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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2014, 4:47 AM AKST. It took effect at Jan 27, 2014, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2014, 4:47 AM AKST (13:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2014, 9:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2014, 4:49 AM AKST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193 WWAK72 PAFG 271347 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 447 AM AKST MON JAN 27 2014 AKZ227-280100- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.140127T1800Z-140128T1500Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 447 AM AKST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKST TUESDAY NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SLOWLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
383 WWAK72 PAFG 272224 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 124 PM AKST MON JAN 27 2014 AKZ227-281500- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140128T1500Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 124 PM AKST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE... * LOCATION...NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
475 WWAK72 PAFG 281349 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 449 AM AKST TUE JAN 28 2014 AKZ227-281500- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140128T1500Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 449 AM AKST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 27, 3:15 AM AKST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 3:15 AM AKST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 315 AM AKST MON JAN 27 2014 .DISCUSSION... STRONG UPPER RIDGE ORIENTED NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY COOL...BUT STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL BY LATE IN THE WEEK. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY THE TIME IT MOVES NORTHWARD TO NORTON SOUND BY WED MORNING. LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS FEATURE. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE CONTINUING OVER THE WEST COAST... WITH OVERNIGHT READINGS IN THE 30S AND 40S. BETHEL AND KING SALMON RADARS ARE PICKING ISOLATED SHOWERS. SOME LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON TODAY OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...SO WILL ALLOW THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY TO CONTINUE RUNNING. EXTENDED PORTION OF THE ECMWF/GFS RUNS INDICATE REBUILDING OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE WEST COAST AND BERING SEA. NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR EXPECTED TO BRING IN A COLDER AIR MASS TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR BY THE WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD DROP EASTERN INTERIOR TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ230-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF JAN 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:42 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 27, 3:45 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 27, 5:34 AM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AFG | 48 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.