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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK

May 2, 2013

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at May 2, 2013, 7:56 PM AKDT. It took effect at May 3, 2013, 12:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 62 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2013, 7:56 PM AKDT (03:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2013, 12:00 AM AKDT
Expired: May 5, 2013, 1:30 PM AKDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at May 2, 10:21 AM AKDT, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 10:21 AM AKDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1021 AM AKDT THU MAY 2 2013

.DISCUSSION...
MODEL SOLUTIONS THIS MORNING ARE CONTINUING THE LARGE
SCALE TREND INDICATED BY YESTERDAY MORNINGS RUNS. A SHARP
UPPER TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ALASKA MAINLAND WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND BROADEN OUT THROUGH
SATURDAY...AND TRANSITION TO A LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN WITH
BELOW NORMAL HEIGHTS BY SATURDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH A FEW WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING
EASTWARD.

A SURFACE TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR...
WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS ALONG WITH AN EASTWARD MOVING SHORT
WAVE ALOFT WILL PROVIDE UPPER LIFT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF
PRECIPITATION OF MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INTERIOR.
PRECIPITATION MAY BE MIXED RAIN/SNOW DURING THE WARMEST PARTS OF
THE AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHEAST INTERIOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...OTHERWISE REMAINING
BELOW NORMAL THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
SNOWMELT WILL REMAIN MINIMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE OVER

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MAY 13

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 12:26 AM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG		35 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.