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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jun 9, 2015, 5:32 AM AKDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2015, 5:32 AM AKDT (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 9:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191 WWAK73 PAFG 091332 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 532 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 AKZ223-092200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.150609T1332Z-150610T0800Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 532 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION AND FORT GREELY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-092200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.150609T1332Z-150610T0800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 532 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
4 follow-up statements
142 WWAK73 PAFG 092318 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 318 PM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 AKZ223-100800- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150610T0800Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 318 PM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION AND FORT GREELY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-100800- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150610T0800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 318 PM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
935 WWAK73 PAFG 100739 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1139 PM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 AKZ223-101200- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150610T1200Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 1139 PM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION AND FORT GREELY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ AKZ226-101200- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150610T1200Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 1139 PM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
569 WWAK73 PAFG 101138 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 338 AM AKDT WED JUN 10 2015 AKZ223-102000- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150611T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 338 AM AKDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION AND FORT GREELY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-102000- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150611T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 338 AM AKDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
626 WWAK73 PAFG 102356 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 356 PM AKDT WED JUN 10 2015 AKZ223-110500- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150611T0500Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 356 PM AKDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION AND FORT GREELY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-110500- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-150611T0500Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 356 PM AKDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
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 Jun 9, 5:24 AM AKDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 5:24 AM AKDT, 8 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 524 AM AKDT TUE JUN 9 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH 60 HOURS AT 500H. CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES AT THE SURFACE INN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION COVERAGE. COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF NORTHERN ALASKA. UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE IS PUSHED UP AGAINST THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN AT 500H WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST WITH ITS ASSOCIATED ARCTIC FRONT. THIS ARCTIC FRONT IS SUBSTANTIAL AND HAS A HUGE SWATH OF COLD AIR BEHIND IT. THE BAROCLINIC ZONE IS WELL DEFINED AND THERE IS A SHARP GRADIENT THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA WED AND THU. STRONG LONG WAVE TROF WILL MOVE EASTWARD ON TUE AND SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. THE DISPARITY HERE IS THAT THE GFS IS IDENTIFYING THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE AS THE FOCAL POINTS FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVEN WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. BELIEVE THE NAM AND THE ECMWF ARE MORE CORRECT IN PLACING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE IN ZONE 217 FROM TUE THROUGH WED. THE RAINFALL WILL SPREAD EASTWARD TO NORTH OF BETTLES BY EARLY WED. THE STRONG TEMPERATURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL ALLOW INCREASED LOWER LEVEL WINDS WITH STRONG GRADIENT AND COLD ADVECTION. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT. CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED TO NOT MUCH ACTIVITY ON TUE UNDER THE RIDGE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. HOWEVER...ON WED AND IN ADVANCE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BE QUITE ACTIVE AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST. A SECONDARY SHORT WAVE WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR EARLY FRI MORNING WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RAPIDLY FORMS OVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA FOR THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL BRING IN MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES PARTICULARLY OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...GAP FLOW WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE RH VALUES TO FALL TO PROBABLY JUST BELOW OR RIGHT NEAR 30 PERCENT TODAY. THE WINDS WILL DEFINITELY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MEET CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG BUT THE RH VALUES WILL BE CLOSE. WOULD SIDE WITH THE BELIEF THAT ZONES 226 AND 223 WOULD HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA WHILE ZONE 225 WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN. && .HYDROLOGY... POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN EXISTS IN THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE OVER ZONE 217. WE MAY SEE A DECENT RISE IN THE KOBUK RIVER BUT NOT EXPECTING HYDRO ISSUES CURRENTLY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && CF JUN 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.