Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2006
Gale Warning 71, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 12, 2006, 9:24 PM AKDT. It was in force for 25 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 12, 2006, 9:24 PM AKDT (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2006, 10:40 PM AKDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 131024 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 224 AM ADT FRI OCT 13 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. PKZ299-140100- 224 AM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 982 MB LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ANADYR FRI MORNING. THIS LOW WILL WEAKEN TO 994 MB AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SAT EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SEWARD PENINSULA TONIGHT. A 955 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO JUST NORTH OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS SAT NIGHT AND THEN TO JUST NORTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND AS A 963 MB LOW SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-140100- NORTON SOUND- 224 AM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ210-140100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 224 AM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ215-140100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 224 AM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ220-140100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 224 AM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ CF/EWP OCT 06
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 132215 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 215 PM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-141315- 215 PM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 984 MB LOW IN THE GULF OF ANADYR WILL WEAKEN AND REACH THE CHUKCHI SEA SAT EVENING. THE WEATHER FRONT WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA FRI EVENING. A 955 MB LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS SAT AFTERNOON AND REACH SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AS A 970 MB LOW MON MORNING. $$ PKZ200-141315- NORTON SOUND- 215 PM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ210-141315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 215 PM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-141315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 215 PM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT MID DAY. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ220-141315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 215 PM ADT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .MON...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ KS/TF OCT 06
000 FZAK52 PAFG 141140 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 340 AM ADT SAT OCT 14 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. PKZ299-142330- 340 AM ADT SAT OCT 14 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 990 MB LOW WILL WEAKEN OVER EASTERN RUSSIA THROUGH SAT NIGHT. A 958 MB LOW WILL 430 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND AT 4 PM ADT SAT. THE LOW WILL BE 968 MB NEAR SAINT PAUL ISLAND AT 4 PM ADT SUN. AT 4 AM ADT MON...THE LOW WILL BE 970 MB 280 NM NORTH OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND. $$ PKZ200-142330- NORTON SOUND- 340 AM ADT SAT OCT 14 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. SHOWERS. FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. FOG. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ210-142330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 340 AM ADT SAT OCT 14 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-142330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 340 AM ADT SAT OCT 14 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ220-142330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 340 AM ADT SAT OCT 14 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. FOG. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .MON...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ DA/CF OCT 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 Oct 12, 8:03 AM AKDT, 13 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 8:03 AM AKDT, 13 hours 21 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 103 PM ADT THU OCT 12 2006 .DISCUSSION...SIBERIAN UPPER VORTEX MOVES VERY LITTLE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS CONTINUE TO PEEL OFF FROM THIS VORTEX THEN ROTATE INTO FAR EASTERN RUSSIA AND INTO THE BERING SEA. THE END RESULT...A SERIES OF TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT WESTERN ALASKA WITH MORE UPPER RIDGING EVOLVING OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. MODELS INITIALIZED WELL WITH UPPER AIR DATA AND HEIGHT FIELDS ON BOTH THE GFS AND NAM LOOK SIMILAR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NORTH SLOPE...WESTERLY WINDS AND SCATTERED SNOWSHOWERS WILL TREND DOWNWARD TONIGHT AS A WEAK UPPER LOW GRAZES THE COAST AND EXITS THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST FRIDAY MORNING. A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN TAKES CONTROL WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS AND TRANSITORY RIDGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE WIND FLOW WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE...VARYING BETWEEN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THUS...WOULD EXPECT FOG TO BE A MINIMAL THREAT WITH THE COLDEST AIR REMAINING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE COASTAL AREA. WEST COAST...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF TROUGHS WILL IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE WEAKEST ONE...WITH THE NEXT TROUGH COMING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. THIS ONE HAS A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING FROM POINT HOPE SOUTH TO NUNAKTUK ISLAND AS STRONG (35KT-55KT) SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IMPINGE ON THE COASTAL AREAS DURING THIS TIME. WILL MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AS NEWER DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. EASTERN INTERIOR...BENIGN WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH NOT MUCH HOPE FOR ANY SNOW OVER THE NEXT WEEK. GENERALLY A WESTERLY FLOW REGIME AS HEIGHTS SLOWLY BUILD THROUGH SATURDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE...THUS WILL SEE AREAS OF FOG NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. A MINOR DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT...THEN HEIGHTS BUILD QUICKLY FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS RIDGING TAKES SHAPE OVER THE INTERIOR. THE RIDGE AXIS SLIDES TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY MONDAY EVENING BUT DRY WEATHER LOOKS TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS WELL. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAY 3 AND 4...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL EVOLVE OVER THE BERING SEA SUNDAY AND MOVE NORTH INTO FAR EASTERN RUSSIA ON MONDAY. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING EAST OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT WESTERN COASTAL AREAS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ITS STILL TOO EARLY FOR ANY HIGHLIGHTS ON SPECIFICS...BUT THIS WILL BE MONITORED IN FUTURE FORECASTS. && .HYDROLOGY...NO ISSUES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ202. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && KS/MR OCT 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 5:13 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Oct 12, 9:24 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Oct 13, 9:15 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Oct 13, 9:15 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Oct 13, 3:02 PM AKDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AFG | 20 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.