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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2013, 4:27 AM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 5, 2013, 6:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2013, 4:27 AM AKDT (12:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2013, 6:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2013, 3:32 PM AKDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 WWAK73 PAFG 051227 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 427 AM AKDT FRI APR 5 2013 AKZ219-060000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.130405T1400Z-130406T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 427 AM AKDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO 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. && $$ AKZ220-060000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.130405T1400Z-130406T1400Z/ YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT 427 AM AKDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE STEESE HIGHWAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ221-060000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.130405T1400Z-130406T1400Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 427 AM AKDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS OF THE ELLIOTT HIGHWAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO 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. && $$ JL APR 13
1 follow-up statement
575 WWAK73 PAFG 052332 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 332 PM AKDT FRI APR 5 2013 AKZ219>221-060045- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-130406T1400Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS- CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...NENANA... ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART... LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 332 PM AKDT FRI APR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Apr 4, 1:01 PM AKDT, 15 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 1:01 PM AKDT, 15 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 101 PM AKDT THU APR 4 2013 .DISCUSSION... A DEEP AND COLD UPPER LOW CENTER OVER NORTHWEST CANADA WILL MOVE WESTWARD...BECOMING THE DOMINANT FEATURE OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE LOW CENTER OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE. THE LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY BY FRIDAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN PARKED OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING A SUBSTANTIALLY COLDER AIRMASS TO NORTHERN ALASKA BY FRIDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK...THE EXCEPTION WILL THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR WHERE TEMPERATURES COULD RISE TO NEAR NORMAL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A PERIOD OF SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW CENTER. AT THE SURFACE...A 1054 MB HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES NORTH OF BARROW WILL WEAKEN A FEW MB...BECOMING AN ELONGATED HIGH CENTER STRETCHING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARCTIC OCEAN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND RECEDING NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GUSTY WINDS OVER SUMMITS AND IN CHANNELED AREAS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO GRADUALLY RELAX BEGINNING SATURDAY. LITTLE IF ANY SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE ALASKA RANGE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA AREA SPREADS MOISTURE NORTHWARD, && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE. && .HYDROLOGY... HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO CREEP BACK UP INTO THE MID 30S SUNDAY AND 35 TO 40 MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW A LITTLE SNOWMELT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ELSEWHERE IN THE INTERIOR...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH NO SNOWMELT THROUGH MONDAY. NORTHERN AND WESTERN INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THURSDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RF APR 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:18 PM AKDT | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Apr 5, 3:18 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 5, 3:39 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 38 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.