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Brisk Wind Advisory 153, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 5, 2016

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 5, 2016, 4:22 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2016, 4:22 AM AKDT (12:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 4:15 AM AKDT
In force: 48 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 Apr 4, 2:14 PM AKDT, 14 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:14 PM AKDT, 14 hours 8 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
214 PM AKDT MON APR 4 2016

.DISCUSSION...

LONG WAVE RIDGING REMAINING ANCHORED OVER THE WEST COAST WITH THE
RIDGE COAST EXTENDING NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH MAINLAND ALASKA
THROUGH TUESDAY. LONG WAVE TROUGHING REMAINED OVER THE BERING SEA
WITH A 514 DM LOW CENTERED 300 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF DUTCH
HARBOR...WITH ANOTHER LOW AT 519 DM EMBEDDED IN THIS TROUGH OVER
THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA.

SURFACE...
AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH TUE. A
978 MB LOW 200 NM S OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN
TO A 992 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK ISLAND BY 4 PM TUE.
A 1034 MB HIGH 280 NM N OF DEMARCATION POINT WILL DRIFT NORTH
INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC CENTERED AROUND 79N BY 4AM WED.

NORTH SLOPE...STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN
NORTH SLOPE. EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 203
AND 204 AND 206 THROUGH TUESDAY WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES
OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. LOCAL GROUND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FROM DEADHORSE EAST.

WEST COAST...A WEAK SHORT WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD THIS
EVENING WITH RAIN SNOW MIX TAPERING OFF TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING QUIET WEATHER TO THE
WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S TO MID
40S.

INTERIOR...RIDGING OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING QUIET WEATHER TO
THE INTERIOR ZONES THROUGH MIDWEEK. PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE
INTERIOR WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING SOME STRONG WINDS ON
SUMMITS FOR ZONES 219 AND 220 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN MILD FOR THE INTERIOR WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S AND 30S NORTH
OF THE YUKON RIVER AND 40S TO NEAR 50 FOR POINTS SOUTH.

AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235.
&&

APR 16

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 6:28 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG		17 hr
Apr 5, 4:22 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		48 hr

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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.