Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2006
Gale Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 7, 2006, 9:43 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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 7, 2006, 9:43 PM AKST (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2006, 9:13 AM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 081143 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 AM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 NORTHWESTERN 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. PKZ299-090100- 243 AM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. MODERATELY STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ200-090100- NORTON SOUND- 243 AM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ210-090100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 243 AM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. STRONGER WINDS NEAR BERING STRAIT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ215-090100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 243 AM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-090100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 243 AM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. STRONGER WINDS NEAR BERING STRAIT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ TS/CF JAN 06
3 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 082319 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091400- 219 PM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 980 MB LOW WILL REMAIN IN THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MONDAY AND WEAKEN TO 990 MB BY TUESDAY. ON MONDAY NIGHT A 990 MB LOW WILL APPROACH COLD BAY FROM THE SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. $$ PKZ200-091400- NORTON SOUND- 219 PM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .THU...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-091400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 219 PM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-091400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 219 PM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-091400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 219 PM AST SUN JAN 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ JL/JWA JAN 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 091203 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 AM AST MON JAN 9 2006 NORTHWESTERN 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. PKZ299-100315- 303 AM AST MON JAN 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEAK LOW OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TO BE 992 MB OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS EARLY TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING EAST OVER THE ARCTIC SLOPE. $$ PKZ200-100315- NORTON SOUND- 303 AM AST MON JAN 9 2006 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-100315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 303 AM AST MON JAN 9 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-100315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 303 AM AST MON JAN 9 2006 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...S WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-100315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 303 AM AST MON JAN 9 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 TO 35 KT...STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 35 KT...STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT...STRONGEST OVER THE OUTER WATERS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT...STRONGEST OVER THE OUTER WATERS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/DJH JAN 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 092313 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 213 PM AST MON JAN 9 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101300- 213 PM AST MON JAN 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEAK LOW NEAR THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL MOVE EAST TO BRISTOL BAY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY BY WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ PKZ200-101300- NORTON SOUND- 213 PM AST MON JAN 9 2006 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-101300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 213 PM AST MON JAN 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NW WINDS 30 KT EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT EXCEPT 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-101300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 213 PM AST MON JAN 9 2006 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-101300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 213 PM AST MON JAN 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ JL/JWA JAN 06
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 7, 9:18 AM AKST, 12 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:18 AM AKST, 12 hours 25 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 218 PM AST SAT JAN 7 2006 CORRECTED WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES LIST .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...RIDGE OVER AK FROM WESTERN CANADA WILL BREAK DOWN MONDAY OVER THE STATE AS A LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC MOVES NORTHEAST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. AHEAD OF THIS LOW A WEAK TROUGH NEAR THE GULF OF ALASKA COAST WILL DRIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY PROVIDING SOME WEAK SOUTH FLOW TEMPORARILY TO THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER BERING AND CHUKCHI SEA THEN EXPANDS EAST SLOWLY. A TROUGH NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST DRIFT SOUTH TO THE COAST MONDAY. A LOW NEAR THE PRIBILOFS CURVES NE APPROACHING NUNIVAK ISLAND WED AM...ASSOCIATED TROUGH MOVES NORTH OVER YUKON DELTA TUE. SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION WILL GENERALLY PERSIST BUT A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTH ONTO THE ARCTIC COAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. 968 MB LOW IN NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA MON AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN TO 976 MB. MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT PERSISTING OVER WEST COAST. MODELS...PREFER GFS OVER ETA IN TREATMENT OF NORTH PACIFIC LOW...KEEPING IT 6-8 MB DEEPER. EXPECT GRADUAL COOLING TREND ALL OF NORTHERN AK MON THROUGH TUE AS LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO GULF OF ALASKA AND FLOW ALOFT DROPS TO NEAR NOTHING...BOTH US AND EUROPEAN MODELS AGREE ON THIS. NORTH SLOPE...THE BAND OF STRATUS FROM THE EASTERN COAST TO POINT LAY BUT SOUTH OF BARROW IS SOMEWHAT PERSISTENT TODAY BUT EXPECT A SHRINKING OF IT OVER NEXT 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF WEAK TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH TO COAST ON MONDAY..WHICH SHOULD BRING ANOTHER BATCH OF STRATUS TO THE NORTH SLOPE. WINDS REMAINING LIGHT. WESTERN ALASKA...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING ESPECIALLY WESTERN AREAS. LITTLE IF ANY PRECIP UNTIL LOW MOVING TOWARD NUNIVAK ISLAND SPREADS A CHANCE OF SNOW NORTH FOR ZONES 214 AND EASTERN 215 MON NIGHT...AND INTO 211-213 ON TUE. CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR...WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH MONDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OCCASIONAL CLOUDS BUT NO PRECIPITATION. LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND FLOW NORTH OF ALASKA RANGE WILL INCREASE OVER HILLS TONIGHT AND TURN TO NORTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY AS SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. SOUTH WINDS THROUGH ALASKA RANGE PASSES THROUGH MONDAY WILL REMAIN LIGHT. VALLEY INVERSIONS SHOULD WEAKEN THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS COLDER AIR FROM NORTH SLOWLY MOVES IN. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225. && JL JAN 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:43 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 8, 9:16 AM AKST | Blowing Snow 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.