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Wind Advisory 43, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2013, 5:52 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 10, 2013, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2013, 5:52 AM AKST (14:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2013, 6:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2013, 1:50 PM AKST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 101452 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 552 AM AKST TUE DEC 10 2013 AKZ221-110100- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.131211T0300Z-131213T0300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 552 AM AKST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY OVER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE AT TIMES. * WIND CHILL...TO 35 BELOW. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ AKZ222-110100- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.131211T0300Z-131213T0300Z/ MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 552 AM AKST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY OVER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST THURSDAY. * LOCATION...OVER SUMMITS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITY...BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE AT TIMES. * TIMING...NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 102250 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 150 PM AKST TUE DEC 10 2013 AKZ221-222-110000- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0043.131211T0300Z-131213T0300Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR-MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...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 150 PM AKST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THESE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES. $$
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 Dec 9, 4:20 PM AKST, 13 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 4:20 PM AKST, 13 hours 32 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 420 PM AKST MON DEC 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... RIDGE OVER STRETCHING FROM THE GULF OF AK TO THE BERING STRAIT WILL SPLIT AND WEAKEN AS THE LOW IN NW ALASKA MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR TUE. THE LOW WILL THEN DEEPEN TUE NIGHT AND MOVE OVER SW ALASKA WED NIGHT. SNOW WITH THIS LOW WILL SPREAD FROM NW ALASKA TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT. NE WINDS ALOFT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOW WILL MIX DOWN OVER THE INTERIOR TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU CAUSING GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER SUMMITS OF INTERIOR AK. SURFACE... A 1020 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO NEAR EAGLE BY 3AM TUE AND TO NEAR WHITEHORSE BY 3PM TUE. A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE LOW TO THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE SOUTH EAGLE TO THE YUKON DELTA BY 3AM TUE AND TO NORTHWAY TO THE YUKON DELTA BY 3PM TUE. THERE WILL BE 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW. THE WILL BE AND ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SE INTERIOR IN THE UP SLOPE NE FLOW BEHIND THE LOW TUE. WILL SEE NE WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM POINT LAY NORTH WILL MOVE SOUTH TO NORTON SOUND TUE. WILL SE GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS FEATURE AS WELL. && .DISCUSSION... 12Z MODELS SHOW SIMILAR PATTERNS. GFS KEEPS LOW ALOFT DEEPER THAN THE NAM AS IT MOVES FROM NW AK INTO THE INTERIOR TONIGHT. PREFER THE 12Z GFS SOLUTION. THE 18Z GFS APPEARS TO SLOW THE MOVING OF THIS FEATURE BUT WE WILL STICK WITH THE 12Z SOLUTION. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ202. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ206-AKZ224. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && JB DEC 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:25 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:25 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Dec 10, 6:07 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 6 hr | |
| Dec 10, 1:11 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Dec 10, 2:18 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Dec 10, 2:18 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Dec 10, 2:57 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 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.