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Brisk Wind Advisory 141, NWS Fairbanks, AK

March 29, 2016

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Mar 29, 2016, 2:17 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2016, 2:17 PM AKDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 2:08 PM AKDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this brisk 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 brisk wind advisory went out at Mar 29, 1:58 PM AKDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 1:58 PM AKDT, 19 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
158 PM AKDT TUE MAR 29 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
ALOFT...
A STRONG LONG WAVE RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC NORTH OVER NW
CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA WILL BUILD NORTH THROUGH THU...AND THEN
START TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF ALASKA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM DEADHORSE TO ANVIK WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NE
THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WILL END
THIS EVENING AS THE LONG WAVE RIDGE BUILD NORTH.

SURFACE...
A 1008 MB LOW NEAR EAGLE WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW TO MCGRATH WILL MOVE TO NORTHWAY TO
MENTASTA PASS TO ILIAMNA BY 4AM WED. AN WARM FRONT TO THE SOUTH
WILL MOVE NORTH AND MERGE WITH THE ARCTIC FRONT WED AND MOVE NORTH
TO CENTRAL TO NENANA TO MCGRATH BY 4PM WED...TO CENTRAL TO
MINCHUMINA TO ANIAK BY 4AN THU...TO CENTRAL TO TANANA TO ANVIK BY
4PM THU...AND THEN MOVING TO EAGLE TO NOME BY 4PM FRI. SNOW ALONG
THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH WITH THE FRONT ON WED THROUGH FRI.
EXPECT SNOW TO CHANGE TO RAIN SOUTH OF THE FRONT AT LEAST BELOW
3000 FT.

EXPECT UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 3500 FT IN THE ALASKA RANGE
TONIGHT AND WED WITH SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN BELOW 3500 FT WED.
EXPECT .10-.30 IN THE EASTERN INTERIOR WED- WED NIGHT. THIS WILL
START AS SNOW AND MAY CHANGE TO RAIN SOUTH OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
COULD SEE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF 3-6 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 3000 FT IN
WHITE MOUNTAIN AND NORTH AND WEST. WILL ISSUE WWA FOR ZONES 220
AND 221 FOR WED PM THROUGH THU FOR THE. JUST 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW
AMOUNTS LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF THE FRONT. EXPECT .50-1.00 INCH
OF LIQUID IN THE CENTRAL AND SW INTERIOR FROM WED THROUGH THU PM.
EXPECT HEAVY SNOW IN ZONES 215 AND 216 WED PM THROUGH THU WITH
6-10 INCHES POSSIBLE. WILL ISSUE WATCH FOR THIS.

A SURFACE TROUGH IN THE WESTERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO BARROW NE
BY WED AND TO BARTER ISLAND NE BY 4AM THU...THEN EAST OF
DEMARCATION POINT THU.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS INITIALIZE OK AND SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH 4PM THU. AFTER
THAT TIME START TO SEE DIVERGENCE ON TIMING OF STRONG SHORT WAVES
FROM FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PREFER THE GFS FOR FRI AS IT IS
SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE ECMF AND CANADIAN MODELS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ221.

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ226.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210.
&&

JB MAR 16

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:33 AM AKDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 2:30 PM AKDT	Winter Storm Watch	AFG		24 hr
Mar 29, 2:56 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG		5 days

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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.