Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2005
Gale Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 1, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK59 PAFG 012315 CWFAFG NORTHERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKAN 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. PKZ299-021500- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 .SYNOPSIS FOR WESTERN ALASKA AND THE ARCTIC COAST... A 970 MB LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND AS A 976 MB LOW SUN PM. A VERY STRONG LOW NEAR SHEMYA WILL MOVE NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 958 MB LOW SUN PM AND THEN CONTINUE NORTH. $$ AREA 9A PKZ290-021500- NORTON SOUND- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 40 KT. RAIN AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. RAIN AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN THE EVENING. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ AREA 9B PKZ295-021500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...STORM WARNING SUN... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 50 KT. RAIN AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. RAIN AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN THE EVENING. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. FREEZING SPRAY EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN FREEZING SPRAY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IN THE EVENING. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ AREA 10A PKZ200-021500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ AREA 10B PKZ205-021500- WALES TO CAPE LISBURNE- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ AREA 11A PKZ210-021500- CAPE LISBURNE TO CAPE HALKETT- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW THEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...SOUTH WINDS 40 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW IN THE MORNING. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ AREA 11B PKZ215-021500- CAPE HALKETT TO DEMARCATION POINT- 400 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT. .WED...W WINDS 30 KT. .THU...W WINDS 30 KT. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK59 PAFG 021253 CWFAFG NORTHERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKAN COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-030300- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 .SYNOPSIS FOR WESTERN ALASKA AND THE ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT LIES OVER MAINLAND ALASKA FROM POINT LAY TO MINCHUMINA AND SOUTHWARD. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST TO BE OVER THE CANADIAN BORDER AT 3PM SUN. ANOTHER WEATHER FRONT LIES FROM CAPE NAVARIN TO SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND AND SOUTHWARD. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH AND EAST TO LIE FROM POINT HOPE TO KALTAG AND SOUTHWARD AT 3PM SUN. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE EAST OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR SUN NIGHT. $$ AREA 9A PKZ290-030300- NORTON SOUND- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TODAY... ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF FOG. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ AREA 9B PKZ295-030300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. AREAS OF FOG. .MON...SW WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ AREA 10A PKZ200-030300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW IN THE EVENING. .MON...S WINDS 40 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ AREA 10B PKZ205-030300- WALES TO CAPE LISBURNE- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND AREAS OF FOG. .MON...S WINDS 45 KT. SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ AREA 11A PKZ210-030300- CAPE LISBURNE TO CAPE HALKETT- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT TO 40 KT WEST OF POINT FRANKLIN. GUSTS 50 KT NEAR CAPE LISBURNE. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ AREA 11B PKZ215-030300- CAPE HALKETT TO DEMARCATION POINT- 400 AM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. .WED...W WINDS 30 KT. .THU...W WINDS 30 KT. $$
000 FZAK59 PAFG 022301 CWFAFG NORTHERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 WESTERN AND ARCTIC ALASKAN 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. PKZ299-031500- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 .SYNOPSIS FOR WESTERN ALASKA AND THE ARCTIC COAST... A 981 MB LOW NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN. A 953 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE TO 200 NM WEST OF BARROW MON PM AS A 974 MB LOW AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST. $$ AREA 9A PKZ290-031500- NORTON SOUND- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH MON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ AREA 9B PKZ295-031500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING MON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 55 KT. SEAS 22 FT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY LATE IN THE NIGHT. .MON...S WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY EARLY IN THE EVENING. .WED...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ AREA 10A PKZ200-031500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH MON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 50 KT DECREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 35 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ AREA 10B PKZ205-031500- WALES TO CAPE LISBURNE- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH MON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 50 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ AREA 11A PKZ210-031500- CAPE LISBURNE TO CAPE HALKETT- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH MONDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...SOUTH WINDS 55 KT. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. NEAR CAPE LISBURNE...SOUTH WINDS 55 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 40 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ AREA 11B PKZ215-031500- CAPE HALKETT TO DEMARCATION POINT- 400 PM AST SUN JAN 2 2005 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 30 KT. .THU...W WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 30 KT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Jan 1, 9:30 AM AKST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:30 AM AKST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM AST SAT JAN 1 2005
.DISCUSSION...
THE BIG ACTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND WILL BE OVER THE
WESTERN HALF THE STATE. A STRONG FRONT CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO THE
BERING SEA COAST WILL SWEEP NORTHWARD TONIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING
OVER THE ARCTIC COAST SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG
WINDS, SNOW, AND BLOWING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF RAIN AND
FREEZING RAIN TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD TO THE YUKON
DELTA. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE INTERIOR THIS EVENING WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF THE PIPELINE. ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE EARLY SUNDAY.
THE NEXT SYSTEM...WHICH IS STRONGER...IS RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF
CURRENT STORM BRINGING WEATHER TO THE WEST COAST. WINDS AND SNOW
WILL ONLY BRIEFLY DIMINISH BEFORE THE NEXT FRONT ROLLS ONSHORE
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH WIND,
HEAVY SNOW, AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE. THE LOW CENTER IS FORECAST TO TRACK INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA
MONDAY...AND TO THE BEAUFORT SEA TUESDAY.
.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WINTER STORM WARNING...ZONES 201..205..207-211..215-219
WINTER STORM WATCH...ZONES 213..214
WIND ADVISORY...ZONES 212..214
MARINE...STORM...AREA 9B SUN
GALE...AREA 9A..9B..10A..10B..11A
EWP JAN 05Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.