Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2006
Storm Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Feb 15, 2006, 11:08 PM AKST. It was in force for 17 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 15, 2006, 11:08 PM AKST (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2006, 3:38 PM AKST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFG 161308 CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 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. PKZ298-170315- 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT NEAR BARROW WILL MOVE EAST OF DEMARCATION POINT THU AFTERNOON. A 1008 MB LOW NEAR GAMBELL WILL MOVE TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND AS A 1004 MB LOW THU AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE NORTH. $$ PKZ225-170315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 55 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 55 KT BECOMING SW 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-170315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-170315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-170315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-170315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 408 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ FEB 06
4 follow-up statements
000 FZAK51 PAFG 161658 CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 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. PKZ298-170715- 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT NEAR BARROW WILL MOVE EAST OF DEMARCATION POINT THU AFTERNOON. A 1008 MB LOW NEAR GAMBELL WILL MOVE TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND AS A 1004 MB LOW THU AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE NORTH. $$ PKZ225-170715- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 55 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 55 KT BECOMING SW 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-170715- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-170715- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-170715- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-170715- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 758 AM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ FEB 06
000 FZAK51 PAFG 162234 CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 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. PKZ298-171300- 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA TO NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL MOVE NORTH OF POINT BARROW FRI MORNING. A 985 MB LOW 450 NM WEST OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE NORTH OVER RUSSIA SAT. $$ PKZ225-171300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-171300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-171300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-171300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-171300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 134 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ MAR/DA FEB 06
000 FZAK51 PAFG 162324 CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 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. PKZ298-171500- 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA TO NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL MOVE NORTH OF POINT BARROW FRI MORNING. A 985 MB LOW 450 NM WEST OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE NORTH OVER RUSSIA SAT. A 987 MB LOW WILL BE 200 NM SOUTH OF GAMBELL AT 3 PM AST SAT. THIS LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS NOME AND KOTZEBUE SOUND SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ225-171500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-171500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-171500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-171500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-171500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 224 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ MAR/DA FEB 06
000 FZAK51 PAFG 170538 AAB CWFNSB ARCTIC ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 UPDATED ZONE 225 HEADLINE AND WIND SPEED TONIGHT 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. PKZ298-171300- 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A WEATHER FRONT ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA TO NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL MOVE NORTH OF POINT BARROW FRI MORNING. A 985 MB LOW 450 NM WEST OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE NORTH OVER RUSSIA SAT. A 987 MB LOW WILL BE 200 NM SOUTH OF GAMBELL AT 3 PM AST SAT. THIS LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS NOME AND KOTZEBUE SOUND SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ225-171300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E. BLOWING SNOW. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-171300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-171300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-171300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-171300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 838 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ MAR/DA/TS FEB 06
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Feb 15, 8:53 AM AKST, 14 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 8:53 AM AKST, 14 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 153 PM AST WED FEB 15 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 36 HOURS. AT THAT TIME THE MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER SOMEWHAT IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE LOW MOVING IN FROM WRANGEL ISLAND. WILL GO WITH THE GFS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY. THE ECMWF HAS FLOPPED PRETTY LARGE IN THE LAST 12 HOUR RUN. IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER MUCH EXCEPT FOR THE ARCTIC COAST FOR WINDS AND SOME FRONTAL BOUNDARY SNOW. THE TREMENDOUS SURGE OF WARM AIR FROM NEAR THE TROPICS HAS SENT THE ARCTIC COAST TEMPERATURES TO RECORD HIGHS. BARROW WAS 45 DEGREES WARMER THAN THEIR NORMAL HIGH ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM FRONT PASSING THROUGH. THIS SET A RECORD FOR BARROW ON TUE. THE COLD AIR REMAINS POISED OVER FAR EAST RUSSIA AWAITING A MECHANISM TO TRANSPORT IT EASTWARD. THE LONG RANGE SUGGESTS THAT BY LATE THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK A LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTER WILL AGAIN TRANSITION THROUGH ALASKA AND LAST MOST OF THE WEEK. WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THE NORTHWEST COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THU MORNING. THE WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE ON THE ARCTIC COAST THU EVENING AND CREATE BLOWING SNOW. AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS CURRENTLY OVER THE ALCAN BORDER TRANSITIONS EASTWARD...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE STATE. SNOW WILL END OVER THE WEST COAST BY THU MORNING AND SOME SNOW WILL SPREAD EASTWARD WITH THE MINIMAL COLD FRONT IN THE UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WHEN THE SECOND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RIDGE TRANSITIONS IN ON FRI AND SAT IT WILL PUSH SUBSTANTIALLY WARMER UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND RAISE THE HEIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ALASKA TILL ABOUT SUN NIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235. && CF FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:08 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:08 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:12 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 54 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:12 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:51 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Feb 16, 9:24 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 44 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.