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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 5, 2015, 3:42 PM AKST. It took effect at Feb 7, 2015, 12:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2015, 3:42 PM AKST (00:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2015, 12:00 AM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2015, 6:58 AM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
283 WWAK42 PAFC 060042 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 342 PM AKST THU FEB 5 2015 ...NORTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH ARCTIC AIR TO BRING A WIND CHILL ADVISORY TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA... .THE NORTHERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH PASSAGE WILL RESULT IN COLDER TEMPERATURES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS. AKZ155-061500- /O.NEW.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T0900Z-150208T2100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 342 PM AKST THU FEB 5 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO NOON AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO NOON AKST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...THROUGHOUT THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. * WIND...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ALONG THE COAST. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EXTEND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
4 follow-up statements
580 WWAK42 PAFC 061353 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 453 AM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 AKZ152-070300- /O.EXB.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T1500Z-150209T0300Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 453 AM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS TAPER DOWN. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ161-070300- /O.EXB.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T1500Z-150209T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 453 AM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS TAPER DOWN. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ155-070300- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T0900Z-150208T2100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 453 AM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND EXTEND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS TAPER DOWN. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
042 WWAK42 PAFC 070059 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 359 PM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 AKZ152-071400- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T1500Z-150209T0300Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 359 PM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ155-071400- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T0900Z-150208T2100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 359 PM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND EXTEND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ161-071400- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T1500Z-150209T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 359 PM AKST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MSO
883 WWAK42 PAFC 071359 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 459 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 AKZ152-080300- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T1500Z-150209T0300Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 459 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 50 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ155-080300- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 459 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ161-080300- /O.CON.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.150207T1500Z-150209T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 459 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... * WIND...NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
597 WWAK42 PAFC 071558 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 658 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 AKZ152-080500- /O.CAN.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150209T0300Z/ /O.NEW.PAFC.WC.Y.0006.150208T0300Z-150209T0300Z/ LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIAK...SLEETMUTE 658 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTH 10 TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ155-080500- /O.CAN.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150208T2100Z/ /O.NEW.PAFC.WC.Y.0006.150208T0300Z-150208T2100Z/ KUSKOKWIM DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHEL...HOOPER BAY...NUNIVAK ISLAND 658 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON AKST SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. * WIND CHILL VALUES...35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ AKZ161-080500- /O.CAN.PAFC.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150209T0300Z/ /O.NEW.PAFC.WC.Y.0006.150208T0900Z-150209T0300Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 658 AM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM AKST SUNDAY. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WARM ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS AS WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Feb 5, 5:17 AM AKST, 10 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 5:17 AM AKST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 517 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2015 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE REGION WITH THE CORE OVER THE NORTHERN BERING. IT CONTINUES ITS SLOW TRACK TOWARDS NORTHEASTERN RUSSIA WHICH IS BRINGING NORTHERLY FLOW TO THE MAINLAND. THIS IS ALSO KEEPING DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE MAINLAND. TO THE SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS A LOW IS BEING HELD UP FROM FURTHER PROGRESSION TO THE NORTH BY THE RIDGING IN THE BERING AND IS INSTEAD BEING FORCED WEST KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE ISLANDS. && .MODEL DISCUSSION... THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT OVERALL WITH ONLY SOME MINOR DISCREPANCIES. ONE OF WHICH IS WITH A LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF ON FRIDAY. MOST OF THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THE INTENSITY BUT THE GEM IS SHOWING IT FAIRLY DEEPER THAN THE OTHER MODELS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS WITH A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS THAT IS TRACKING EAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HERE THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS LOCATION WITH THE GFS BEING THE FASTEST AND THE GEM TRAILING BEHIND. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)... WITH THE HIGH OUT WEST OVER THE BERING NORTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHCENTRAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WINDS WILL ALSO INTENSIFY AS WE MOVE INTO FRIDAY DUE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT FEATURES OCCURRING IN SERIES. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN AS A LOW BUILDS IN OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF TIGHTENING THE GRADIENT. THEN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON A TROUGH WILL PUSH DOWN FROM THE NORTH FOLLOWED BY COLD AIR ADVECTION ALL AIDING IN STRONGER WINDS. THIS NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BE DRY KEEPING THE SKIES CLEAR BUT WITH THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING AND WINDS INCREASING WIND CHILLS WILL BE A CONCERN FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL WITH THE COLDEST CONDITIONS STRETCHING FROM THE COPPER RIVER BASIN THROUGH VALDEZ. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)... DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND. NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO A DENSE COLD AIR MASS ADVECTING FROM THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 35 BELOW WITH THE COLDEST VALUES EXPECTED ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (DAYS 1 AND 2)... THE SURFACE LOW SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST TODAY BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND PRECIPITATION TO THE ALEUTIANS AND SOUTHERN BERING. THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM DURING THE MORNING HOURS TODAY ACROSS THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE BERING/ALEUTIANS AS A WARMER COLUMN OF AIR WRAPS NORTH OF THE LOW CENTER. THIS LOW WEAKENS TONIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN BERING. GUSTY GRADIENT WINDS CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS A COLDER AIR MASS ADVECTS WESTWARD FROM THE BERING STRAIT AND THE MAINLAND. && .LONG TERM FORECAST (DAYS 3 THROUGH 7)... STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS INTO THE WEEKEND AS DRY OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND...WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF HELPING TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND ARCTIC AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION IN NORTHERLY FLOW. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE GULF LOW WEAKENS AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT BEGINS TO WANE. MODELS ARE THEN HINTING AT A PATTERN CHANGE DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE BERING HIGH RETROGRADES INTO EASTERN RUSSIA AND A BROAD LONGWAVE TROUGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED FROM THE CANADIAN ARCTIC SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC. THIS WOULD YIELD SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE MAINLAND WITH REBOUNDING TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE GULF COAST. && .AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...WIND CHILL ADVISORY 131 141 MARINE...GALE WARNING 121 126 127 128 130 131 132 139 140 141 170 173 175 177 179 180 185 HEAVY FRZ SPRAY 121 126 127 128 129 139 140 141 185 FIRE WEATHER...NONE && SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...DK SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...DK SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...KH LONG TERM...CB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 61 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 9 days | |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 8 days | |
| Feb 5, 3:24 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Feb 5, 3:24 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:24 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:24 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Feb 6, 3:22 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:22 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:22 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:32 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:32 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:32 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 41 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:32 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:32 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 10:56 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 7 days | |
| Feb 6, 2:57 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 8 days | |
| Feb 6, 2:57 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 3 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.