Alert archive / Alaska / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2015, 2:38 AM AKST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2015, 2:38 AM AKST (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2015, 8:42 AM AKST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WWAK73 PAFG 171138 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 AM AKST TUE FEB 17 2015 AKZ226-171800- /O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T1500Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0005.150217T1138Z-150217T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 238 AM AKST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING..WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH TUESDAY 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. && $$ AKZ225-171245- /O.CAN.PAFG.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150217T1500Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 238 AM AKST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ AKZ223-171245- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150217T1500Z/ DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS- INCLUDING...SALCHA...DELTA JUNCTION...FORT GREELY... HARDING/BIRCH LAKE...DRY CREEK...DOT LAKE...HEALY LAKE 238 AM AKST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
1 follow-up statement
922 WWAK73 PAFG 171742 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 842 AM AKST TUE FEB 17 2015 AKZ226-171845- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150217T1800Z/ EASTERN ALASKA RANGE- INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME... TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE 842 AM AKST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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 Feb 16, 4:35 PM AKST, 10 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 4:35 PM AKST, 10 hours 3 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 435 PM AKST MON FEB 16 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND DISPLAY EXPECTED SEPARATION ON FEATURE STRENGTH TRACK AND POSITION IN THE MID AND EXTENDED PERIODS. RELIED ON A BLEND OF THE 12Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF AND INHERITED FORECAST FOR FORECAST PACKAGE. ALOFT...A STRONG SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA IS MOVING NORTH AS IT ROTATES AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER COLD BAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE YUKON AND EASTERN ALASKA CONTINUES TO BUILD TO THE NORTH AND WILL RETREAT SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER COLD BAY MOVES NORTH T BE LOCATED NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO NORTON BAY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS ALOFT OVER THE ALASKA RANGE PEAKING OUT THIS EVENING WITH 60 TO 70 KTS AT MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR MOUNTAIN WAVE AND LATEST OBS INDICATE WINDS ARE BEING EFFECTIVELY TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE. EXPECT WARNING LEVEL WIND GUSTS ALONG THE NORTH SLOPES OF THE ALASKA RANGE TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING. WIND WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. ON THE SURFACE...SNOW ALONG FIRST OCCLUDED FRONT IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND STRETCHING SOUTHWEST INTO THE LOWER YK DELTA IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. NEXT OCCLUDED FRONT MOVES NORTH AS THE SURFACE LOW NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING MOVES NORTH INTO THE BERING STRAIT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NULATO HILLS...THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE. 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THESES AREAS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ217. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ213-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ219- AKZ220-AKZ222-AKZ224. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ216. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && CCC FEB 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:33 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:45 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 20 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.