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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 10, 2015, 4:35 AM AKDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2015, 4:35 AM AKDT (12:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2015, 11:20 AM AKDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759 WWAK72 PAFG 101235 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 435 AM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 AKZ217-110200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.150910T1235Z-150911T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 435 AM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THROUGH THE PASSES AND THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY BUT TAPER OFF BY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
738 WWAK72 PAFG 102335 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 335 PM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 AKZ217-110600- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-150911T0600Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 335 PM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THROUGH THE PASSES AND THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY BUT WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ ET
570 WWAK72 PAFG 110234 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 634 PM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 AKZ217-111400- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-150911T1400Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 634 PM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT FRIDAY THROUGH THE PASSES AND THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY.... * LOCATION...THROUGH THE PASSES AND THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL DECREASE FRIDAY 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. && $$
537 WWAK72 PAFG 111332 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 532 AM AKDT FRI SEP 11 2015 AKZ217-112100- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-150911T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 532 AM AKDT FRI SEP 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE PASSES AND THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY... * LOCATION...THROUGH THE PASSES AND THE UPPER NOATAK VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
630 WWAK72 PAFG 111920 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1120 AM AKDT FRI SEP 11 2015 AKZ217-112030- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-150911T2100Z/ UPPER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS- INCLUDING...AMBLER...SHUNGNAK...KOBUK 1120 AM AKDT FRI SEP 11 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 Sep 10, 2:32 AM AKDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 2:32 AM AKDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 AM AKDT THU SEP 10 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD AND ENCOMPASS NORTHERN ALASKA BY LATE THU NIGHT. WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER WILL REDEVELOP SAT. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WEST COAST WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SAT NIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST. THE FIRST SURFACE TROUGH HAS MOVED NORTH OVER NORTHERN ALASKA AND SPREAD A FEW SHOWERS AHEAD OF IT. THE NEXT TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTH OVER NORTHERN ALASKA ON THU. THIS WILL SPREAD SOME RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BY LATE WED NIGHT WHILE THE COLD AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE GRADIENT ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY STRONG AS THE LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC MOVES NORTHWARD TO THE WEST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE.. THE ARCTIC COAST ANS WEST COAST SUCH THAT WILL BE ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MOST OF FRIDAY. GAP FLOW WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU AFTERNOON BEFORE THE GRADIENT WEAKENS AT 700 MB WINDS BEGIN TO SHUT OFF THEN AS WELL. SNOW IN THE BROOKS RANGE IS VERY LIKELY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK GIVEN THE TEMPERATURES AT OF BELOW FREEZING AT THE SURFACE. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHWARD THE PRECIP FIELD MOVES NORTH AND WEST. SHARP BAROCLINICITY OVER THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .HYDROLOGY... && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ223-AKZ226. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ240. && CF SEP 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 9:00 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 19 hr | |
| Sep 10, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 34 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.