Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2005
Gale Warning 91, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 21, 2005, 11:30 PM AKDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 21, 2005, 11:30 PM AKDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2005, 9:12 AM AKDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFG 221230 CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ARCTIC ALASKA 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. PKZ298-230215- 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 970 MB LOW 80 NM NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE TO 300 NM NORTH OF BARROW AS A 980 MB LOW SUN AM THEN CONTINUE NORTH. A 980 MB LOW NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE SOUTH EAST ON SAT. $$ PKZ225-230215- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. FOG...SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ230-230215- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT. FOG...SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. FOG... SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. $$ PKZ235-230215- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT BECOMING W. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. FOG...SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. $$ PKZ240-230215- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-230215- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 430 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ OCT 05
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFG 222212 CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ARCTIC ALASKA 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. PKZ298-231200- 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 970 MB LOW ABOUT 200 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE NORTH ABOUT 15 KT AND WEAKEN. HIGH PRESSURE OVER YAKUTIA WILL SLOWLY BUILD EAST TOWARD BERING STRAIT THROUGH MONDAY. $$ PKZ225-231200- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .TUE...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ230-231200- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ235-231200- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ240-231200- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-231200- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 212 PM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS BUILDING TO 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS BUILDING TO 5 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 5 KT. $$ TF/CF OCT 05
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 Oct 21, 9:50 AM AKDT, 13 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 9:50 AM AKDT, 13 hours 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 250 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 30 HOURS. AFTER 30 HOURS ETA PUSHES THE BERING LOW SOUTH TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND WHILE GFS KEEPS THE LOW IN THE NORTON SOUND. BUT THIS IS SHORT LIVED AS GFS CATCHES UP AND DROPS THE LOW IN THE SAME LOCATION 6 HOURS LATER. BOTH MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH BRINGING THE FIRST PUSH OF COLDER AIR ACROSS THE INTERIOR LATE SATURDAY. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A MUCH STRONGER PUSH OF COLDER AIR INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE ON SUNDAY. THIS IS LEGITIMATE COLD AIR AS THE UPSTREAM AIR MASS IS SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER WHICH IS EVIDENCED BY THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES. DECENT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR THE BERING SEA LOW AS IT IS VERTICALLY STACKED. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW IN THE BERING STRAIT AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TODAY. CONTINUED MODERATELY STRONG UPPER LEVEL FLOW OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE INTERIOR CONTINUES TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. THIS IS ALSO ENHANCED BY THE OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD OVER THE STATE. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THE WINDS ARE TURNING MORE SOUTHERLY AND THIS INCLUDES EVEN THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS. THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE DOWNSLOPE WINDS AGAIN TO THE INTERIOR FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THE UPPER LEVEL GRADIENT IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE TO SUCH TO REALLY WARM UP AT SURFACE LEVEL. ON SATURDAY THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS TAKE A TURN AND THE GRADIENT RELAXES MORE. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD AIR PUSH INTO THE INTERIOR FROM THE WEST. BY SUNDAY SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR OF THE STATE WHICH IS SLOWLY WEAKENING. THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO LIE NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE WESTERN INTERIOR PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SNOW WITH THE WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGING IN POCKETS OF MOISTURE. OUTLOOK FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE FOR NEXT WEEK IS MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A BIG MOVE BACK TO NORMALS AND POSSIBLY EVEN BELOW NORMALS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && CF OCT 05
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.