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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2015, 2:09 PM AKDT. It took effect at Oct 6, 2015, 6:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2015, 2:09 PM AKDT (22:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2015, 6:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2015, 9:05 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061 WWAK72 PAFG 062209 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 209 PM AKDT TUE OCT 6 2015 AKZ213-070615- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.151007T0200Z-151007T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 209 PM AKDT TUE OCT 6 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...ON SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. * WINDS...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
850 WWAK72 PAFG 070505 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 905 PM AKDT TUE OCT 6 2015 AKZ213-070615- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-151007T1400Z/ ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST- INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER... WALES...DIOMEDE 905 PM AKDT TUE OCT 6 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Oct 6, 5:55 AM AKDT, 8 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 5:55 AM AKDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 555 AM AKDT TUE OCT 6 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING UP INTO THE INTERIOR BUT LOSING ITS STRUCTURE AS THE LOW IN THE BERING IS CRUSHING IT BACK TO THE EAST. THE LOW IN THE BERING SEA WILL EVENTUALLY DROP SOUTH INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA AND DEVELOP A TROUGH OVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO DEVELOP AGAIN...ALBEIT FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME...OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. THE ARCTIC FRONT LIES SOMEWHERE AROUND BARROW TO DEMARCATION POINT AND THEN SOUTHEAST FROM THERE. THIS IS PRODUCING SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ON THE ARCTIC COAST. THE SURFACE LOW IN THE BERING SEA AND THE SURFACE HIGH IN THE NORTHERN ARCTIC WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST AND THE WEST COAST THROUGH MOST OF TODAY. THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST WILL SEE RELATIVELY STRONG WIND THAT WILL LAST INTO THE WEEKEND. DISAGREEMENT IN THE MODEL TO MODEL CONSISTENCY SHOWS LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG RANGE MODELS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. && CF OCT 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:01 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Oct 6, 2:03 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 5 days |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.