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Wind Chill Advisory 27, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 23, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 23, 2013, 3:49 AM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2013, 3:49 AM AKST (12:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2013, 5:04 PM AKST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Feb 22, 2:11 PM AKST, 13 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:11 PM AKST, 13 hours 38 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
211 PM AKST FRI FEB 22 2013

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER KOTZEBUE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
WESTWARD TO BE OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA SATURDAY MORNING AND
DEEPEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF OF ANADYR SUNDAY MORNING.
A 980 MB LOW NEAR SITKA CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND TONIGHT AS A 960
MB LOW MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA TO BE NEAR DUTCH HARBOR
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A 1043 MB HIGH OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL
CONTINUE TO PUMP COLD AIR INTO THE NORTH SLOPE.

COLD AIR MASS COMBINED WITH INCREASING GRADIENT ACROSS THE NORTH
SLOPE IS CREATING BRUTAL WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 60 TO 70 BELOW
RANGE ACROSS THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SLOPE ESPECIALLY
EAST OF BARROW. WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THESE LOCATIONS WITH
BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUING THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. INTERMITTENT WINDS THROUGH BROOKS RANGE PASSES ARE
CONTRIBUTING TO BRUTAL WIND CHILL VALUES AT TIMES.

ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILL VALUES ARE OCCURRING ON ST LAWRENCE
ISLAND AND THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. AS WINDS PICK UP AHEAD OF
APPROACHING LOW IN THE ALEUTIANS ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND IN ZONE
212. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS IN ZONE 211
AND WINDS IN ZONE 209 FOR ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILLS.

OVERRUNNING SNOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
TONIGHT BUT WILL PICK UP AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AS THE NEXT WEAK
SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH IS
EXPECTED.

SHORT RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ212-AKZ213-
AKZ217.

WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ205-AKZ207.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-
PKZ245.
&&

CCC FEB 13

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 23, 1:22 AM AKST	Wind Chill Warning	AFG	17 hr
Feb 23, 10:11 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	48 hr
Feb 23, 2:05 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	24 hr

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Sources

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