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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2015, 2:38 AM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 26, 2015, 1:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2015, 2:38 AM AKDT (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2015, 1:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2015, 2:37 PM AKDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853 WWAK73 PAFG 251038 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 AM AKDT WED MAR 25 2015 AKZ226-260000- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.150326T0900Z-150327T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 238 AM AKDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR AND IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS... 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THURSDAY 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
584 WWAK73 PAFG 252127 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 127 PM AKDT WED MAR 25 2015 AKZ226-261400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.150326T0900Z-150327T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 127 PM AKDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...NEAR AND IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS... 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
388 WWAK73 PAFG 260957 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 157 AM AKDT THU MAR 26 2015 AKZ226-270200- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150327T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 157 AM AKDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...NEAR AND IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS... 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING THURSDAY MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY 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. && $$
121 WWAK73 PAFG 262229 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 229 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 2015 AKZ226-271400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150327T1400Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 229 PM AKDT THU MAR 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY... * LOCATION...NEAR AND IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS... 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
967 WWAK73 PAFG 271034 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 234 AM AKDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AKZ226-271800- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150327T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 234 AM AKDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM AKDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...NEAR AND IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS... 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING. 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. && $$
234 WWAK73 PAFG 271747 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 947 AM AKDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AKZ226-280000- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150328T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 947 AM AKDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...NEAR AND IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF. * WINDS... 20 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ ET
360 WWAK73 PAFG 272237 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 237 PM AKDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AKZ226-272345- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150328T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 237 PM AKDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ ET
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 Mar 25, 1:12 AM AKDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 1:12 AM AKDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 112 AM AKDT WED MAR 25 2015 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE PANHANDLE NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE ALASKA INTERIOR WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND SOUTHWARD BY LATE WED NIGHT. THIS WILL SET UP A SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR WHICH WILL BRING IN A WARMER AIR MASS THU AND FRI. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THU AND FRI WILL LIKELY REACH THE LOW TO MID 40S AT MANY SITES. A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR LATE WED NIGHT INTO THU MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A REBUILDING OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THU AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INTERIOR WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AND THIS IS WELL INDICATED BY BOTH THE OPERATIONAL GFS/ECMWF RUNS AND THE NAEFS/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEANS. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES IN THE INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED THU...WITH FRI ALMOST AS WARMER. INTO THE WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT COOLER. NAEFS 850 MB TEMPERATURE STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES REACH OR EXCEED +1 OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR WED THROUGH FRI. A BAND OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR MAY OCCUR FRI AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS. PRECIPITATION TYPE IN THESE SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY SNOW...BUT COULD BE RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW OVER SOME INTERIOR AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES...SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THU NIGHT. NAM12 AND AK-NMM MESOSCALE MODEL INDICATING 800 MB AND BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS MAXING OUT AT AS HIGH AS 50 KT WITH A WELL DEVELOPED LEESIDE TROUGH NORTH OF THE RANGE. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE POSTED FOR PASSES IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE. GAP WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN PASSES IN ZONE 225 BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 50-55 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT THE MOST WIND PRONE SITES ALONG AND NEAR THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY. OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE AND NORTHWEST ALASKA...COOLER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNDER A GENERALLY SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW. A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT WILL EXIST ACROSS NORTHWEST ALASKA TODAY...PRODUCING LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH...NOW OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA AND CHUKCHI SEA THIS EVENING AND TO NORTHWEST ALASKA BY THU AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRI...AND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE A DRY FEATURE PRODUCING LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. ARCTIC AND WESTERN MARINE FORECAST AREA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY 15 KT OR LESS THROUGH FRI. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ226. && RF MAR 15
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.