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Wind Advisory 44, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 12, 2013, 5:12 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 12, 2013, 6:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2013, 5:12 AM AKST (14:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2013, 6:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2013, 11:20 AM AKST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 121412 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 512 AM AKST THU DEC 12 2013 AKZ225-130100- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0044.131212T1500Z-131213T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 512 AM AKST THU DEC 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOME 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK73 PAFG 122020 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1120 AM AKST THU DEC 12 2013 AKZ225-122130- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-131213T0300Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 1120 AM AKST THU DEC 12 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN PASSES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER. $$ JL DEC 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 Dec 11, 11:24 PM AKST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 11:24 PM AKST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1124 PM AKST WED DEC 11 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... AN UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY IS PROGGED BY CURRENT MODELS TO BECOME AN ELONGATED CENTER EXTENDING FROM BRISTOL BAY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR BY FRI MORNING. BY SAT MORNING THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BECOME RE-ORIENTED TO EXTEND SOUTH- NORTH ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR THEN NORTHEAST TO THE MACKENZIE DELTA REGION. THE MAIN CENTER WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA BY SAT EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN SIBERIA...CHUKCHI SEA...AND BEAUFORT SEA. A MODERATELY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND. SURFACE... EXPANSIVE 1040 MB HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN SIBERIA THROUGH FRI NIGHT...BUT WEAKENING SOME. 1044 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR BARROW WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY FRI. 987 MB LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA BY LAT THU NIGHT. THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE WILL WEAKEN SOME BEGINNING LATE FRI NIGHT AS THE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE CENTERS WEAKEN. BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ALASKA SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE THROUGH THU NIGHT. BY LATE FRI NIGHT...A STRONGER SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO NEAR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. THIS LOW ALONG WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE EASTERN INTERIOR. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST INTERIOR AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE FRI EVENING... SPREADING NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR THROUGH SAT AND CONTINUING INTO SUN. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200. && RF DEC 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 3:47 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:47 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:47 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 6 days | |
| Dec 11, 3:49 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Dec 12, 5:15 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Dec 12, 2:28 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Dec 12, 2:29 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 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.