Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2016
Brisk Wind Advisory 39, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2016, 4:07 AM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
347 FZAK51 PAFG 221300 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-230400- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1026 MB HIGH CENTERED 200 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO 400 NM NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A 1022 MB HIGH. A NARROW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE WILL WEAKEN SLOWLY THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ PKZ225-230400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-230400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-230400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-230400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TODAY...SW WINDS 5 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-230400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ RF/NS JAN 16
4 follow-up statements
553 FZAK51 PAFG 222321 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-231430- 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1026 MB HIGH CENTERED 200 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO 400 NM NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A 1022 MB HIGH. A NARROW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE WILL WEAKEN SLOWLY THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ PKZ225-231430- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-231430- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-231430- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-231430- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-231430- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 221 PM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ CF/DA JAN 16
588 FZAK51 PAFG 231248 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-240030- 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI SEAS WILL DRIFT NORTH...BUT A TROUGH INLAND OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE WILL STRENGTHEN MORE RAPIDLY...INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT NEAR THE ALASKAN ARCTIC COAST...PARTICULARLY EAST OF BARROW. $$ PKZ225-240030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20KT...EXCEPT 30 KT NORTH OF CAPE LISBURNE. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-240030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-240030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-240030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ245-240030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 348 AM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT BY NOON. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ CCC/DJH JAN 16
914 FZAK51 PAFG 232218 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-241400- 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH A 1022 MB CENTER NEAR 75N 145W WILL SLIDE N WITH THE CENTER NEAR 80N 150W MON EVENING...THEN REMAINS STATIONARY. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA. A 1004 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA SUN NIGHT AND MOVE NW INTO THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC. $$ PKZ225-241400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-241400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-241400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-241400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-241400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 118 PM AKST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ SDB/DA JAN 16
433 FZAK51 PAFG 241307 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ298-250015- 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH A 1022 MB CENTER NEAR 75N 145W WILL SLIDE N WITH THE CENTER NEAR 80N 150W MON EVENING...THEN REMAINS STATIONARY. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA. $$ PKZ225-250015- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-250015- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-250015- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-250015- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ245-250015- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 407 AM AKST SUN JAN 24 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ CCC/DJH JAN 16
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 Jan 22, 3:35 AM AKST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 3:35 AM AKST, 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 335 AM AKST FRI JAN 22 2016 UPDATED MARINE HAZARDS LINE .DISCUSSION... A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN BECOME MORE ACTIVE BY MONDAY AS A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS OVER NORTHWEST CANADA AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT INCREASES OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND. UPPER AIR... A COLD UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE WILL BE PUSHED WESTWARD INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SUNDAY MORNING AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BEGINNING TO BUILD OVER NORTHWEST CANADA LATER TODAY STRENGTHENS ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL SET UP A MAINLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA AND BRING IN WARMER AIR FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. SURFACE... A 1026 MB HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL WEAKEN TO A 1022 MB HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A NARROW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN VERY SLOWLY TODAY...THIS SHOULD RESULT THE WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST TO BECOME LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE A LITTLE TONIGHT. AREAS OF LOW STRATUS AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE ARCTIC COAST TODAY. A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA FROM THE BROOKS RANGE SOUTHWARD IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOME TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER MANY AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO NORTHEAST WINDS. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL OCCURRING AT A FEW SITES IN NORTHERN ZONES 208 AND 217. BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE WINDIEST AREAS...SO WE WILL ALLOW THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 208 AND 217 TO RUN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AT POINT HOPE HAVE DIMINISHED TO 20-25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THAT AREA WILL BE CANCELLED. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT...AND OVER PARTS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR SUNDAY AS AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH GRADUALLY DEVELOPS OVER THESE AREAS. EXTENDED OUTLOOK... A SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY UPPER LOW PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN PREDOMINANT...WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION OVER THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC COAST. CHINOOK WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ALASKA RANGE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 6-10 DAY FORECAST CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN ALASKA. THE NCEP ENSEMBLE MEAN TEMPERATURE ANOMALY FORECAST INDICATES TEMPERATURES AVERAGING UP TO 6 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL FOR ALMOST ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA FOR WEEK 1. FOR WEEK 2...THIS FORECAST INDICATES POSITIVE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OF 6 TO 9 DEGREES CELSIUS OVER ALMOST ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER POSITIVE ANOMALIES OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ208-AKZ217. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF JAN 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 4:02 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Jan 22, 2:37 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 45 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.