Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2006
Gale Warning 63, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 2, 2006, 9:48 PM AKDT. It was in force for 34 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 2, 2006, 9:48 PM AKDT (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2006, 7:35 AM AKDT
- In force
- 34 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 Oct 2, 9:22 AM AKDT, 12 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 9:22 AM AKDT, 12 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 222 PM ADT MON OCT 2 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS APPEAR TO HAVE INITIALIZED WELL ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING AND THE ALEUTIANS WITH CENTERS NEAR 52N/170E... 51N/170W...59N/162W...58N/175W. AT 18Z...NAM AND GFS ARE CLOSE ON THE CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...OF THE DEVELOPING LOW ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR. GFS IS VERIFYING BETTER THAN THE NAM ON THE POSITION...MOVING THE LOW FASTER. BY 12Z TUESDAY...CONSENSUS OF THE MODEL RUNS PUTS THE LOW NEAR 58N/165W WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 982-985 MB. BY 12Z WEDNESDAY...LOW CENTER IS PROGGED JUST EAST OF CAPE ROMANZOF WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE 977-980 MB. THERE IS GOOD CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE GFS/ECMWF/UKMET ON THE LOW POSITION AND CENTRAL PRESSURE. THE NAM IS CONSIDERABLY WEAKER...AROUND 990 MB. AS THIS LOW DEEPENS IT WILL ABSORB THE OTHER CENTERS IN THIS COMPLEX LOW SYSTEM AS THEY WEAKEN. WE WILL GO WITH THE GFS MODEL FOR TODAYS FORECAST PACKAGE... AND RECENT RUNS OF THE GFS HAVE SHOWN GOOD CONTINUITY ON THE HANDLING OF THIS DEVELOPING LOW. WINDS TO 30 KT OVER PKZ210 TONIGHT WILL EXPAND TO THE OUTER WATERS OF PKZ220 AND PKZ225 TUESDAY...AND TO PKZ230-235-240-245 TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY REACH 35 KT IN SOME AREAS WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND IN PKZ210...BUT 30 KT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PREDOMINANT SPEED OVER MOST OF THAT ZONE. EASTERLIES TO 35 KT ARE EXPECTED IN PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDS WELL OFFSHORE. SOUTHERLY GAP WINDS ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES...SEVERAL SITES IN THE FORT GREELY MESONET ARE REPORTING GUSTS TO 40-50 MPH. MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE GAP WINDS ARE REINFORCED BY A BURST OF SOUTHERLY JETSTREAM ENERGY ALOFT. THE DELTA JUNCTION AREA MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTS TO 55 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAY 3 AND 4...NONE. && .FIRE WEATHER... HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 40 PERCENT IN THE UPCOMING CHINOOK EVENT...SO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOT NEEDED. && .HYDROLOGY...NIL. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF OCT 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:59 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Oct 2, 9:48 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Oct 2, 11:15 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Oct 3, 1:57 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 7 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.