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Winter Storm Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this winter storm warning at Dec 5, 2013, 4:21 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 60 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
- Dec 5, 2013, 4:21 AM AKST (13:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2013, 8:46 PM AKST
- In force
- 60 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 Dec 4, 5:15 PM AKST, 11 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 5:15 PM AKST, 11 hours 6 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 515 PM AKST WED DEC 4 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... A VERY STRONG RIDGE ALOFT OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MAKING THEIR WAY NORTH OVER THE BERING SEA THIS WEEK WILL CAUSE THE RIDGE TO FLATTEN SLIGHTLY AND PUSH PRECIPITATION INLAND. GIVEN THE VERY HIGH HEIGHTS WITH THIS RIDGE MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE INTERIOR. SURFACE... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL WEAKEN THU NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME DOWN VALLEY WINDS IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR. A WARM FRONT FROM GAMBELL TO BETHEL WILL MOVE THE BERING STRAIT TO MCGRATH BY 3AM THU...TO KOTZEBUE TO DENALI BY 3PM THU...TO POINT LAY TO FAIRBANKS BY 3AM FRI AND TO WAINWRIGHT TO EAGLE BY 3PM FRI. THERE IS 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE FRONT. COULD SEE UP TO .10 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OVER THE WEST COAST...WITH .10-.25 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE INTERIOR. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ICE WILL BE NORTH OF FAIRBANKS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SOUTH OF THE FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST WHERE THE COLD SURFACE AIR MIXES OUT WITH UP TO .25 INCH OF LIQUID RAIN. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION DECREASES AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SUBSIDENCE FROM THE STRONG RIDGE ALOFT. HAVE ISSUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE FREEZING RAIN. A COLD FRONT IN THE BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA FRI AND ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA SAT. RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THIS FRONT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS SHOWED SIMILAR SOLUTIONS AT 500 MB. THE NAM MOVES PRECIPITATION EAST INTO THE INTERIOR QUICKER THAN THE GFS BUT AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPES WERE SIMILAR. FOR TIMING WENT WITH A BLEND BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ216. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219- AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ205-AKZ227. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && JB DEC 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 3:03 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 4, 3:03 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 4, 3:18 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Dec 4, 3:18 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Dec 5, 3:50 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 5, 3:50 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 5, 4:55 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 67 hr | |
| Dec 5, 5:56 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Dec 5, 2:57 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 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.