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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 11, 2013, 6:55 AM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 11, 2013, 10:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2013, 6:55 AM AKDT (14:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2013, 10:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2013, 2:53 PM AKDT
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WWAK73 PAFG 111455 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 655 AM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 AKZ225-120000- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.131012T0600Z-131012T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 655 AM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
804 WWAK73 PAFG 112325 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 325 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 AKZ226-121400- /X.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.131012T1200Z-131014T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 325 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS BEGINNING LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ225-121400- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.131012T0600Z-131014T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 325 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
721 WWAK73 PAFG 121349 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 549 AM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 AKZ225-130000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 549 AM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-130000- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 549 AM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
302 WWAK73 PAFG 122235 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 235 PM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 AKZ225-131200- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 235 PM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-131200- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 235 PM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
521 WWAK73 PAFG 131005 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 205 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 AKZ225-132000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 205 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-132000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 205 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$
286 WWAK73 PAFG 131929 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1129 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 AKZ225-140600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T0600Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1129 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ226-140600- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1129 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF... * LOCATION...IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$
614 WWAK73 PAFG 132253 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 253 PM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 AKZ225-226-140000- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131014T0600Z/ DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 253 PM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Oct 11, 5:39 AM AKDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 5:39 AM AKDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 539 AM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS AND THEN DRIFT APART WIDELY AFTER ABOUT NEXT TUESDAY. THE GFS IS NOW ADVERTISING PUSHING A STRONG UPPER LOW DOWN OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WHICH WOULD SEND A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR OVER THE AREA. MEANWHILE...THE ECMWF AND THE NAM ARE HAVING THE OPPOSITE CONCLUSION WITH A LARGE RIDGE FIRMLY PLANTED OVER THE AREA WITH WAY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. STAY TUNED FOR THIS ONE. CURRENT UPPER LOW IS PULLING NORTH AND DISSIPATING. SNOW NORTH OF CAPE KRUSENSTERN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BEFORE NOON WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN OR SHOWERS THROUGH TODAY FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA NORTHWARD. THE NEXT LOW WILL MOVE INTO BRISTOL BAY BY EARLY SAT AND THEN BEGIN TO SPREAD A MODEST AMOUNT OF RAIN NORTHWARD TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA BY SAT EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE BY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT AND THIS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. CHINOOK WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ALASKA RANGE IN ZONES 225 TONIGHT. THIS WILL NOT LIKELY REACH WARNING CRITERIA BUT WILL LIKELY HIT ADVISORY LEVEL GAP FLOW WIND SPEEDS. STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ARCTIC COAST BY LATER SUN AS THE CURRENT SURFACE LOW PULLS NORTH OUT OF THE AREA. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && CF OCT 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2:29 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 3 days | |
| Oct 11, 3:20 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 51 hr | |
| Oct 11, 3:22 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 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.