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Wind Advisory 38, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2014, 12:36 PM AKST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2014, 12:36 PM AKST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2014, 11:36 AM AKST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
050 WWAK73 PAFG 182136 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1236 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014 AKZ223-190600- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.141118T2136Z-141119T0600Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1236 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING FOR DELTA JUNCTION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ AKZ226-190600- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.141119T0600Z-141119T2100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1236 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES EAST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
3 follow-up statements
863 WWAK73 PAFG 190459 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 759 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014 AKZ223-191500- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-141119T1500Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 759 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE 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. && $$ AKZ226-191500- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.141119T0600Z-141119T2100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 759 PM AKST TUE NOV 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...IN PASSES EAST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND DIMINISH AFTER NOON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
077 WWAK73 PAFG 191250 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 350 AM AKST WED NOV 19 2014 AKZ223-191400- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-141119T1500Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 350 AM AKST WED NOV 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ226-192100- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-141119T2100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 350 AM AKST WED NOV 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
305 WWAK73 PAFG 192036 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1136 AM AKST WED NOV 19 2014 AKZ226-192145- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-141119T2100Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1136 AM AKST WED NOV 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL. $$
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 Nov 18, 5:32 AM AKST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 5:32 AM AKST, 7 hours 4 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:20 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 10 days | |
| Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 5 days | |
| Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Nov 18, 4:23 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 46 hr | |
| Nov 18, 4:28 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Nov 18, 4:28 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Nov 18, 4:28 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Nov 18, 1:08 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Nov 18, 2:31 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 5 days |
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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.