Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2006
Gale Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 7, 2006, 9:21 AM AKST. It was in force for 47 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
- Feb 7, 2006, 9:21 AM AKST (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2006, 8:37 AM AKST
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 072321 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AST TUE FEB 7 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. PKZ299-081300- 221 PM AST TUE FEB 7 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...A 978 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL EXTEND EAST TO BRISTOL BAY TUESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTH TO BERING STRAIT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A 960 MB LOW OVER ADAK ON WEDNESDAY WILL WEAKEN TO 968 MB NEAR DUTCH HARBOR ON THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST TO THE MACKENZIE VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ PKZ200-081300- NORTON SOUND- 221 PM AST TUE FEB 7 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-081300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 221 PM AST TUE FEB 7 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-081300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 221 PM AST TUE FEB 7 2006 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-081300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 221 PM AST TUE FEB 7 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ TS/RF/DA FEB 06
5 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 081218 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 318 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-090100- 318 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 982 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. A 990 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY 3PM WEDNESDAY WILL MOVE NORTH TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 9AM THU. A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WILL MOVE TO NEAR COLD BAY FRI AM AT 963 MB. $$ PKZ200-090100- NORTON SOUND- 318 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-090100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 318 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-090100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 318 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-090100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 318 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ RT/JL FEB 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 082036 AAA CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1136 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 UPDATED ZONES 210 215 AND 220 FOR SNOW BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY 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- 1136 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 982 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. A 990 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY 3PM WEDNESDAY WILL MOVE NORTH TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 9AM THU. A LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WILL MOVE TO NEAR COLD BAY FRI AM AT 963 MB. $$ PKZ200-090100- NORTON SOUND- 1136 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-090100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1136 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-090100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1136 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-090100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1136 AM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ RT/JL/TS FEB 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 082208 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 108 PM AST WED FEB 8 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091545- 108 PM AST WED FEB 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 980 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL GRADUALLY DISIPATE THURSDAY. A 960 MB LOW NEAR ADAK 3PM WED WILL MOVE EAST TO 150 MILES WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR AT 9AM THU...THEN TURN NORTH POSITIONED OVER SAINT PAUL ISLAND ON FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-091545- NORTON SOUND- 108 PM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-091545- DALL POINT TO WALES- 108 PM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-091545- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 108 PM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-091545- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 108 PM AST WED FEB 8 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ TS/JHD FEB 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 091232 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 332 AM AST THU FEB 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. PKZ299-100345- 332 AM AST THU FEB 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THURSDAY. A 960 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTH OF NIKOLSKI WILL MOVE TO 150 MILES WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR AT 9AM THU...THEN TURN NORTH POSITIONED ABOUT 100 NM EAST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND ON FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-100345- NORTON SOUND- 332 AM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-100345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 332 AM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-100345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 332 AM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-100345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 332 AM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ TF/JL FEB 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 092237 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 137 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101345- 137 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 988 MB LOW NEAR KODIAK WILL DISSIPATE AS IT CROSSES THE ALASKA RANGE BUT THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE ALOFT TO BE DIFFUSE FROM EMMONAK TO UNALAKLEET TO OLD CROW AT 9PM THU AND FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO KAKTOVIK AT 9AM FRI. A 965 MB LOW SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE NORTH TO CENTER BETWEEN SAINT PAUL ISLAND AND NUNIVAK ISLAND AT 3PM FRI. IT WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TOWARD THE GULF OF ANADYR THEREAFTER. $$ PKZ200-101345- NORTON SOUND- 137 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ210-101345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 137 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 45 KT. $$ PKZ215-101345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 137 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT TURNING W. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-101345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 137 PM AST THU FEB 9 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT TURNING SW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ TS/DJH/CF FEB 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 Feb 7, 12:27 AM AKST, 8 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 12:27 AM AKST, 8 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 527 AM AST TUE FEB 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN ALASKA AS LONG WAVE TROUGH REMAINS ANCHORED IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. 972 MB LOW JUST EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTH AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ASSOCIATED OCCLUSION NOW VIRTUALLY UNDEFINABLE AS CLOUD SHIELD HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY SHREDDED AND VERY LITTLE SIGNATURE REMAINS IN THE PRESSURE TENDENCY FIELDS. REASONABLY WELL DEFINED ARCTIC FRONT IN ARC FROM FORT YUKON TO BETTLES TO NOME...THEN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA. HOWEVER...STRONG PRESSURE RISES ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR INDICATE THE CHINOOK WARMED AIR ALOFT IS BEING RAPIDLY REPLACED AND ARCTIC FRONT WILL JUMP EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA NEXT 12 HOURS. MODELS THIS MORNING IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE BASIC EVOLUTION BUT DIFFER IN MOST OF THE DETAILS. ON THE WHOLE WE PREFER THE 00/06Z GFS SOLUTIONS BUT RECOGNIZE THE RUN/RUN PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE ALL THE MODELS IN THESE PROGRESSIVE..HIGH ENERGY SITUATIONS. BASIC SCENARIO IS FOR LOW IN THE 972 MB LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA TO MOVE NORTH AND THE NORTHEAST...WINDING UP IN THE BEAUFORT SEA BY WED MORNING. 980 MB LOW NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. OLD 980 MB LOW IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA...THE INACTIVE REFLECTION OF THE COLD LOW ALOFT...WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. HIGH PRESSURE RAPIDLY BUILDING OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR TUE NIGHT AND WED. WAVE LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WED. MUCH DEEPER LOW WILL REMAIN ALONG OR SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS AT LEAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FOR THE NORTH SLOPE... AS THE CURRENT BERING SEA LOW MOVES NORTH AND WEAKENS...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR BLIZ TO DEVELOP IN ZONE 201. WE WILL LEAVE THE BLIZ WATCH OUT FOR NOW. INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL KEEP TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. FOR THE WEST COAST...ALL PUBLIC ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENT SYSTEM BEEN CANCELLED. INCREASING GRADIENT BETWEEN THE INTERIOR RIDGE AND CENTRAL BERING SEA LOW MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE BLIZ IN ZONE 214 STARTING THIS EVENING...BUT LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL LIMIT SURFACE WINDS. FOR THE INTERIOR...ALL WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. COOLER AIR ALOFT IS RAPIDLY REPLACING...INSTEAD OF UNDER-CUTTING..THE WARM AIRMASS OF MONDAY...SO SNOWFALL SOUTH OF THE 12Z ARCTIC FRONT POSITION WILL BE VERY LIMITED. AIRMASS WILL AGAIN MODERATE LATE IN THE WEEK WITH PROBABLE BRISK WINDS IN THE USUAL AREAS. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ201-AKZ207-AKZ214. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RT FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:21 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Feb 7, 5:31 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Feb 7, 8:00 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Feb 7, 8:52 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Feb 7, 9:21 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Feb 7, 9:26 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
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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.