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Wind Advisory 44, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2014, 5:46 PM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2014, 5:46 PM AKST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2014, 5:33 AM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
247 WWAK73 PAFG 150246 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 546 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 AKZ219-151500- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0044.141215T0246Z-141215T2100Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 546 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST MONDAY. * LOCATION...OVER HIGHER TERRAIN * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH NOON MONDAY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
977 WWAK73 PAFG 151433 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 533 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 AKZ219-151545- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-141215T2100Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 533 AM AKST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Dec 14, 2:19 PM AKST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:19 PM AKST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 48 HOURS. STRONG LOW IN BRISTOL BAY WILL PINWHEEL AROUND AND END UP JUST WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND TUE AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL LOW NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND WITH COLD TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL BE LIFTED NORTH WITH THE BUILDING OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THE GRADIENT HAS ALREADY INCREASED OVER THE WEST COAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE BRISTOL BAY LOW MOVES NORTH. BUT BECAUSE IT WILL BE WARM AIR ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRADIENT FLOW...DO NOT EXPECT WINDS TO BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUS EVENT OVER WEST COAST OR THE INTERIOR. STRONG WINDS OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL REMAIN THROUGH ABOUT TUE EVENING. SEVERAL WAVES WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH WED. WEAK CHINOOK FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR ON WED WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION VOID OF MOST INTERIOR LOCATIONS EAST OF TANANA. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OVER HIGHER TERRAIN STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUE EVENING. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ219. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ213. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ207. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225. && CF DEC 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:03 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:49 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:04 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:32 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.