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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 11, 2013, 3:22 PM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 11, 2013, 10:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2013, 3:22 PM AKDT (23:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2013, 10:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2013, 2:02 AM AKDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523 WWAK72 PAFG 112322 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 322 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 AKZ227-121400- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.131012T0600Z-131013T2000Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 322 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKDT SUNDAY NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
986 WWAK72 PAFG 121347 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 547 AM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 AKZ227-130000- /X.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 547 AM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... * LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
201 WWAK72 PAFG 122227 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 227 PM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 AKZ227-131200- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 227 PM AKDT SAT OCT 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... * LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$
860 WWAK72 PAFG 131002 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 202 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 AKZ227-131115- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131014T1400Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 202 AM AKDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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, 2:53 PM AKDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 2:53 PM AKDT, 29 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 253 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MON NIGHT. UPPER RIDGE WITH AXIS ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER WILL SHARPEN IN AMPLITUDE THROUGH SUN AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NORTON SOUND TO THE EASTERN ALASKA PENINSULA BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DAMPEN OUT AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO THE ARCTIC COAST BY MON AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER BUILDING RIDGE WHICH WILL MOVE EAST TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY TUE AFTERNOON. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...STRONG PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE FAR EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN...OFFSHORE FROM THE US AND CANADA WEST COASTS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL HEIGHTS AND ABOVE NORMAL 850 MB AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES. SURFACE... RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW JUST E OF DUTCH HARBOR AT 22Z WILL PROBABLY REACH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE AROUND 965 MB THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL TAKE A LOOPING PATH OVER OUTER BRISTOL BAY THROUGH SAT EVENING...FILLING SUBSTANTIALLY BY SUN EVENING AS IT MOVES TO KODIAK ISLAND. AN ELONGATED WEAK RESIDUAL LOW WITH MULTIPLE CENTERS WILL EXTEND FROM KODIAK ISLAND TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY SUN AFTERNOON. A WEAK LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR SUN AFTERNOON...MERGING WITH THE ELONGATED WEST COAST LOW TO FORM AN ELONGATED LOW FROM KOTZEBUE SOUND TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC SLOPE BY SUN EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH SUN...BECOMING MAINLY SCATTERED BY SUN NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY RAIN SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL... NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO 35-40 KT ARE EXPECTED OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND NORTHWARD TO THE BERING STRAIT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL GENERATE SEAS 8 TO 12 FEET OFFSHORE. WAVES WILL DIMINISH SOME AS THEY BREAK ONSHORE BUT HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED ONSHORE. NO STORM SURGE WILL OCCUR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && RF OCT 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 11, 1:09 PM AKDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 109 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 AKZ218>226-120915- SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-CENTRAL INTERIOR- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-DENALI- EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT... CHANDALAR D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...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... FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...NORTH POLE... MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...CHENA HOT SPRINGS... SOURDOUGH CAMP...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE...TOK... TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN...CHICKEN... BOUNDARY...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 109 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...UNSEASONABLY MILD AND LOCALLY WINDY FOR ANOTHER WEEK... AN UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERN FOR ALASKA IS VERY LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-OCTOBER...WITH A STORM TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA AND THEN INTO WESTERN ALASKA. WHILE THE TRACKS OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE WELL FORECAST ONLY SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE...THE BASIC PATTERN WILL RESULT IN REGIONALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK...AND SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NEARLY ALL OF ALASKA. THIS IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO OCTOBER 2012...WHICH WAS UNUSUALLY COLD AND WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. FOR INTERIOR ALASKA...CONTINUED MILD TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT LOW ELEVATION SNOWFALL FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK. THE AVERAGE DATE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PERMANENT WINTER SNOW COVER AT LOW ELEVATIONS IN THE INTERIOR IS GENERALLY OCTOBER 10 TO 20TH. OCCASIONAL STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WILL THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES...AS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST TEN DAYS. THE PATTERN SETTING UP IS FOR STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA AND LOW PRESSURE OF THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN MAY ALLOW ONE OR MORE STORMS TO TAP INTO HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AIR FROM THE SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC REGION. THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
Special weather statement, Oct 11, 1:11 PM AKDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 111 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 AKZ207>217-227-120915- CHUKCHI SEA COAST-LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY- NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- EASTERN NORTON SOUND AND NULATO HILLS- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-YUKON DELTA- LOWER YUKON VALLEY-LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS- UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS-UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...POINT HOPE...SHISHMAREF...KIVALINA...ESPENBERG... NOATAK...KIANA...RED DOG MINE...KOTZEBUE...SELAWIK...NOORVIK... BUCKLAND...DEERING...CANDLE...COUNCIL...HAYCOCK... PILGRIM SPRINGS...SERPENTINE HOT SPRINGS...TAYLOR...NOME... WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN...UNALAKLEET...STEBBINS...ST MICHAEL... ELIM...KOYUK...SHAKTOOLIK...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION... TELLER...WALES...DIOMEDE...MOUNTAIN VILLAGE...EMMONAK... ALAKANUK...KOTLIK...PILOT STATION...ST MARYS...SCAMMON BAY... MARSHALL...NUNAM IQUA...PITKAS POINT...RUSSIAN MISSION... GRAYLING...HOLY CROSS...SHAGELUK...ANVIK...FLAT...GALENA... NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK... KOBUK...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 111 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 AN UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERN FOR ALASKA IS VERY LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-OCTOBER...WITH A STORM TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA AND THEN INTO WESTERN ALASKA. WHILE THE TRACKS OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE WELL FORECAST ONLY SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE...THE BASIC PATTERN WILL RESULT IN REGIONALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK...AND SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NEARLY ALL OF ALASKA. THIS IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO OCTOBER 2012...WHICH WAS UNUSUALLY COLD AND WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. FOR WESTERN ALASKA...FREQUENT RAINS OVER THE NEXT WEEK WILL TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MANY AREAS...WITH AMOUNTS IN TERRAIN-FAVORED AREAS IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES. CONTINUED MILD TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT LOW ELEVATION SNOWFALL FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH SMALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE BACK SIDE OF EACH STORM...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF KOTZEBUE. THE PATTERN SETTING UP IS FOR STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA AND LOW PRESSURE OF THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN MAY ALLOW ONE OR MORE STORMS TO TAP INTO HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AIR FROM THE SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC REGION. THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
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, 6:55 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 56 hr | |
| Oct 11, 3:20 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 51 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.