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Brisk Wind Advisory 158, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 9, 2016

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 9, 2016, 4:42 AM AKDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2016, 4:42 AM AKDT (12:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2016, 2:23 PM AKDT
In force
34 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 9, 4:09 AM AKDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:09 AM AKDT, 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
409 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN INTERIOR AND THEN CONTINUING TO PUSH
NORTHWARD WHILE UPPER LOW IN THE BERING EXPANDS AND ITS FRONT
CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THIS OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY AND
SPREAD SNOW AND RAIN OVER THAT REGION BEGINNING TODAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THE OCCLUDED FRONT THAT MOVES NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY WILL
MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND MUCH OF IT COULD BE RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW
AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR
TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. THUS WIND ADVISORIES
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES 223 AND 226.

THE ARCTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MODERATELY STRONG WINDS OVER
THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BE
MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE EASTERN ARCTIC
COASTAL ZONES IN THE ARCTIC WILL LIKELY SEE WINDS REDEVELOP LATER
TODAY OR THIS EVENING WHILE THE WESTERN SECTION CONTINUES TO
HOLD STEADY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230-PKZ235.
&&

CF APR 16

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 4:30 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG58 hr
Apr 9, 4:30 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG6 days
Apr 9, 4:42 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG10 hr
Apr 9, 5:14 AM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFG44 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.