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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 27, 2015

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Nov 27, 2015, 3:51 AM AKST. It took effect at Nov 27, 2015, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2015, 3:51 AM AKST (12:51 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2015, 9:00 AM AKST
Expired
Nov 27, 2015, 8:21 PM AKST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

932 
WWAK73 PAFG 271251
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
351 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

AKZ225-272100-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.151127T1800Z-151128T0900Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
351 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
AKST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
AKST TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING LATER 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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-272100-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.151127T1800Z-151128T0900Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
351 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
AKST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
AKST TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING LATER 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
271 
WWAK73 PAFG 272052
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

AKZ219-280900-
/O.NEW.PAFG.HW.W.0014.151127T2052Z-151128T0900Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...OVER THE UPLANDS.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DAMAGE TO ROOFS
  MAY OCCUR. TREES MAY BREAK AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE. 

&&

$$

AKZ225-280900-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER 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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-280900-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1152 AM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER 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.

&&

$$
119 
WWAK73 PAFG 272109
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

AKZ219-280900-
/O.CON.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...OVER THE UPLANDS.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DAMAGE TO ROOFS 
  MAY OCCUR. TREES MAY BREAK AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PREVENT PROPERTY
DAMAGE.

&&

$$

AKZ220-280900-
/O.EXA.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...OVER THE UPLANDS

* WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER 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.

&&

$$

AKZ225-280900-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
DENALI-
INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...
KANTISHNA
1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER 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.

&&

$$

AKZ226-280900-
/O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
1209 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...NEAR PASSES.

* WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER 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.

&&

$$
807 
WWAK73 PAFG 280521
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
821 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

AKZ219-280630-
/O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN...
GOBBLERS KNOB
821 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 



$$

AKZ220-225-226-280630-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-151128T0900Z/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-DENALI-EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...HEALY...
DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK...KANTISHNA...MENTASTA LAKE...
BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...
MINERAL LAKE
821 PM AKST FRI NOV 27 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 Nov 26, 3:15 PM AKST, 12 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 3:15 PM AKST, 12 hours 36 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
315 PM AKST THU NOV 26 2015

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST 48 HOURS. OMEGA BLOCK
OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA WITH SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED IN THE RIDGE OVER
EAST CENTRAL INTERIOR. THIS IS PRODUCING SNOWFALL OVER THE CENTRAL
INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN LOW IS MOVING NORTH THROUGH EAS
CENTRAL ALASKA AT A FAIRLY RAPID PACE. IT APPEARS THAT BY THE
TIME THAT THE WARM AIR FOLLOWS ON THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
WILL HAVE ENDED...WHICH WILL LIMIT ANY FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBILITIES.

VERTICALLY STACKED LOW ON THE ALEUTIANS WILL PINWHEEL AROUND IN
BRISTOL BAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOST OF ITS ENERGY
BEING ABSORBED BY THE NEW LOW OFF OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WITH
DEEP TROF OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA BY SAT AFTERNOON.

AS THE HIGH BUILDS IN OVER THE ARCTIC COAST ON FRIDAY FROM FAR
EAST RUSSIA...A LOW WILL DEVELOP FROM THE PARENT LOW NEAR COLD BAY
AND WILL MOVE NORTH TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY FRI AFTERNOON. THIS
WILL CAUSE A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHWEST
ARCTIC COAST AND THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT FRI AND SAT AND TO A
LESSER DEGREE ON SUN.

THE AIRMASS OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO STAY WARM
AND BY THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK THE 850 TEMPS MAY SOAR ABOVE
ZERO FOR A FEW DAYS. NOT MUCH COOLING ALOFT IS ADVERTISED TO TAKE
PLACE THROUGH 240 HOURS OVER MOST OF THE STATE.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ222.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ230.
&&

CF NOV 15

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 4:06 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG22 hr
Nov 27, 4:11 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG47 hr
Nov 27, 4:11 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG15 hr
Nov 27, 11:52 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFG8 hr
Nov 27, 2:43 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG47 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.