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Wind Chill Advisory 59, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 30, 2021, 4:58 AM AKST. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2021, 4:58 AM AKST (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2022, 11:43 AM AKST
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
403 WWAK42 PAFG 301358 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 458 AM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 AKZ207-310200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.211230T1358Z-211231T2000Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 458 AM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 55 below zero. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast. * WHEN...Now to 11 AM Friday. 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. $$ AKZ213-310200- /O.NEW.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.211230T1358Z-211231T2000Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 458 AM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AKST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 55 below zero. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Now to 11 AM Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. $$
5 follow-up statements
635 WWAK42 PAFG 302318 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 218 PM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 AKZ207-311600- /O.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T0300Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 218 PM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 55 below zero. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast. * WHEN...Now to 6 PM Friday. 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. $$ AKZ213-311600- /O.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T0300Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 218 PM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 50 below zero. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Now to 6 PM Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. $$
950 WWAK42 PAFG 311429 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 529 AM AKST Fri Dec 31 2021 AKZ207-010200- /O.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T1500Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 529 AM AKST Fri Dec 31 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 55 below zero. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast. * WHEN...Now to 6 AM Saturday. 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. $$ AKZ213-010200- /O.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T1500Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 529 AM AKST Fri Dec 31 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 50 below zero. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Now to 6 AM Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. $$
674 WWAK42 PAFG 312238 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 138 PM AKST Fri Dec 31 2021 AKZ207-011500- /O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T1500Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 138 PM AKST Fri Dec 31 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 55 below zero. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast. * WHEN...Now to 6 AM Saturday. 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. $$ AKZ213-011500- /O.CON.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T1500Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 138 PM AKST Fri Dec 31 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 40 below zero to 50 below zero. * WHERE...St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. * WHEN...Now to 6 AM Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. $$
440 WWAK42 PAFG 011352 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 452 AM AKST Sat Jan 1 2022 AKZ213-011500- /O.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T1500Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 452 AM AKST Sat Jan 1 2022 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Conditions have improved. $$ AKZ210-012100- /O.EXB.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T2100Z/ Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula- Including Buckland, Deering, Candle, Council, Haycock, Pilgrim Springs, Serpentine Hot Springs, and Taylor 452 AM AKST Sat Jan 1 2022 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. Expect wind chills to 40 below zero. * WHERE...Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula. * WHEN...Now to noon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and sustained wind speeds of 15 mph or more will create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. $$ AKZ207-012100- /O.EXT.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T2100Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, and Espenberg 452 AM AKST Sat Jan 1 2022 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST TODAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills occurring. Expect wind chills to 40 below zero. * WHERE...Chukchi Sea Coast. * WHEN...Now to noon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. 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. $$
045 WWAK42 PAFG 012043 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1143 AM AKST Sat Jan 1 2022 AKZ207-210-012145- /O.CAN.PAFG.WC.Y.0059.000000T0000Z-220101T2100Z/ Chukchi Sea Coast-Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula- Including Point Hope, Shishmaref, Kivalina, Espenberg, Buckland, Deering, Candle, Council, Haycock, Pilgrim Springs, Serpentine Hot Springs, and Taylor 1143 AM AKST Sat Jan 1 2022 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$
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 30, 4:57 AM AKST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 4:57 AM AKST, 1 minute before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 457 AM AKST Thu Dec 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Slowing down after a very active weather period over the next few days as the storm track shifts to the south of our forecast area. While the heavy snow and gusty winds have subsided, we are still expecting snowfall accumulations of 1 to 3 inches across the Central Interior today and an additional 1 to 2 inches across the Alaska Range on Friday night into Saturday. A return of colder air from the Arctic will move over northern Alaska on the weekend. Expect temperatures to fall below zero and remain cold through the following week. && .DISCUSSION... A weather front extending from a low pressure over Kotzebue and extending east across Tanana to Eagle and into the Yukon territory is where there is some lingering snow showers today and tonight on the Arctic front. A strong low will move into the southern Bering Sea today and then to Bristol Bay on Friday, and then into the northern Gulf of Alaska on Saturday. This system will push one last burst of snow into the southern Interior Friday night and Saturday before clearing skies and much colder temperatures arrive. A tight northerly pressure gradient will develop from an Arctic high pressure which will result in gusty northerly winds and low wind chills along the west coast, over summits, and in channeled areas of the Interior. The north american model initialized the low pressure features well with the strength and will be utilized within the first 24 hour period while the GFS, Canadian and ECMWF was used the in the later periods with the track of moving the low pressure system that will bring precipitation to Alaska Range and southeast Interior on Friday night and Saturday. North Slope and Brooks Range... The North Slope will remain relatively quiet over the next couple days as a cooling trend continues. Winds will be generally light around 5 to 15 mph, except for increasing north winds to 30 mph at Cape Lisburne and Point Hope tonight. Otherwise some fog and flurries are possible along the coast today through Saturday. Will see the stronger northerly winds across the eastern Brooks Range starting tonight along the Point Lay and continue through Friday which have decided to issue wind chill advisory for the northwest Arctic coast. Winds will also increase Friday night into Saturday for the eastern Brooks Range, mainly south areas of Atigun and Anaktuvuk passes, but will continue to monitor as expect potentially up to 60 below zero in the passes. West Coast and Western Interior... Dry conditions are otherwise expected into the weekend as colder air filters across the area. Northeasterly winds will increase across western Alaska today with gales developing south of St. Lawrence Island over the marine area. The combination of winds and cold surface temperatures will lead to wind chills from 30 to 40 below or colder. Already starting to see 40 below zero at Kivalina with winds of 25 mph. Central and Eastern Interior... Expect some lingering light snow today with up to an inch in snow accumulation from Tanana and eastward. Otherwise breaks in the clouds will develop with cooling temperatures. Gusty winds 20 to 30 mph will develop over summits and in channeled areas on Friday with wind chills to 30 below or colder in some locations will need to monitor to see if may need to issue wind chill advisories for these areas. Light snow will spread north of the Alaska Range on Friday and into the Tanana Valley, bringing 1 to 3 inches of snowfall through Saturday with heaviest amounts along the Alaska Range and areas along and southeast of the Taylor highway. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Chill Advisory for AKZ201-AKZ207-AKZ213. Gale Warning for PKZ210. Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DEC 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 3:00 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 64 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:26 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 50 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:26 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 50 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:58 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Dec 30, 2:20 PM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 68 hr | |
| Dec 30, 2:20 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 55 hr | |
| Dec 30, 2:26 PM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 3 days |
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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.