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Gale Warning 57, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 22, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Aug 22, 2005, 9:30 AM AKDT. It was in force for 13 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: Aug 22, 2005, 9:30 AM AKDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2005, 10:42 PM AKDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

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 Aug 22, 9:30 AM AKDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 9:30 AM AKDT, 0 minutes before

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT MON AUG 22 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE SIMILAR. AN UPPER LOW OVER
THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL LESS WELL DEFINED AND MOVE
TO THE EASTERN SEWARD PENINSULA/WEST CENTRAL INTERIOR BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

AN ASSOCIATED 988 MB SURFACE LOW JUST NORTHEAST OF THE
PRIBILOFS THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN
SEWARD PENINSULA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WEAKENING TO
993-994 MB. THE CLOUD SHIELD HAS ALREADY SPREAD EASTWARD
TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR.

A PERIOD OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE
PASSES IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
IN ADVANCE OF THE ASOSCIATED SURFACE FRONT. SMALL CRAFT
TO GALE NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
WESTERN COASTAL WATERS AFTER PASSAGE OF THE SURFACE LOW.

.HYDRO...NONE
.FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG WARNING ZONES 223-225-226

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING...ZONES 223-225-226
         DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY...ZONES 218-219-220
MARINE...GALE WARNING...AREA 210
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...AREAS 200-220-225-230

RF AUG 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 21, 10:07 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	3 days
Aug 21, 11:50 PM AKDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	10 hr
Aug 22, 1:33 AM AKDT	High Wind Watch	AFG	47 hr
Aug 22, 9:23 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	70 hr
Aug 22, 9:30 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	68 hr
Aug 22, 9:47 AM AKDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	19 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.