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Wind Chill Advisory 57, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 14, 2021

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 14, 2021, 3:02 PM AKST. It took effect at Dec 15, 2021, 12:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2021, 3:02 PM AKST (00:02 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2021, 12:00 PM AKST
Expired
Dec 16, 2021, 10:45 AM AKST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted.

562 
WWAK43 PAFG 150002
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
302 PM AKST Tue Dec 14 2021

AKZ223-151615-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.211215T2100Z-211216T2100Z/
Deltana and Tanana Flats-
Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, 
Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake
302 PM AKST Tue Dec 14 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON AKST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 55 below expected. The cold wind
  chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to
  exposed skin. 

* WHERE...Deltana and Tanana Flats.

* WHEN...Noon Wednesday to noon Thursday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$

AKZ224-151615-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.211215T2100Z-211216T2100Z/
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-
Including Tok, Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, 
Chicken, and Boundary
302 PM AKST Tue Dec 14 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON AKST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 55 below expected. The cold wind
  chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to
  exposed skin. 

* WHERE...Along the Yukon River near Eagle. 

* WHEN...Noon Wednesday to noon Thursday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southeast winds gusting to 25 mph down the
  Yukon River Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning will
  cause very cold wind chills. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$
4 follow-up statements
914 
WWAK43 PAFG 151359
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
459 AM AKST Wed Dec 15 2021

AKZ223-160200-
/O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.211215T2100Z-211216T2100Z/
Deltana and Tanana Flats-
Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, 
Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake
459 AM AKST Wed Dec 15 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
AKST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 55 below expected. The cold 
  wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to 
  exposed skin.

* WHERE...Deltana and Tanana Flats.

* WHEN...Noon today to noon Thursday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$

AKZ224-160200-
/O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.211215T2100Z-211216T2100Z/
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-
Including Tok, Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, 
Chicken, and Boundary
459 AM AKST Wed Dec 15 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
AKST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 55 below expected. The cold 
  wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to 
  exposed skin.

* WHERE...Along the Yukon River near Eagle.

* WHEN...Noon today to noon Thursday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southeast winds gusting to 25 mph down the
  Yukon River Valley Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning
  will cause very cold wind chills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$
271 
WWAK43 PAFG 160036
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
336 PM AKST Wed Dec 15 2021

AKZ223-161945-
/O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-211216T2100Z/
Deltana and Tanana Flats-
Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, 
Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake
336 PM AKST Wed Dec 15 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 55 below expected. The cold 
  wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to 
  exposed skin.

* WHERE...Deltana and Tanana Flats.

* WHEN...Now to noon Thursday.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$

AKZ224-161945-
/O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-211216T2100Z/
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-
Including Tok, Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, 
Chicken, and Boundary
336 PM AKST Wed Dec 15 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 55 below expected. The cold 
  wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to 
  exposed skin.

* WHERE...Along the Yukon River near Eagle.

* WHEN...Noon today to noon Thursday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southeast winds gusting to 25 mph down the
  Yukon River Valley tonight and Thursday will cause very cold 
  wind chills.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$
612 
WWAK43 PAFG 161136
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
236 AM AKST Thu Dec 16 2021

AKZ223-162100-
/O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-211216T2100Z/
Deltana and Tanana Flats-
Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, 
Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake
236 AM AKST Thu Dec 16 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 45 below occuring. The cold 
  wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to 
  exposed skin.

* WHERE...Deltana and Tanana Flats.

* WHEN...Now to noon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$

AKZ224-162100-
/O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-211216T2100Z/
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-
Including Tok, Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, 
Chicken, and Boundary
236 AM AKST Thu Dec 16 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills to 50 below occuring. The cold 
  wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to 
  exposed skin.

* WHERE...Along the Yukon River near Eagle.

* WHEN...Now to noon.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southeast winds gusting to 25 mph down the
  Yukon River Valley today will cause very cold wind chills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind
speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite
and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken.

$$
029 
WWAK43 PAFG 161945
WSWAFG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1045 AM AKST Thu Dec 16 2021

AKZ223-224-162045-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-211216T2100Z/
Deltana and Tanana Flats-
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-
Including Salcha, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, 
Harding/Birch Lake, Dry Creek, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, Tok, 
Tanacross, Eagle, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, Chicken, and Boundary
1045 AM AKST Thu Dec 16 2021

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Dec 14, 5:50 AM AKST, 9 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 5:50 AM AKST, 9 hours 12 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
550 AM AKST Tue Dec 14 2021

.SYNOPSIS...
The cold airmass over mainland Alaska will hang in place into
mid-week, but will shift east out of the state into Wednesday,
prompting a significant warm-up Thursday and into the weekend.
With this warm-up will bring clouds and increasing activity for
the West Coast and Western Interior as more than one front is
forecast to bring wind, snow, mixed precipitation, and possible
coastal impacts.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

Aloft...
Models in fairly decent agreement with the transitional synoptic
pattern through the end of this week.

Surface...
Models in fairly decent agreement at the surface through about day
2. Differences arise Thursday into Friday, especially with a low
tracking in the southern Bering during that same time frame.

Central and Eastern Interior...
Calm and cold for much of the Interior through Wednesday. Likely
snow today south of Eagle and from Dot Lake east which will
dissipate into the evening hours. Clouds will be increasing from
the southwest to the northeast Wednesday into Thursday. Increasing
chances for snow will follow that same trajectory beginning early
Thursday. Winds will increase for the higher terrain and through
the AK Range passes Thursday. Highs rebounding into the teens
below to single digits below zero Thursday afternoon.

West Coast and Western Interior...
Cold wind chills to 45 below ending this morning for most areas
along the coast. Cold wind chills will persist into Wednesday
morning for coastal areas north of the Seward Peninsula.
Otherwise, quiet and calm until a front reaches St. Lawrence
Island by this evening with blizzard conditions expected.
Southeasterly winds and snow will reach the Y-K Delta and Seward
Peninsula the overnight and early morning hours on Wednesday. Snow
and increasing winds will spread into the Western Interior early
Thursday. As a result, temperatures increasing each day and may
even go above freezing in the Y-K Delta region by the end of this
week.

North Slope and Brooks Range...
Quiet and calm conditions today with areas of low stratus and fog.
As front moves inland, winds along the coast will increase out of
the east beginning Wednesday for the Chukchi Sea Coast, and
spread along the rest of the coast into Thursday. Chance of snow
west of Wainright Thursday. Temperatures gradually increasing
through the end of the week.

Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...
Strong southwest winds developing this weekend over the Bering
Sea will bring the potential for coastal flooding along the West
Coast Sunday into Monday time frame.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Wind Chill Watch for AKZ209.

Wind Chill Advisory for AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ215.

Wind Chill Warning for AKZ201.

Blizzard Warning for AKZ213.

Winter Storm Watch for AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214.

Gale Warning for PKZ200.

Storm Warning for PKZ210.

Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

KS DEC 21

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 3:09 PM AKSTDense Fog AdvisoryAFG21 hr
Dec 14, 3:23 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG50 hr
Dec 14, 3:52 PM AKSTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFG3 days
Dec 14, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFG47 hr
Dec 15, 3:42 AM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG13 hr
Dec 15, 3:42 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG35 hr
Dec 15, 3:42 AM AKSTGale WarningAFG24 hr
Dec 15, 1:05 PM AKSTBlizzard WarningAFG34 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.