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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2013, 2:54 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 14, 2013, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2013, 2:54 PM AKDT (22:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2013, 4:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2013, 5:33 AM AKDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846 WWAK73 PAFG 142254 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 AKZ219-150800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.130315T0000Z-130315T0800Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 254 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT OVER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ220-150800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.130315T0000Z-130315T0800Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 254 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT OVER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ221-150800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.130315T0000Z-130315T0800Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 254 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT OVER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ223-150800- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.130315T0000Z-130315T0800Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 254 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS...EAST TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
5 follow-up statements
544 WWAK73 PAFG 150737 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1137 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 AKZ220-223-150845- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130315T0800Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...SALCHA... DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY...HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK... DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1137 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS HAVE ENDED BUT GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SUMMITS. $$ AKZ219-151400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130315T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 1137 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY OVER SUMMITS... * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ221-151400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130315T1400Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 1137 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY OVER SUMMITS... * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
145 WWAK73 PAFG 151234 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 434 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 AKZ221-151345- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130315T1400Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 434 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ219-152000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130315T2000Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 434 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY OVER SUMMITS... * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
049 WWAK73 PAFG 151747 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 947 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 AKZ219-160000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130316T0200Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 947 AM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING OVER SUMMITS... * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
823 WWAK73 PAFG 152113 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 113 PM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 AKZ219-161400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130316T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 113 PM AKDT FRI MAR 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY OVER SUMMITS... * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS MORNING. 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. && $$
313 WWAK73 PAFG 161333 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 533 AM AKDT SAT MAR 16 2013 AKZ219-161445- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130316T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 533 AM AKDT SAT MAR 16 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Mar 14, 12:14 PM AKDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 12:14 PM AKDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1214 PM AKDT THU MAR 14 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE COLD UPPER LOW CENTER NOW CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD...OPENING UP INTO A TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ALASKA MAINLAND AND THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY FRIDAY MORNING. A GENERALLY WEAK FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CURRENT MODELS ARE POINTING TO A RETURN OF MODERATELY COLD AIR TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR NEXT WEEK AS NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS ON THE EAST SIDE OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST. AN UPPER LEVEL WIND MAXIMUM OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST WILL MOVE WESTWARD AND DIMINISH IN STRENGTH TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD AID IN TONING DOWN THE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR ZONES AND PARTS OF THE WEST COAST. GENERALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT STAY BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. LOW LEVEL WINDS ALOFT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLOWLY...AND THE COLD ADVECTION HAS ENDED. SOME GUSTINESS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOWEVER AS SOLAR HEATING MIXES WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. A CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST ZONES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A WEAK SURFACE LOW APPROACHES DALL POINT FROM THE WEST. MODEL SOLUTIONS VARY ON THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AT THIS TIME SO FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY SNOWFALL WILL BE OVER ZONE 214. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY...PKZ200-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. WIND ADVISORY..AKZ215-AKZ216. && RF MAR 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:56 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 72 hr | |
| Mar 14, 2:59 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Mar 14, 2:48 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:00 PM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 32 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.