Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2014
Brisk Wind Advisory 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 4, 2014, 2:15 PM AKST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2014, 2:15 PM AKST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 3:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 FZAK51 PAFG 042315 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-051600- 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA IS MOVING INLAND OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. THE FRONT WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA. $$ PKZ225-051600- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-051600- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-051600- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-051600- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-051600- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 215 PM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ DJH/TH JAN 14
2 follow-up statements
456 FZAK51 PAFG 051313 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-060100- 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH TONIGHT AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE MON MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY MON AFTERNOON. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ225-060100- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-060100- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-060100- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-060100- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-060100- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 413 AM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG...SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ JL JAN 14
952 FZAK51 PAFG 052344 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-061215- 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL WEAKEN ON MON. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR TONIGHT AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE MON MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY MON EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH WED. $$ PKZ225-061215- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-061215- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-061215- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-061215- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-061215- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 244 PM AKST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ EWP/DJH JAN 14
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 4, 5:43 AM AKST, 8 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 5:43 AM AKST, 8 hours 32 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 543 AM AKST SAT JAN 4 2014 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...LONG WAVE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC NORTH OVER EASTERN AK TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN...WITH A LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE BERING SEA AND CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC. A WEAK LOW OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL MOVE TO NEAR PRUDHOE BAY SUN AND THEN PERSIST INTO MON. AFTER THAT IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST WITH A TROUGH REMAINING SOUTHWEST TO THE BERING SEA. SURFACE...WEATHER FRONT MOVING NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN BERING SEA INTO FAR EAST RUSSIA TODAY BECOMING DIFFUSE SUN. 971 MB LOW SOUTH OF COLD BAY MOVING TO SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND MON AM WEAKENING. ASSOCIATED OCCLUSION MOVING NORTH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA SAT EVENING AND TO BETHEL TO TANANA TO EAGLE 3AM SUN...THEN TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TO EASTERN SEWARD PENINSULA TO THE SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE 3PM SUN. AT 9AM MON THE OCCLUSION WILL EXTEND FROM THE BERING STRAIT TO KOTZEBUE TO PRUDHOE BAY AND NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND. MODELS...AGREE FAIRLY CLOSE IN THE NEAR TERM WITH MAIN FEATURES ALOFT AND WITH OCCLUSION MOVING NORTH OVER THE AREA. IN MEDIUM TERM THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THU THEN ECMWF IS MORE AGRESSIVE IN DROPPING A LOW FROM THE CANADIAN ARCTIC TO THE EASTERN ARCTI COAST FRI NIGHT. NORTH SLOPE...WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COASTS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME BUT EXPECT THEM TO INCREASE THIS PM AS THE GULF OF ALASKA OCCLUSION MOVES NORTH WHILE THE HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC ONLY DRIFTS SLOWLY NORTH. EXPECT WIND GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH LATER TONIGHT INTO SUN EVENING. NOT MUCH SNOWFALL EXPECTED UNTIL OCCLUSION MOVES OVER EASTERN ZONES MON...BY THEN WINDS WILL HAVE DECREASED. SO AT THIS POINT HAVE ISSUED AN ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WILL NEED TO MONITOR WINDS IN THE EVENT THEY GUST HIGHER. WESTERN COASTAL ZONES WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN WINDS SUN AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THERE. DO NOT EXPECT EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW HOWEVER. WESTERN ALASKA...SPOTTY FLURRIES OVER INLAND AREAS CURRENTLY WITH WEAK UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN INTERIOR...THESE AREAS WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY DECREASING CLOUDS. MORE CLOUDS SPREADING NORTH WITH INCOMING OCCLUSION ALONG WITH SNOW...AND EXPECT SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MON...AMOUNTS HIGHEST OVER THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE INLAND AREAS. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...THE OCCLUSION MOVING NORTH WILL ONLY BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION TO THE FAIRBANKS AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUN. BETTER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES INTO MON...HIGHEST OVER SUMMITS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS PM CREATING LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW OVER SUMMITS...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE SUN AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SNOWFALL SHOULD BE MUCH LESS SOUTH OF FAIRBANKS...MAINLY JUST AHEAD OF THE OCCLUSION. THEN BEHIND IT THE SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE INCREASE AND SHIELD THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR FROM FURTHER SNOW. WINDS INCREASING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES SUNDAY BEHIND OCCLUSION AND WILL DIMINISH SUN NIGHT...EXPECT SPEEDS BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AT THIS TIME. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221- AKZ222. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ235. && JL JAN 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:18 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:40 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 54 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:28 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:28 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:28 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:28 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:51 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:27 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.