Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 6, 2007, 10:08 PM AKST. It was in force for 68 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
- Mar 6, 2007, 10:08 PM AKST (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2007, 6:15 PM AKST
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 071208 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 308 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007 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. PKZ299-080000- 308 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND SOUTH INTO THE BERING SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI. STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ200-080000- NORTON SOUND- 308 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-080000- DALL POINT TO WALES- 308 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .THU...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-080000- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 308 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-080000- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 308 AM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/DA MAR 07
4 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 072216 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 116 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-081530- 116 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE EAST TO CENTER SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND THU AFTERNOON. A RIDGE FROM THIS HIGH WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE BEAUFORT SEA. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-081530- NORTON SOUND- 116 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-081530- DALL POINT TO WALES- 116 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-081530- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 116 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-081530- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 116 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. $$ DJH/PKA MAR 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 081316 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 416 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007 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. PKZ299-090000- 416 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1050 MB HIGH CENTERED OVER WRANGEL ISLAND WITH RIDGE EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG 175E TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL EXPAND EAST. BY SAT AFTERNOON THE HIGH WILL BE 1040 MB OVER THE ARCTIC COAST WITH RIDGE EXTENDING WEST OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND SOUTH ALONG 180W TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-090000- NORTON SOUND- 416 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-090000- DALL POINT TO WALES- 416 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-090000- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 416 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-090000- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 416 AM AST THU MAR 8 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/DA MAR 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 082218 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091400- 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1048 MB HIGH CENTERED 100 NM SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG 180E TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL EXPAND EAST ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND SOUTH PAST THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN THROUGH SUN PM. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-091400- NORTON SOUND- 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-091400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-091400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-091400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/PKA MAR 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 091207 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 307 AM AST FRI MAR 9 2007 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. PKZ299-100315- 307 AM AST FRI MAR 9 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1038 MB HIGH CENTERED 125 NM NORTH OF POINT LAY WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SOUTH TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA. IT WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND SOUTH PAST THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN THROUGH SUN PM. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-100315- NORTON SOUND- 307 AM AST FRI MAR 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-100315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 307 AM AST FRI MAR 9 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ215-100315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 307 AM AST FRI MAR 9 2007 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-100315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 307 AM AST FRI MAR 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ RL/RF MAR 07
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 Mar 6, 8:30 AM AKST, 13 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 8:30 AM AKST, 13 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 130 PM AST TUE MAR 6 2007 .DISCUSSION...LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER LOW AND LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE GULF EXTENDING NORTH INTO THE BROOKS RANGE...WITH A PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN BERING SEA AND ALSO IN NORTHWEST CANADA. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN WITH LITTLE VARIATION FROM CURRENT PATTERN ALL THE WAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. .NORTH SLOPE...WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 203 AND 204 TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A BRISK EASTERLY FLOW CRANKS UP OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR ZONE 201 NORTHEAST OF ICY CAPE WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A REINFORCING UPPER LOW WILL EVENTUALLY DROP SOUTH INTO LONGWAVE TROUGH AND MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO THE ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .WEST COAST...HIGH PRESSURE IN THE BERING SEA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE WEST COAST AND MARINE ZONES TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH SLIDES DOWN THE COAST WEDS AND THU. .INTERIOR....WIND CHILL ADVISORIES CONTINUE OVER ZONES 220 AND 226. APPEARS THE ADVISORY IN ZONE 220 WILL BE ENDING EARLY WEDS MORNING WITH ZONE 226 SHOWING SIGNS OF CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WILL EXTEND NORTH TO AROUND FORT YUKON THROUGH WEDS RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. ACCUMULATIONS LOOK NEGLIGIBLE...THUS WILL BE MENTIONING NO ACCUMULATION IN MOST OF THE ZONES. BRIEF BREAK IN THE WINDS...BUT APPEARS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ220-AKZ226. WIND CHILL WARNING FOR AKZ201. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ240-PKZ245. && KS MAR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:51 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 52 hr | |
| Mar 7, 12:51 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Mar 7, 7:43 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 21 hr | |
| Mar 7, 9:03 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | 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.