Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2015, 12:04 AM AKST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 12:04 AM AKST (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2015, 2:34 PM AKST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
575 WWAK73 PAFG 030904 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1204 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 AKZ223-040100- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.150103T0904Z-150104T0300Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1204 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
960 WWAK73 PAFG 032334 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 234 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 AKZ223-040045- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0300Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 234 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Jan 2, 1:12 PM AKST, 10 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 1:12 PM AKST, 10 hours 52 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 112 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS REMAIN IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND THROUGH THE LONG TERM. A 546 DAM HIGH OVER PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST TO BE LOCATED NEAR EAGLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINING PARKED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN CANADA. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS AROUND 560 DAM AS IT SLIPS TO THE WEST TO BE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY MID WEEK. ON THE SURFACE A 1049 MB HIGH CONTINUES TO SLIP SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN YUKON INTO THE SOUTHERN YUKON AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK. INTERIOR...DRY AND COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE INTERIOR WITH A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL TEMPERATURES AND EVEN BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY ON INTERIOR SUMMITS. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE AND WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES. TEMPERATURES ALOFT STILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM SO STRONG INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR VALLEYS WHERE LOCAL WINDS FAIL TO MIX OUT COLD SHALLOW VALLEY LAYER. NORTH SLOPE...AREAS OF PATCHY STRATUS AS WELL AS FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE. WEAK OFF SHORE FLOW UNDER THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE YUKON WILL PROVIDE SCATTERED SKIES OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && CCC JAN 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:25 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Jan 3, 1:52 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 25 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.