Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, N. Brooks Rng E of Colville R
- When
- January 2, 2:16 AM AKST to 2:36 PM AKST
- Where
- N. Brooks Rng E of Colville R forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 2, 2007
An occlusion moved over interior Alaska and caused sustained winds to increase enough through Anaktuvuk Pass to create Extreme Wind Chills. The lowest Wind Chill value reported, calculated from the Anaktuvuk Pass AWOS, was 62 degrees below zero.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
An occlusion moved over interior Alaska and caused sustained winds to increase enough through Anaktuvuk Pass to create Extreme Wind Chills. The lowest Wind Chill value reported, calculated from the Anaktuvuk Pass AWOS, was 62 degrees below zero.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 2, 12:01 AM AKST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 12:01 AM AKST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 501 AM AST TUE JAN 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... CHILLY IF NOT EXTREME WEATHER PATTERN SHOULD CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA INTO THE WEEKEND. COLD LOW ALOFT OVER SW ALASKA WILL REMAIN QSTNRY INTO THU EVENING BUT BECOME MORE W-E ORIENTED. RIDGING ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER NORTH SLOPE STARTING WEDNESDAY. STRONG SURFACE LOWS CONTINUING TO BASH INTO GULF OF ALASKA COAST. MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT...THO OF COURSE DIFFER IN DETAILS OF THE DEEP SURFACE LOWS. MID-RANGE AGREE IN KEEPING LOW HEIGHTS OVER AREA THRU THE WEEKEND...BUT PER NCEP MID RANGE DISCO FROM MON...ALSO AGREE ON MODERATION THEREAFTER. OF COURSE THE DETAILS REMAIN TO BE SEEN...COULD EASILY MORPH INTO A STORMY BERING SEA PATTERN. NORTH SLOPE...POES PIXS SHOW ARCTIC AIRMASS ST HAS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR PAST 12 HOURS...THO POCKETS OF CLOUD FREE AREAS PERSIST. GAP FLOW REGIME TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES. WILL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ZONE 206. INLAND NORTH SLOPE QUITE COLD...WITH MOST OF THE NORTHERN PLAIN COLDER THAN 40 BELOW AND SAT DERIVED SURFACE TEMPS IN THE UPPER COLVILLE RIVER DRAINAGE INTO THE 50S BELOW. NEARLY ALL OF THE DALTON HIGHWAY AUTOMATED PLATFORMS ARE NOT REPORTING BUT BLM GAGE AT UMIAT HAS BEEN DOWN TO 47 BELOW. THIS IS INTENSIFYING THE MESO- HIGH THAT IS FUELING THE WINDS IN THE PASSES. WEST COAST...LOCALIZED WIND CHILLS REMAIN THE MAJOR PROBLEM. HAVE EXTENDED ADVISORY TO ZONE 211 FOR TOPKOK AREA. NO MAJOR CHANGE FOR SOME TIME TO COME. FOR THE INTERIOR...WITH CLOSED LOW REMAINING OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA...CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BE THE RULE MOST PLACES MOST OF THE TIME. HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY WEST OF 150W...WITH OCCASIONAL CLEAR PERIODS...TEMPS WILL PLUNGE. HIGHER ELEVATION AND CHANNELED VALLEY WINDS MOSTLY NOT A PROBLEM AND SHOULD DECREASE A BIT TONIGHT AS GRADIENT WEAKENS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ211-AKZ213-AKZ217. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ206. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. && RT JAN 07
Event by event
1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Debris Flow and High Wind in Washington, January 2, 2007
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 2 to 6, 2007
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 2 to 4, 2007
- Heavy Rain in Washington, January 2 to 3, 2007
- High Wind in Montana, January 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 2 to 3, 2007
- Wildfire in Puerto Rico, January 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 2 to 3, 2007
- High Wind in Oregon, January 2, 2007
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 2 to 3, 2007
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 2007
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5811.