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Brisk Wind Advisory 35, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 20, 2014

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 3:24 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2014, 3:24 AM AKST (12:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2014, 1:59 PM 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 Jan 19, 1:27 PM AKST, 13 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 1:27 PM AKST, 13 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
127 PM AKST SUN JAN 19 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 36 HOURS BUT THEN MODELS
DIVERGE ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING INTO THE
BERING SEA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING NORTHWEST INTO ALASKA FROM
THE SOUTHEAST. STRONG LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE NORTHWARD
TONIGHT AND SPREAD PRECIPITATION ALONG THE GULF COAST AND BEGIN TO
WORK ITS WAY NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE.

THE GFS 18Z RUN IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE 12Z RUN. THE 18Z RUN
BRINGS MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION INTO ZONE 214 AND 215. THIS WILL PUT
MUCH WARMER AIR ALOFT INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION EARLIER THAN THE
12Z RUN. THIS WOULD PUT THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN MUCH
HIGHER IN ZONES 214 AND 215.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE BEING ISSUED FOR SEVERAL OF THE WESTERN
COAST ZONES SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. IT SEEMS INEVITABLE THAT
THE WEST COAST ZONES WILL SEE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH TUE AFTERNOON.

WEAK CHINOOK FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE. THE FLOW WILL BECOME STRONGER ON TUE AND THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

SHORT TERM BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST ON
MON WILL LIKELY SUBSIDE BY THE EVENING.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

CF JAN 14

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 11:14 PM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG40 hr
Jan 19, 11:27 PM AKSTWind AdvisoryAFG20 hr
Jan 20, 3:24 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG48 hr
Jan 20, 3:24 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG24 hr
Jan 20, 3:46 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFG23 hr
Jan 20, 4:48 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFG46 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.