Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2021
Brisk Wind Advisory 163, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 25, 2021, 4:44 AM AKDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
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- Issued
- Apr 25, 2021, 4:44 AM AKDT (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2021, 1:27 PM AKDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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201 FZAK51 PAFG 251244 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 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. PKZ298-260215- 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1023 mb high 400 nm north of Demarcation Point will track into the high Canadian Arctic by this evening. A weather front will move south over the Beaufort Sea today, and inland tonight into Monday. $$ PKZ225-260215- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 .TODAY...NE winds 5 kt. .TONIGHT...N winds 5 kt. .MON...NE winds 10 kt. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .WED...N winds 10 kt. .THU...N winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ230-260215- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 .TODAY...E winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .MON...E winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .TUE...E winds 5 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. .WED...NE winds 10 kt. .THU...NE winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ235-260215- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-260215- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-260215- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 444 AM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. $$ Apr 21
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861 FZAK51 PAFG 252307 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 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. PKZ298-261430- 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1032 mb high near the pole will strengthen to 1036 mb and move into the eastern Beaufort Sea Monday afternoon. A weather front will move south across the Beaufort coast today into tonight. A 1007 mb low will move from Siberia into the Chukchi Sea Tuesday afternoon, then to near Point Lay Wednesday. $$ PKZ225-261430- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 .TONIGHT...E winds 5 kt becoming N. .MON...N winds 5 kt. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .TUE...S winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .WED...W winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .THU...N winds 10 kt. .FRI...SE winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ230-261430- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 kt becoming NE. .MON...E winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .TUE...S winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. .THU...NE winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ235-261430- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-261430- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-261430- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 307 PM AKDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ Apr 21
110 FZAK51 PAFG 261228 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 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. PKZ298-270215- 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1036 mb high will move south into the eastern Beaufort Sea this afternoon. A weather over the Beaufort Sea coast will push inland today. A 1007 mb low will move from Siberia into the Chukchi Sea Tuesday afternoon, then to near Point Lay Wednesday. $$ PKZ225-270215- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 .TODAY...NW winds 10 kt. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. .TUE...S winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .WED...W winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .THU...NW winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-270215- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 .TODAY...E winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .TUE...S winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 10 kt. .FRI...N winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ235-270215- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-270215- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-270215- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 428 AM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ Apr 21
508 FZAK51 PAFG 262322 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 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. PKZ298-271430- 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A low pressure trough that lies from Point Lay to just south of Barter Island will move to just north of Point Barrow to Barter Island by 4pm Tue, and then weaken on Wed. A 1002 mb low west of Wrangel Island will move into the Chukchi Sea as a 1009 mb low by 4pm Tue, then to 100 NM east of Cape Lisburne as a 1007 mb low by 4pm Wed. $$ PKZ225-271430- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...NW winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. .THU...NW winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. .SAT...N winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-271430- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt decreasing to 5 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE...W winds 5 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...N winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .FRI...N winds 10 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ235-271430- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. .FRI...NE winds 15 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-271430- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-271430- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 322 PM AKDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. $$ Apr 21
301 FZAK51 PAFG 271223 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 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. PKZ298-280215- 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A low pressure trough that lies from Point Lay to just south of Barter Island will move to just north of Point Barrow to Barter Island by this afternoon, and then weaken on Wed. A 1002 mb low west of Wrangel Island will move into the Chukchi Sea as a 1009 mb low by this afternoon, then to 100 NM east of Cape Lisburne as a 1007 mb low by 4pm Wed. $$ PKZ225-280215- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 .TODAY...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...NW winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. .THU...NW winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. .SAT...N winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-280215- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 .TODAY...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...N winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .FRI...N winds 10 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ235-280215- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 20 kt decreasing to 10 kt. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. .FRI...NE winds 15 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-280215- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-280215- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 423 AM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. $$ Apr 21
356 FZAK51 PAFG 272127 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 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. PKZ298-281400- 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... Low pressure over the Western Arctic and Arctic Plain will spread NE as a 1030 mb high moves NE and and weakens. A 1006 mb low will move to Point Lay Wed morning, and to Umiat Wed evening. The low will move to 100 nm N of Oliktok Point by Thu morning with low pressure extending NW across the Arctic. $$ PKZ225-281400- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 kt becoming NW 20 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...NW winds 20 kt increasing to 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .THU...NW winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .FRI...NW winds 20 kt. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .SAT...N winds 15 kt. .SUN...N winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-281400- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...NW winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 10 kt. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ235-281400- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 10 kt. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-281400- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Freezing fog. .WED...E winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...E winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-281400- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 127 PM AKDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .THU...SE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. $$ SDB Apr 21
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 24, 3:19 PM AKDT, 13 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:19 PM AKDT, 13 hours 25 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 319 PM AKDT Sat Apr 24 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Strong high pressure aloft over Northern Alaska will persist into Sun and then slowly weaken next week. This will cause very warm and generally dry weather over most of Northern Alaska through Sun. A weather front in SW Alaska will bring a chance of light snow/rain to the Yukon Delta and St Lawrence Is/Bering Strait area tonight and Sun. A cold front NE of Alaska will move southeast over the North Slope and Yukon Territory tonight and Sun, and then move east over the Eastern Interior on Mon and into the Wrn Interior on Tue. This will cause high temperatures to fall 10-15F across the Interior from Sun into Tue, with temps near normal values by Tue. Will see east winds increase to 25-35 mph over the Arctic Coast from Utqiagvik east from Sun PM into Mon behind the cold front which may cause blowing snow from Deadhorse east. Will see NE winds 10-20kt over most of the Ern INterior Mon and Tue behind the front, with gusts 25 kt in channeled areas such as Finger Mtn and Eagle Summit. Near Seasonal temperatures will persist from Wed through next weekend over most of Nrn Alaska. Aloft... The long wave pattern consists of an omega block over Alaska with a strong 5630 meter 500 mb high over Northern Alaska with a deep low over the Northwest Territory and another low over the Bering Sea. This pattern will persist through Sun, then start to slowly break down Mon through Wed as a strong short wave moves from the NW Territory low west over the Yukon Territory and Eastern Interior of Alaska, and the low in the Bering Sea moves southeast into the Gulf of Alaska. The Ridge will finally break down about Thu as a strong short wave moves from Eastern Russia to the West Coast of Alaska. Surface... An occluded front stretching from Provideniya to the YK Delta to Will move to the Bering Strait to Bethel by 4am Sun and then dissipate. This is causing a mix of rain and snow over the YK Delta that will move NW to the Bering Strait and St Lawrence Is tonight then dissipate. A second occluded front in the southeast Bering will move to the Bristol Bay Coast Sun PM and will bring a slight chance of rain and snow to the YK Delta Sun night into Mon, then dissipate Mon PM as the front dissipates. A weak thermal trough that lies from McGrath to Big Delta will weaken tonight and then reform Sun PM. This will cause south winds 15g25 mph through Alaska Range Passes and East winds 15g25 mph from Big Delta to Nenana this PM, then again Sun PM as the trough strengthens each PM. An Arctic cold front that lies from Banks Island to Wrangel Island will move to Inuvik to Mayo to Barter Island to Wainwright by 4am Sun, to Dawson to Barter Island to Point Lay by 4pm Sun, to Northway to Tanana to Deadhorse to Point Lay by 4pm Mon, then to Northway to McGrath to Ambler by 4pm Tue. Expect stratus clouds and patchy fog with the front along the Arctic Coast. The front will also cause east winds 25 to 35 mph along the Arctic Coast from Utqiagvik east Sun PM into Mon, with gusts 35 to 45 mph and blowing snow near Barter Island Sun PM into Mon. The front will be dry in the Interior, but cause NE winds 10 to 2o mph with gusts 25 mph at Finger Mtn, Eagle Summits, and Elliot Highway Summits. Will also see surface highs cool 10-15F from the Sunday highs with the frontal passage on Mon and Tue. && .DISCUSSION... At 12Z models all verify 20-30 meter too low on the h500 blocking high located over the Northern Interior of Alaska. All models show this high persisting through Sun and then weakening slowly next week. Since this high is stronger than models initialize, and is the block portion of an omega block, expect the high to persist longer and weaken more slowly than models indicate. That being said, all models indicate a short wave trough moving from the high Arctic south over the Yukon Territory and Eastern Interior of Alaska Mon and Tue. At 850 mb, models initialize well, and show similar conditions through Mon, with the NAM and ECMF cooling temps more on Tue than the GFS. Given that that the models all weaken the ridge aloft too fast, favor the warmer GFS solution for Tue. For precipitation, models show same general pattern with a chance of precip over zones 213 and 214 next few days, and a slight chance near Northway Mon PM and Tue. Will go with the GFS precip for the most part, as the NAM show light convective precip under the blocking high where now clouds are forming. At the surface models verify well at 15Z. Models show same general pattern through Tue. Will use a blend of the NAM and GFS for winds through Tue, but add in slightly stronger winds along Tana Valley jest area and through AK Range Passes this PM and Sun PM blowing into the thermal trough. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .FIRE WEATHER... None, due to snow cover. && .HYDROLOGY... Continued steady melt through Mon over Interior with snow melt water water ponding in low lying areas. Ice is now rotting and unsafe on most rivers. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && JB APR 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 25, 3:07 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 61 hr |
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