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Wind Advisory 45, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2014, 12:19 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2014, 12:19 PM AKST (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2014, 7:43 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008 WWAK73 PAFG 252119 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1219 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2014 AKZ226-260700- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0045.141225T2119Z-141226T0700Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1219 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE LATER 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
527 WWAK73 PAFG 260443 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 743 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2014 AKZ226-260545- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-141226T0700Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 743 PM AKST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE NOW STARTING TO DECREASE. $$
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 25, 4:42 AM AKST, 7 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 4:42 AM AKST, 7 hours 37 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 442 AM AKST THU DEC 25 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW EXTENDING FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA AND FLAT RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC CONTINUES TO RESULT IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE. WEAK SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BRING BOUTS OF SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALL MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE OVER THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG LOW MOVES INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA NEAR KAMCHATKA. A VERY HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE DEVELOPS TO THE EAST OF THIS LOW AND WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MAINLAND ALASKA INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL...CHINOOK WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE...AND A CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. A TROUGH LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR HAS RESULTED IN SNOW THIS MORNING FROM THE LOWER YUKON VALLEY NORTH TO THE BROOKS RANGE...AND WILL SPREAD TO THE ARCTIC COAST TODAY. A SECOND TROUGH FOLLOWING ROUGHLY THE SAME TRACK TONIGHT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO THIS REGION BUT WILL ALSO SPREAD FURTHER EAST TO THE ALCAN BORDER AS WEAK SOUTH FLOW OVER THE ALASKA RANGE ENDS. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED FROM THE GALENA AREA NORTHWARD TO THE BROOKS RANGE AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. FURTHER EAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY. THE WEST COAST WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY OVER THE NEXT 48 HRS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && EWP DEC 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 4:23 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Dec 25, 5:12 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Dec 25, 5:19 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 33 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.