Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 7, 2007, 11:16 PM AKST. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2007, 11:16 PM AKST (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2007, 10:07 PM AKST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. $$ RF/DA MAR 07
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 082218 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091400- 118 PM AST THU MAR 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1048 MB HIGH CENTERED 100 NM SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG 180E TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL EXPAND EAST ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND SOUTH PAST THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN THROUGH SUN PM. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ 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 7, 9:36 AM AKST, 13 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 9:36 AM AKST, 13 hours 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 PM AST WED MAR 7 2007 .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST... WITH A CENTER NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND THU AFTERNOON. ALSO...THE INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST CHUKCHI SEA IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE...ALLOWING A RIDGE TO BUILD EAST OVER THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS. THIS WILL LIKELY ENHANCE THE EDDY EFFECT OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND...ALLOWING WINDS TO DIMINISH AT KOTZEBUE...THOUGH THEY WILL REMAIN QUITE BRISK IN ZONE 210. THE LONG WAVE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN DETAIL THOUGH. THE CENTER ALOFT NEAR SELAWIK IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH AND THE CENTER OFF THE CHARLOTTES TO MOVE NORTHEAST...BRINGING UP SOMEWHAT WARMER AIR INTO THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR...BUT ALSO INCREASING THE WINDS ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AGAIN (MOST NOTICEABLY THU NIGHT). COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ208-AKZ211- AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DJH MAR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:56 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Mar 8, 1:10 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 59 hr | |
| Mar 8, 12:05 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 10 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.