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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 23, 2015

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 23, 2015, 1:30 PM AKST. It was in force for 69 hr.

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The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2015, 1:30 PM AKST (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2015, 10:28 AM AKST
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Jan 23, 4:57 AM AKST, 8 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 4:57 AM AKST, 8 hours 33 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
457 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2015

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE SIMILAR THROUGH 48 HOURS WITH 500H FEATURES. BOTH THE
NAM AND THE ECMWF ARE LACKLUSTER IN TERMS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. THE GFS PAINTS A LARGE AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION EAST OF FAIRBANKS. THE ECMWF APPEARS TO BE THE MOST
ACCURATE AS OF THE MOMENT.

STRONG ARCTIC FRONT LIES SOMEWHERE JUST WEST OF NENANA THIS
MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS JUST SOUTH OF PRUDHOE BAY AND WILL
MOVE ABOUT 300 NM NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY LATE FRI NIGHT.
THE DEEP COLD TROUGH WILL INCH ITSELF A LITTLE FURTHER EASTWARD
UNTIL THE TROUGH AXIS CUTS RIGHT THROUGH FAIRBANKS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL END ANY SNOWFALL THEN AS THE PRECIPITATION
SHIELD IS MOVED INTO CANADA WITH THE LACK OF OVERRUNNING
POTENTIAL.

THE HIGH IN FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL SLIDE EASTWARD TO THE CHUKOTSK
PENINSULA AND THE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST
COAST. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE WITH NEARLY
CLEAR SKIES...WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY FALL TO AROUND 45 BELOW IN
SEVERAL PLACES ALONG THE WEST COAST.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINS AROUND THE ARCTIC COAST AS IT MOVES
NORTHWARD...EXPECT CLOUDS AND FLURRIES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

THE MOVEMENT OF THE ARCTIC FRONT DICTATES THE PLACEMENT OF THE
SNOWFALL OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. THIS WILL MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL TO NEARLY NO SNOWFALL WITHIN A TIGHT
SPATIAL DISTANCE. BUT AS IT APPEARS AS OF NOW...THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM EIELSON AFB EASTWARD. A COUPLE OF FEET OF
SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE..PARTICULARLY THE
SOUTH FACING SLOPES.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ210-AKZ213.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ245.
&&

CF JAN 15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 23, 10:58 AM AKST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1058 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1057 AM     SNOW             1 E CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS  65.47N 144.65W
01/23/2015  M2.5 INCH                           AK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            AS OF 9AM THIS MORNING MEASURED 2.5 INCHES FOR THE PAST
            24 HOURS.

&&

HLIND

Local storm report, Jan 23, 10:59 AM AKST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1059 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1057 AM     SNOW             N COLLEGE               64.87N 147.82W
01/23/2015  M1.3 INCH                           AK   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS MEASURED 24 HOURS SNOW FALL AT 9AM OF 1.3 INCHES.

&&

HLIND

Local storm report, Jan 23, 11:01 AM AKST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 23, 11:50 AM AKST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 23, 12:08 PM AKST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 23, 2:19 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	3 days
Jan 23, 2:52 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	35 hr
Jan 23, 2:53 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	11 hr
Jan 23, 1:30 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	20 hr

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