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Brisk Wind Advisory 157, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 22, 2017

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 22, 2017, 2:28 PM AKDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2017, 2:28 PM AKDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2017, 4:15 AM AKDT
In force
14 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 22, 4:30 AM AKDT, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 4:30 AM AKDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
430 AM AKDT Sat Apr 22 2017

.SYNOPSIS...
Aloft...
A ridge over northern Alaska will weaken slowly through Wed then
rebuild late next week. This will keep most of northern Alaska dry
through the weekend and into next week, except the West Coast and
Arctic Coast of Alaska which could see light precip Sun into next
week. Temperatures will remain near of just above normal this
weekend then cool to near normal next week.

Surface...
A 1039 mb high over the Beaufort Sea will weaken through Sun. This
is causing east winds 10 mph over the Arctic Coast of Alaska. Will
see areas of steam fog between midnight and noon along the Arctic
coast through tonight with this.

An Arctic Front stretching from Chicken to the Bering Strait will
drift north to Eagle to Shishmaref by 4pm Sat...and then remain
quasi-stationary into Mon. Will see temperatures warm to above
normal south of the front.

A low pressure trough over Norton Sound will move west today.
There are mid level clouds and a few flurries with this.

A weather front along the Alaska Peninsula will move to the
central Bering Sea tonight and then continue west. More flurries
with this .

A third front will move from th Gulf of Alaska to St Matthew
Island to King Salmon by 4pm Sun...and then to Gambell to King
Salmon by 4pm Mon. This will bring a chance of rain and snow
to Southwest Alaska Sun night and Mon with the best chance of rain
over zones 214 and 215.

A low pressure trough from Wrangel Island north will move to
Barrow to Cape Lisburne Sun and to Barter Island to Cape Lisburne
Mon. Expect flurries and patchy fog with this feature.

High pressure building over the Chukchi Sea behind this trough
will cause northeast winds to increase along the West Coast Sun
and Mon.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Models initialize well except that the high aloft north of Barrow
is stronger than was initialized. Expect this to result in the
ridge breaking down slower than models indicate. Will use GFS for
most fields excepting the precipitation field which again show
precip over Interior Alaska this weekend which will not occur.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Very dry and sunny conditions will continue over Interior Alaska
through Mon.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ210.
&&

JB APR 17

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 4:39 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Apr 22, 2:25 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG14 hr

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Sources

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