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Brisk Wind Advisory 52, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Feb 8, 2015, 2:21 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2015, 2:21 AM AKST (11:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2015, 1:52 PM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Feb 7, 1:02 PM AKST, 13 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 1:02 PM AKST, 13 hours 19 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 102 PM AKST SAT FEB 7 2015 CORRECTED TO DELETE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR ZONES 207-209. .DISCUSSION... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE REDEVELOPED ON THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AND WEATHER FRONT MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SUN MORNING AS A NARROW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC COAST...RESULTING IN A FAVORABLE ISOBAR ORIENTATION AND PRESSURE GRADIENT FOR STRONG WINDS ALONG THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE REDUCING VISIBILITY ALONG THE CENTRAL ARCTIC COAST AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. A BROADER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST AND INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE SUN AFTERNOON... REDUCING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN DECREASING WINDS AND IMPROVING VISIBILITY. ON THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST...WINDS AT POINT HOPE AND KIVALINA HAVE SHOWN A SLOW DECREASING TREND...AND TEMPERATURES ARE NOT LOW ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILL. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL A FEW DEGREES TONIGHT...BUT WIND CHILL APPEARS TO BE NO LONGER AN ISSUE. OVER THE BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY...WIND SPEEDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN 10 MPH. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR THESE TWO AREAS WILL BE CANCELED. OVER THE INTERIOR...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH FOR GUSTY WIND OVER SUMMITS...PASSES...AND IN CHANNEL AREAS OF ZONES 218-219-220-221-222-225. WINTER WEATHER OR WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR THESE ZONES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON SUN. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN MODERATING TUE AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST...THE ALASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEASTWARD. WARMER AIR WILL GRADUALLY MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS TREND IS INDICATED BY BY THE OPERATIONAL GFS/ECMWF RUNS AND IN THE ENSEMBLE MEANS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ216-AKZ219- AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ206-AKZ218-AKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ245. && RF FEB 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 6:20 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 4 hr |
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Sources
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