Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 12, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 30, 2007, 7:35 AM AKST. It was in force for 39 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 30, 2007, 7:35 AM AKST (16:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2007, 10:40 PM AKST
- In force
- 39 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 Jan 30, 7:09 AM AKST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 7:09 AM AKST, 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1209 PM AST TUE JAN 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... STRONG RIDGE ALOFT EXTENDS FROM JUST OFF THE WEST COAST OF NOAM NORTHWESTWARD TO WRANGEL ISLAND AND BEYOND. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL GRADUALLY ROTATE EASTWARD...EXTENDING FROM THE ALASKA PANHANDLE TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST AND BEYOND BY THURSDAY. HIGH SPEED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND BERING SEA...GRADUALLY SPREADING EAST. WITHIN THE RIDGE...MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...850 MB HIGH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING +8C IN SOME SECTIONS OF THE INTERIOR. HIGH TEMPERATURES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR WILL BE IN THE 40S AND POSSIBLY REACH 50. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND BREAK DOWN RAPIDLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES RETURNING. 960 MB STORM NEAR 51N/164W AT 18Z WILL MOVE TO NEAR 57N/175W AT 06Z WEDNESDAY FILLING TO 962 MB. ESTIMATE POSITION FOR 00Z THURSDAY NEAR 58N/180W FILLING TO 972-974 MB. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA AND THE FRONT MOVES NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND NORTHERN BERING SEA. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE CERTAIN AT POINT LAY... AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ARCTIC COAST. STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ZONES 207-209-210-214 TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH BLIZZARD CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN ZONE 213. GAP WINDS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT IN ZONES 225-226... WITH ISOLATED 50+ MPH GUSTS IN WINDY PASS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201-AKZ213. BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && RF JAN 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 9:21 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Jan 29, 9:21 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Jan 29, 9:22 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Jan 29, 9:22 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Jan 29, 10:35 PM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Jan 30, 7:35 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Jan 30, 8:14 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Jan 30, 9:22 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Jan 30, 9:22 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 36 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.