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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Aug 16, 2014, 9:43 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2014, 9:43 PM AKDT (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2014, 6:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735 WWAK73 PAFG 170543 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 943 PM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014 AKZ226-171345- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.140817T0543Z-140817T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 943 PM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TOWARDS MORNING. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
363 WWAK73 PAFG 171406 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 606 AM AKDT SUN AUG 17 2014 AKZ226-171515- /O.EXP.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-140817T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 606 AM AKDT SUN AUG 17 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS ARE NOW DECREASING IN PASSES. $$
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 Aug 16, 1:25 PM AKDT, 8 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:25 PM AKDT, 8 hours 18 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 125 PM AKDT SAT AUG 16 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST WITH THERMAL TROUGH RUNNING FROM THE WEST COAST NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE AND THEN EASTWARD INTO CANADA. HIGH ALOFT OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC WITH INVERTED RIDGE RUNNING SOUTH TO MACKENZIE BAY. CHINOOK FLOW TO OVERTAKE THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY ON SUNDAY AS THE LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE WEST COAST MEANDERS EASTWARD BUT RETRACTS NORTHWARD ON MONDAY. THE PACIFIC HIGH WILL AMPLIFY NORTHWARD BEGINNING LATE MONDAY AND THIS WILL BE ASSISTED BY THE UPPER LOW IN THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS IN FINALLY CREATING THE AUGUST PATTERN FOR ALASKA...SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE INTERIOR BY EARLY TO MID WEEK. A WAVE OFF OF THE LOW IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE GULF AND CREATE RETURN FLOW OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME DECENT RAINFALL OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR BEGINNING LATE SUN AFTERNOON AND SPREADING NORTHWARD SUN NIGHT. CONVECTION WILL BE MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE WEST COAST...TO INCLUDE THE SEWARD PENINSULA DUE TO THE THERMAL TROUGH WITHIN THE LONG WAVE TROF THROUGH SUNDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR HAS BEEN DRYING AND THE WINDS HAVE INCREASED WITH THE CHINOOK FLOW. HOWEVER RH VALUES WILL RECOVER ON SUNDAY DUE TO RETURN FLOW FROM GULF OF ALASKA. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF AUG 14
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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.