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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 9, 2015, 9:00 PM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 10, 2015, 6:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2015, 9:00 PM AKDT (05:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2015, 6:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2015, 3:46 PM AKDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WWAK73 PAFG 100500 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 900 PM AKDT WED SEP 9 2015 AKZ223-101400- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.150910T1400Z-150911T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 900 PM AKDT WED SEP 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKDT THURSDAY NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THURSDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-101400- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.150910T1400Z-150911T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 900 PM AKDT WED SEP 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKDT THURSDAY IN PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM AKDT THURSDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA. * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
586 WWAK73 PAFG 101237 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 437 AM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 AKZ223-110000- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.150910T1400Z-150911T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 437 AM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON NEAR DELTA JUNCTION... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THURSDAY 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. && $$ AKZ226-110000- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.150910T1400Z-150911T0000Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 437 AM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON IN PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA... * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF MENTASTA. * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
115 WWAK73 PAFG 102346 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 PM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 AKZ223-226-110100- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-150911T0000Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE... MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...TRIMS CAMP... EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 346 PM AKDT THU SEP 10 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 Sep 9, 4:03 PM AKDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 4:03 PM AKDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 PM AKDT WED SEP 9 2015 .DISCUSSION... THE 1024 MB SURFACE HIGH CENTERED 200 MILES NORTHEAST OF WRANGEL ISLAND NOW COVERS THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AND IS SPREADING INTO THE BEAUFORT SEA. THE CENTER WILL ACTUALLY WEAKEN A BIT AS IT MOVES EAST TO BE 1020 MB 300 MILES NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT AT 4 PM THURSDAY. THE MODERATELY STRONG WINDS PRESENTLY BEING FELT IN WESTERN ZONE 201 WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD OVER OUR ENTIRE ARCTIC COAST AS IT DOES SO. THE SYSTEM IS SUPPORTED BY A RIDGE ALOFT CENTERED WEST OF KAMCHATKA. THIS RIDGE HAS HAD SEVERAL SHORT WAVES MOVE EAST THEN SOUTH AROUND IT...AND THESE WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER THE TRACK OF THE NEXT ONE IS EXPECTED TO BE FARTHER TO THE WEST... SO THAT IT WILL PASS SOUTHWARD OVER THE GULF OF ANADYR RATHER THAN OVER WESTERN ALASKA OR OUR OUR WESTERN COASTAL WATERS AS THE PREVIOUS COUPLE HAVE. IT WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF WEAKENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN MARINE AREAS 210...220...AND 225 THURSDAY NIGHT. IN THE SHORT TERM...THE GRADIENT THERE IS WILL INCREASE THOUGH...PROMPTING US TO ISSUE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 207 AND THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND IN ZONE 213. THE TROUGH ALOFT FROM THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA TO BRISTOL BAY THAT HAS BEEN FEATURED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN. A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE ASHORE OVER THE GULF COAST TONIGHT. THE SURFACE FRONT WILL BE HARD TO FIND NORTH OF THE COAST RANGES...BUT THE FRONT ALOFT WILL BE OVER NORTHERN INTERIOR ALASKA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT BEHIND THE FRONT ALOFT WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SHEAR OUT ANY CONVECTION THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT HAVE DEVELOPED. THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS STILL LOOK REASONABLE IN ZONES 220-221-222 THIS EVENING THOUGH. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .HYDROLOGY... WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE KOYUKUK VALLEY TONIGHT AND THU. OTHERWISE NO ISSUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DJH SEP 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Sep 10, 4:35 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Sep 10, 2:24 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 hr |
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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.