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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2015, 5:06 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 9:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2015, 5:06 AM AKST (14:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2015, 9:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2015, 12:44 PM AKST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989 WWAK72 PAFG 201406 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 506 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 AKZ227-210100- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.150221T0600Z-150222T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 506 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST SATURDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST SATURDAY. * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS DIMINISHING SATURDAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
082 WWAK72 PAFG 202254 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 154 PM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 AKZ227-210600- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.150221T0600Z-150222T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 154 PM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKST SATURDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
068 WWAK72 PAFG 210454 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 754 PM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 AKZ227-211500- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.150221T0600Z-150222T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 754 PM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST SATURDAY FOR ALASKA RANGE PASSES... * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS DIMINISHING SATURDAY 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. && $$
037 WWAK72 PAFG 211411 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 511 AM AKST SAT FEB 21 2015 AKZ227-220100- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150222T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 511 AM AKST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALASKA RANGE PASSES. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY...DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. && $$
586 WWAK72 PAFG 212144 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1244 PM AKST SAT FEB 21 2015 AKZ227-212245- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150222T0300Z/ UPPER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY- INCLUDING...MCGRATH...NIKOLAI...TAKOTNA...FAREWELL LAKE 1244 PM AKST SAT FEB 21 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 20, 2:11 AM AKST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 2:11 AM AKST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 211 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2015 .DISCUSSION... A DRAMATIC WARMUP WITH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IS UNDERWAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC AND EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL AMPLIFY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND EXTEND NORTH TO THE ARCTIC COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ACCOMPANIED BY ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AMPLE MOISTURE WITH SUB-TROPICAL ORIGINS WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE ALASKA RANGE AND EASTERN BROOKS RANGE WILL BLOCK MOST OF THE MOISTURE FROM MOVING INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPTIATION IS INEVITABLE OVER THE WESTERN HALF. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SIBERIA WILL PUSH INTO THE WEST COAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND KNOCK THE RIDGE OVER INTO CANADA...THUS USHERING IN COOLER AIR ACROSS THE STATE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW IS MOVING NORTH THROUGH WESTERN ALASKA. SNOW HAS MIXED WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER YUKON RIVER VALLEY. WARM AIR WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT NORTHWARD AND SOME BRIEF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS THE CHUKCHI SEA AND KOBUK RIVER VALLEY THROUGH AT SATURDAY AS A SECOND SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR ALOFT OVER THE WEST COAST SO THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN IS IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND LOWER YUKON RIVER VALLEY. SOUTHERLY CHINOOK WINDS WILL INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVEL ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH IN PASSES. A ROGUE HIGHER GUST IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE WINDIEST LOCATIONS. ALONG WITH THE WINDS...TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND WELL INTO THE 40S ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE. FURTHER NORTH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL. A FEW RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND AS THE CHINOOK SLIGHTLY WEAKENS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && EWP FEB 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 3:47 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:58 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Feb 20, 4:56 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Feb 20, 1:51 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Feb 20, 1:51 PM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 64 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.