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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2018, 5:01 AM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 17, 2018, 6:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2018, 5:01 AM AKDT (13:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2018, 6:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2018, 2:08 AM AKDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
673 WWAK72 PAFG 171301 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 501 AM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 AKZ217-172115- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-180417T1400Z/ /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.180418T0200Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 501 AM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 6 PM this evening to 6 AM AKDT Thursday. The Wind Advisory has been cancelled. * LOCATION...South of Ambler. Strongest winds will be from Shungnak south. * WINDS...East gusting to 40 mph. * TIMING...Winds have now decreased. Winds are expected to increase again this afternoon, with strong winds tonight through Wednesday night. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
6 follow-up statements
547 WWAK72 PAFG 171500 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 700 AM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 AKZ217-180000- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.180418T0200Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 700 AM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...South of Ambler. Strongest winds will be from Shungnak south. * WINDS...East gusting to 40 mph. * TIMING...Winds have now decreased. Winds are expected to increase again this afternoon, with strong winds tonight through Wednesday night. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
382 WWAK72 PAFG 172242 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 242 PM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 AKZ217-181400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.180418T0200Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 242 PM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...South of Ambler. Strongest winds will be from Shungnak south. * WINDS...East gusting to 40 mph. * TIMING...Strong winds are expected through Wednesday night. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
270 WWAK72 PAFG 181140 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 340 AM AKDT Wed Apr 18 2018 AKZ217-190200- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 340 AM AKDT Wed Apr 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...South of Ambler. * WINDS...East gusting to 40 mph. * TIMING...Strong winds will continue into this evening before diminishing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
446 WWAK72 PAFG 182218 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 218 PM AKDT Wed Apr 18 2018 AKZ217-190630- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 218 PM AKDT Wed Apr 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...South of Ambler. * WINDS...East gusting to 40 mph. * TIMING...Strong winds will continue overnight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
624 WWAK72 PAFG 182220 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 220 PM AKDT Wed Apr 18 2018 AKZ217-191400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 220 PM AKDT Wed Apr 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...South of Ambler. * WINDS...East gusting to 40 mph. * TIMING...Strong winds will continue overnight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
860 WWAK72 PAFG 191008 NPWWCZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 208 AM AKDT Thu Apr 19 2018 AKZ217-191115- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-180419T1400Z/ Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys- Including Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk 208 AM AKDT Thu Apr 19 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds gusting to 25 mph can be expected through the afternoon at higher elevations. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 17, 4:59 AM AKDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 4:59 AM AKDT, 2 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 459 AM AKDT Tue Apr 17 2018 .SYNOPSIS... Aloft...A strong ridge over Northern Alaska will weaken very slowly through Friday, as a strong low over the Bering Sea moves east over the Gulf of Alaska by Fri, and another strong low aloft over the Canadian high Arctic moves southwest over Interior Alaska by Fri. This upper level pattern will result in clear skies and near normal temperatures persisting over most of Northern Alaska through Thu, while the southwest Interior and West Coast from the Seward Peninsula south will see clouds and mixed rain and snow diminishing through Thu. All areas will see increasing northeast winds and dropping temperatures Fri into Sat as the low aloft brings much colder air to all of Northern AK, and could see a chance of snow in he SE Interior Fri into Sat. Surface... A 1035 mb high over the Beaufort Sea will persist through Wed and then move west. A low pressure trough over the North Slope from just south of Barter Island to Point Lay will persist through Wed. These features are causing east winds over the Arctic coast which will increase through tonight, and be strongest near Point Lay. An occluded front from the Bering Strait to Sleetmute will weaken through Wed and drift slowly south. A mix of rain, snow and freezing rain along this front will diminish tonight and Wed. A 958 mb low in the southern Bering Sea will move to near St Paul Island by 4pm Tue, then weaken very slowly in place. An occluded front stretching east from this low will move overt he southern Bering Sea and Bristol Bay by Tue night, then extend east into the Gulf of Alaksa Wed. This will cause east winds 15 kt over the Northern Bering and West Coast of Alaska to increase to 20-25kt this afternoon and to 25-30 kt tonight. This will also cause east winds in channeled areas of the Interior to increase to 15-20kt this afternoon, and to 25g35kt tonight. We will see winds headlines for most of the West Coast for tonight through Wed night and for zones 217, 219 220 221. This front will bring rain snow mix to the SW part of Alaska tonight and Wed, with just a chance in the SW Interior and West Coast. An Arctic cold front in the Canadian high Arctic will move to the Northern MacKenzie River by 4am Wed, to Arctic Village to Eagle by 4PM Wed, to Barter Island to Fort Yukon to Eagle by 4am Thu and to Deadhorse to Anaktuvuk Pass to Chicken by 4pm Thu. Expect much colder temperatures and NE winds 20kt with this front, with gusts to 35kt through passes. && .DISCUSSION... Models initialize ok aloft and show similar solutions through Fri and then start to see some differences on the weekend with the ECMF warming the Interior more over the weekend than the GFS. At this time favor the GFS with little if any warming over the weekend. At the surface, all models initialize 10 mb too weak at 06Z Tue on the surface low in the southern Bering and 5 mb too weak on the high over the Beaufort Sea. As a result, the low will remain 5-10 mb deeper, and the high 3-5 mb stronger, than models indicate through Tue night. This will cause increase east winds over what models indicate by 5 kt over the Northern Bering, and 3-5 kt over most of northern Alaska this afternoon into Wed. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory for AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. Small Craft Advisory for PKZ200-PKZ210. Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && JB APR 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 5:05 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Apr 17, 5:10 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 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.