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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2013, 4:36 AM AKDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2013, 4:36 AM AKDT (12:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2013, 9:38 PM AKDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907 WWAK73 PAFG 291236 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 436 AM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 AKZ225-300000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.130329T1236Z-130330T0000Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 436 AM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WINDS...LOCAL SOUTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 4 PM THIS 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. && $$ AKZ226-300000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.130329T1236Z-130330T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 436 AM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
3 follow-up statements
536 WWAK73 PAFG 292322 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 322 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 AKZ225-300030- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130330T0000Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 322 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ226-300200- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130330T0200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 322 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 6PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
033 WWAK73 PAFG 300134 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 534 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 AKZ226-300600- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130330T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 534 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING 50 MPH. * VISIBILITY...REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 10PM 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. && $$
829 WWAK73 PAFG 300538 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 938 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 AKZ226-300645- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130330T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 938 PM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 29, 3:06 AM AKDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:06 AM AKDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 306 AM AKDT FRI MAR 29 2013 .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST CANADA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...TO BE REPLACED BY AN EASTWARD MOVING TROUGH WHICH WILL BE CENTERED ALONG LONGITUDE 145W BY SUNDAY NIGHT. A BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL INCREASE IN AMPLITUDE AS IT MOVES TO THE ALASKA WEST COAST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR TODAY AND SATURDAY...COOLING A FEW DEGREES SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. CURRENT MODELS SUGGEST A LITTLE MORE COOLING WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY... WITH A COLDER UPPER TROUGH PATTERN RETURNING TO THE EASTERN HALF OF NORTHERN ALASKA BY NEXT FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR IN AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH PATTERN. WINDS ALONG THE WEST AND ARCTIC COASTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && RF MAR 13
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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.