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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2013, 1:24 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2013, 1:24 PM AKST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2013, 8:44 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236 WWAK73 PAFG 072224 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 124 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 AKZ226-080600- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.130207T2224Z-130208T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 124 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING ISABEL PASS NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ISABEL PASS NORTH OF TRIMS CAMP. THIS INCLUDES THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM SOUTH OF FORT GREELY TO TRIMS CAMP. * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTY TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING TO LESS THAN 30 MPH. 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. && $$ RT FEB 13
1 follow-up statement
690 WWAK73 PAFG 080544 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 844 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 AKZ226-080645- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130208T0600Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 844 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ RT FEB 13
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 Feb 7, 12:28 PM AKST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 12:28 PM AKST, 56 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1228 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA. SOME VARIATION OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND THROUGH THE BERING SEA WILL PERSIST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL MULTIPLE WEATHER SYSTEMS OF VARYING STRENGTH MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...BUT GENERALLY ON THE COLDER SIDE OF NORMAL ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ARCTIC. LOW PRESSURE OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER YUKON AND KUSKOKWIM VALLEYS WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT. MODELS ARE SIMILAR ON PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM. SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH SOME LINGERING SNOW IN THE FAR EASTERN INTERIOR FRIDAY NIGHT. A SECOND STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN ALASKA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO WESTERN ALASKA...INCREASING WINDS TO THE WEST COAST AND ARCTIC...AND A CHINOOK TO THE ALASKA RANGE. ADVISORIES FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THIS SYSTEM. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225. && FEB 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:03 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 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.