GFS. DJH && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF/DJH JAN 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:08 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:10 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 7 days | |
| Jan 1, 4:21 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Jan 1, 4:34 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Jan 1, 1:43 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 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.