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Brisk Wind Advisory 190, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 18, 2014

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Nov 18, 2014, 2:31 PM AKST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2014, 2:31 PM AKST (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2014, 3:39 AM AKST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Nov 18, 5:32 AM AKST, 8 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 5:32 AM AKST, 8 hours 59 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
532 AM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER AIR...RIDGE EXTENDING NORTH OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE
NORTH SLOPE WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN BE PUSHED EAST
ON THURSDAY BY SHORTWAVE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTH SLOPE AND BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE
539DM CENTERED TO THE NORTH OF BARROW.

SURFACE...971MB LOW 230 MILES WEST OF COLD BAY WILL DRIFT WEST.
ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE PACIFIC AND BE 955MB 150
MILES EAST OF COLD BAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AN OCCLUDED FRONT WILL
MOVE NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TO THE BROOKS
RANGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN
STATIONARY INLAND OVER THE NORTH SLOPE THROUGH THURSDAY.

NORTH SLOPE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY WITH
FREEZING DRIZZLE...FLURRIES AND FOG CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST AND BE STRONGEST OVER THE EASTERN
BEAUFORT SEA COAST. GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC AND
LOWER PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN LATER IN
THE WEEK.

WEST COAST...EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE OVER SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND WATERS TONIGHT AND TO SMALL CRAFT REST OF MARINE AREAS AS
LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. RAIN AND SNOW
WILL EXPAND NORTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIGHT.

INTERIOR...SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTH WILL CAUSE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO 1 INCH...MAINLY FROM TANANA WEST AND THE BROOKS RANGE...
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS LIGHT
FREEZING RANGE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALASKA RANGE CHINOOK WILL PREVENT
ACCUMULATIONS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE RANGE WITH JUST FLURRIES IN
MOST AREAS. ALASKA RANGE WINDS IN PASSES WILL PICK BACK UP THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AFTER SHORT WAVE MOVES NORTH.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ230.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ245.
&&

DA NOV 14

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 18, 1:56 PM AKST, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 4:20 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG10 days
Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG34 hr
Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG5 days
Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG58 hr
Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG46 hr
Nov 18, 4:28 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG34 hr
Nov 18, 4:28 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG5 days
Nov 18, 4:28 AM AKSTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG34 hr
Nov 18, 12:36 PM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG23 hr
Nov 18, 1:08 PM AKSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryAFG27 hr

Nearby

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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.