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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2018, 3:44 AM AKDT. It took effect at Apr 29, 2018, 10:56 AM AKDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
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The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2018, 3:44 AM AKDT (11:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2018, 10:56 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2018, 1:25 AM AKDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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As transmitted.
128 WWAK73 PAFG 281144 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 344 AM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 AKZ226-290200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180429T0800Z-180430T1400Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 344 AM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from midnight tonight to 6 AM AKDT Monday. * LOCATION...Passes west of the tok cutoff. * WINDS... South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * TIMING...South winds will increase late this evening and will continue to be strong through Monday morning. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
889 WWAK73 PAFG 282129 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 129 PM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 AKZ226-291500- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180429T0800Z-180430T1400Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 129 PM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...Passes west of the tok cutoff. * WINDS... South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * TIMING...South winds will increase late this evening and will continue to be strong through Monday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
983 WWAK73 PAFG 290745 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1145 PM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 AKZ226-300200- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180430T0200Z-180430T1400Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 1145 PM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...Passes west of the tok cutoff. * WINDS... South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. * TIMING...South winds will increase late this evening and will continue to be strong through Monday morning. 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. && $$
310 WWAK73 PAFG 291017 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 217 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 AKZ220-300200- /O.EXA.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180430T0200Z-180430T1400Z/ Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands- Including Fort Yukon, Venetie, Central, Circle, Stevens Village, Beaver, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, and Twelvemile Summit 217 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 6 PM this evening to 6 AM AKDT Monday. * LOCATION...Over highway summits. * WINDS... Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * TIMING...Southwest winds will increase this evening and will continue to be strong through Monday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$ AKZ226-300200- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180430T0200Z-180430T1400Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 217 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...Passes west of the tok cutoff. * WINDS... South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 55 mph. * TIMING...South winds will increase this evening and will continue to be strong through Monday morning. 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. && $$
968 WWAK73 PAFG 291856 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1056 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 AKZ225-300200- /O.EXB.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180429T1856Z-180430T1400Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 1056 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 6 AM AKDT Monday. * LOCATION...Alaska Range Passes. * WINDS... South 35 to 60 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will diminish early Monday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$ AKZ226-300200- /O.EXT.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180429T1856Z-180430T1400Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 1056 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...Near Alaska Range Passes west of the Tok Cutoff. * WINDS... South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph. * TIMING...Winds will diminish early Monday morning. 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. && $$ AKZ220-300200- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180430T0200Z-180430T1400Z/ Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands- Including Fort Yukon, Venetie, Central, Circle, Stevens Village, Beaver, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, and Twelvemile Summit 1056 AM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...On summits. * WINDS... Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds will be around midnight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$
177 WWAK73 PAFG 292141 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 141 PM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 AKZ220-301400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.180430T0200Z-180430T1400Z/ Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands- Including Fort Yukon, Venetie, Central, Circle, Stevens Village, Beaver, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, and Twelvemile Summit 141 PM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...On summits. * WINDS... Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * TIMING...Strongest winds will be around midnight. 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. && $$ AKZ225-301400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-180430T1400Z/ Denali- Including Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, and Kantishna 141 PM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...Near Alaska Range Passes. * WINDS... South 35 to 60 mph with gusts to 65 mph. * TIMING...Winds will diminish early Monday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$ AKZ226-301400- /O.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-180430T1400Z/ Eastern Alaska Range- Including Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 141 PM AKDT Sun Apr 29 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY... * LOCATION...Near Alaska Range Passes west of the Tok Cutoff. * WINDS... South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph. * TIMING...Winds will diminish early Monday morning. 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. && $$
660 WWAK73 PAFG 300925 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 125 AM AKDT Mon Apr 30 2018 AKZ220-225-226-301030- /O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-180430T1400Z/ Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands-Denali-Eastern Alaska Range- Including Fort Yukon, Venetie, Central, Circle, Stevens Village, Beaver, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, Twelvemile Summit, Healy, Denali National Park, Carlo Creek, Kantishna, Mentasta Lake, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, Trims DOT Camp, Eagle Trail, and Mineral Lake 125 AM AKDT Mon Apr 30 2018 $$ AKZ219-010200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.180430T2000Z-180501T0800Z/ Upper Koyukuk Valley- Including Allakaket, Hughes, Bettles, Caribou Mountain, and Gobblers Knob 125 AM AKDT Mon Apr 30 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to midnight AKDT tonight. * LOCATION...Over Dalton Highway Summits * WINDS...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph * TIMING...Southwest winds will increase late this morning and remain strong through midnight tonight. Winds will diminish after midnight. 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. && $$ AKZ221-010200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.180430T2000Z-180501T0800Z/ Central Interior- Including Nenana, Anderson, Tanana, Minto, Manley Hot Springs, Rampart, Lake Minchumina, and Livengood 125 AM AKDT Mon Apr 30 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to midnight AKDT tonight. * LOCATION...Over Elliot Highway Summits * WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * TIMING...Southwest winds will increase late this morning and remain strong through midnight tonight. Winds will diminish after midnight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that strong winds are occurring or expected. Travel may be difficult. Secure loose objects which may be blown about by the wind. && $$ AKZ222-010200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0030.180430T2000Z-180501T0800Z/ Middle Tanana Valley- Including Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright, Eielson AFB, Ester, North Pole, Moose Creek, Two Rivers, Fox, Chatanika, Chena Hot Springs, and Sourdough Camp 125 AM AKDT Mon Apr 30 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to midnight AKDT tonight. * LOCATION...Over highway summits north of Fairbanks. * WINDS...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * TIMING...Southwest winds will increase late this morning and remain strong through midnight tonight. Winds will diminish after midnight. 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. && $$
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 28, 2:45 AM AKDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:45 AM AKDT, 59 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 245 AM AKDT Sat Apr 28 2018 .DISCUSSION... Active spring weather pattern continues over northern Alaska with a strong late season low moving northeast out of the southern Bering sea into Norton Sound late Sunday and Monday. A 995 mb low near Nunivak Island will move onshore today and weaken rapidly over the west coast and will bring another round of rain showers at lower elevations and snow showers at higher elevations today and tonight. The low will continue to weaken into a trough as it enters the western and central interior and will bring light snow at higher elevations and rain to the lower elevations today and tonight. Gusty gap winds will develop today through he Alaska Range passes and will continue tonight as the trough moves into the central interior. Focus turns to a 992 mb low currently located 250 nm south of Shemya as it moves rapidly north and east and combines with a 976 mb low moving east over the western Bering Sea. The lows combine as a 976 mb low over the central Bering Sea tonight and continues to deepen to around 972 mb as the low passes 300 nm south of St Lawrence Island Sunday. A strong front moves onshore over the lower YK Delta Sunday morning and pushes north and east into the western interior. Strong winds are expected to develop along the west coast and St Lawrence Island Sunday morning. Rain and rain snow mix are expected over the west coast as the front moves on shore. South to southwest winds will increase ahead of the storm and combined with low pressure will produce elevated tide levels along the west coast. Wind direction and speed will be changing rapidly ahead of the storm and will help limit the potential for high surf Sunday along the west coast. As winds shift to the west and northwest as the low moves on shore in Norton Sound, model guidance continues to show increased potential for high surf and minor coastal flooding especially along the lower YK Delta coast as well as the northern shore of St Lawrence Island. There remains considerable spread on track and strength of this late season storm. Small changes in the track of this low will result in significant differences as to where and when the highest surf and tide values are expected. See Coastal Hazard Potential section for additional details. The low moving on shore today over the lower YK Delta will weaken into a trough and will produce gusty winds through the passes in the Alaska Range. The low pressure system currently south of the Aleutians will push a strong front through the lower YK Delta and over the Alaska Range Sunday. As the front moves north over the Alaska Range expect the gusty gap winds through the Alaska Range to strengthen to Advisory levels especially in the eastern Alaska Range where a southwest flow aloft favors a weak mountain wave developing and enhancing the gap winds. A Wind Advisory has been issued for this area. Will need to monitor the northern foothills of the western Alaska Range from Farewell Lake to Healy as a barrier jet is expected to develop and may mix down and strengthen surface winds in these areas late Sunday and into Monday. Model spread on the tack and strength of the low developing in the central Bering Sea is considerable with low center placement varying several hundred miles on model initialization at 00z and verification at 06z. Model tracks vary between models by several hundred miles into Sunday morning however the ECMWF has come in line better with track and strength depicted by the GFS, NAM and Canadian model. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...Potential continues to increase for high surf and minor coastal flooding for Scammon Bay and Cape Romanzof, the lower Yukon Delta as well as the northern shore of St Lawrence Island late Sunday night and through the day Monday. Current surf guidance indicates water levels rising to 5 to 6 feet above mean low low water levels or 3 to 4 feet above High Astronomical Tide levels as gusty west to northwest winds develop in these areas as a deep low moves into eastern Norton Sound during the day Monday. There remains considerable uncertainty on the track of the low at this time. Small deviations in the track of the storm will produce significant differences in where the highest surf conditions will occur. A track of a hundred miles further north would significantly increase the potential for high surf and minor coastal flooding to eastern Norton Sound. Continue to monitor for additonal updates. && .FIRE WEATHER...Near Red Flag conditions will continue today and Sunday near the Alaska Range as Gap winds develop later today. Expect winds gusting to around 55 mph with Relative Humidity values in the 30s. Chances of rain and snow showers will increase through the weekend as moisture moves northeast into the interior around a low moving east out of the Bering Sea into Norton Sound. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory for AKZ226. Small Craft Advisory for PKZ210. && CCC APR 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:10 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Apr 28, 2:37 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 hr |
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