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Wind Advisory 38, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2015, 2:34 PM AKST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2015, 2:34 PM AKST (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 9:20 AM AKST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
308 WWAK73 PAFG 252334 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 234 PM AKST FRI DEC 25 2015 AKZ223-261500- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.151225T2334Z-151226T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 234 PM AKST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
164 WWAK73 PAFG 260012 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 312 PM AKST FRI DEC 25 2015 AKZ225-261400- /O.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 312 PM AKST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...NEAR ALASKA RANGE PASSES * WINDS...SOUTH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$ AKZ223-261400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 312 PM AKST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...NEAR DELTA JUNCTION * WINDS...EAST GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
294 WWAK73 PAFG 261201 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 AKZ225-261315- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ223-270115- /O.NEW.PAFG.HW.A.0007.151227T0900Z-151229T0300Z/ /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON TODAY THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ226-270115- /O.NEW.PAFG.HW.A.0007.151227T0900Z-151229T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GSUTING TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
505 WWAK73 PAFG 261201 CCA NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 CORRECTED VALID TIME OF HIGH WIND WATCH AKZ225-261315- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ AKZ223-270115- /O.COR.PAFG.HW.A.0007.151227T0900Z-151229T0300Z/ /O.COR.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T2100Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON TODAY THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ226-270115- /O.COR.PAFG.HW.A.0007.151227T0900Z-151229T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 301 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GSUTING TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
643 WWAK73 PAFG 261820 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 920 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 AKZ223-270000- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-151226T2100Z/ /O.EXT.PAFG.HW.A.0007.151228T0900Z-151229T0300Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 920 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * LOCATION...AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. * WINDS AND TIMING...EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON TODAY THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AKZ226-270000- /O.EXT.PAFG.HW.A.0007.151228T0900Z-151229T0300Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 920 AM AKST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 70 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS HAZARDOUS HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
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 Dec 25, 2:31 PM AKST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 2:31 PM AKST, 3 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 231 PM AKST FRI DEC 25 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... LONG WAVE RIDGE OVER WESTERN CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA WILL PERSISTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN AMPLIFY NEXT WEEK. THE LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE NW PACIFIC AND BERING SEA WILL BECOME HIGH AMPLITUDE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THIS WILL CAUSE WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL THIS WEEKEND...AND THEN WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. COULD SEE PERIODS OF SNOW AS SHORT WAVES MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH OVER ALASKA...THOUGH THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL BE MAINLY DOWN SLOPE AND THUS DRY. ONE STRONG SHORT WAVE OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE NORTON SOUND AND THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR SAT AND TO THE BROOKS RANGE SUNDAY. WILL SEE HIGH CLOUDS DOWN SLOPE CONDITIONS OVER THE SE INTERIOR THIS WEEKEND WITH THIS TROUGH ALONG WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. A SECOND SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA SAT NIGHT AND OVER THE INTERIOR SUN PM. EXPECT SNOW OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR WITH THIS LATE SUN...AND A STRONG DOWN SLOPE OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. 850 MB TEMPERATURES RISING FROM -2C OVER THE YUKON DELTA TO -20C OVER NE ALASKA. TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR -2C TO -4 OVER THE YUKON DELTA BUT RISING 4-6C REMAINDER OF AREA THROUGH SAT...AND ANOTHER FEW DEGREES SUN. COULD SEE MIXED PRECIP IN ZONES 214 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SLIVER OF WARM AIR ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT. SURFACE... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA AND CHUKCHI SEA WILL RETREAT NE THROUGH SUN. EAST WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL INCREASE TO 20 KT TONIGHT CAUSING WIND CHILLS TO 50 BELOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW. A 953 MB LOW IN BRISTOL BAY WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT FROM THE LOW TO SCAMMON BAY TO KING SALMON. AT 3AM SAT A 961 MB LOW IN WESTERN BRISTOL BAY WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT FROM THE LOW TO GAMBELL TO MCGRATH. AT 3PM SAT IT WILL BE A 971 MB LOW IN BRISTOL BAY WITH THE FRONT FROM THE LOW TO THE BERING STRAIT TO DENALI. LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE FRONT WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ZONES 214 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SNOW ALONG THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH TO A CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT AND JUST FLURRIES BY SAT. EAST WINDS 30G40KT AND LOCAL GUSTS 50KT ALONG THE WEST COAST NOW WILL DECREASE TO 20-30KT SAT. EAST WINDS 20-30KT IN CHANNELED AREAS OF THE INTERIOR WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY SAT. BY 3AM SUN A 1004 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND THEN MOVE NORTH OF THE COAST SUN PM. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SWITCH FROM EAST TO SW AND DECREASE ON SUN ON THE ARCTIC COAST. A WEATHER FRONT FROM BRISTOL BAY SOUTH AT 3PM SUN WILL MOVE TO NOME TO MCGRATH BY 3PM MON. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR SUN NIGHT AND MON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR MON. EXPECT STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVER ALASKA RANGE SUN NIGHT AND MON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL ALOFT AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH MON. START TO SEE DIFFERENCE ON TIMING OF SHORT WAVES FROM MON PM ONWARD. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ205. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ209-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && JB DEC 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2:51 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 20 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:58 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Dec 25, 12:03 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 9 hr |
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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.