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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Fairbanks, AK

July 10, 20264 counties in Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jul 10, 2026, 10:55 AM AKDT for 4 counties in Alaska. It took effect at Jul 11, 2026, 10:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2026, 10:55 AM AKDT (18:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 11, 2026, 10:00 AM AKDT
Expired
Jul 11, 2026, 10:00 PM AKDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Denali Borough, AK, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Anchorage Iap/Pt. Campbe, (PANC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 384 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Anchorage Iap/Pt. Campbe, at 12:00Z on 2026-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Anchorage Iap/Pt. Campbe, at 12:00Z on 2026-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 3:45 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Jul 10, 8:31 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area38 hr
Jul 10, 11:27 AM AKDTWind AdvisoryAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area37 hr
Jul 10, 3:49 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG36 hr
Jul 10, 3:49 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.