Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 29, 2007, 9:33 AM AKDT. It was in force for 37 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 29, 2007, 9:33 AM AKDT (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 10:07 PM AKDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 292233 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 233 PM ADT THU MAR 29 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. PKZ299-301345- 233 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 969 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN TO 990 MB BY 4AM SAT AND BE LOCATED 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT IN THE CENTRAL BERING WILL MOVE TO ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA BY FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-301345- NORTON SOUND- 233 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-301345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 233 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-301345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 233 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-301345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 233 PM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ JB/KS MAR 07
3 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 301058 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 258 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-310000- 258 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN WILL MOVE EAST. AT 4 PM ADT SAT...THE HIGH WILL BE CENTERED 300 NM NORTHEAST OF MACKENZIE BAY. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TODAY. AT 4 AM ADT SAT...THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA TO NOME AND SOUTH TO BRISTOL BAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF KOTZEBUE AND NORTON SOUNDS SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-310000- NORTON SOUND- 258 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-310000- DALL POINT TO WALES- 258 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-310000- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 258 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-310000- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 258 AM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DA MAR 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 302241 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 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. PKZ299-311345- 241 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT FROM THE BERING STRAIT TO THE YUKON DELTA WILL MOVE ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA SAT PM. A 981 MB LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT 600 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL DRIFT NORTH TO FAR EASTERN RUSSIA AND WEAKEN TO 1004 MB BY 4 PM SAT...WITH THE WEATHER FRONT BEING LOCATED NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. $$ PKZ200-311345- NORTON SOUND- 241 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-311345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 241 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-311345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 241 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-311345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 241 PM ADT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ JB/KS MAR 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 311107 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 307 AM ADT SAT MAR 31 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-312300- 307 AM ADT SAT MAR 31 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA SOUTH OVER NOME AND COLD BAY WILL MOVE EAST OVER KOTZEBUE AND NORTON SOUNDS TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE ON SUN. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SAT NIGHT THEN NORTH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA ON SUN. $$ PKZ200-312300- NORTON SOUND- 307 AM ADT SAT MAR 31 2007 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-312300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 307 AM ADT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-312300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 307 AM ADT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-312300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 307 AM ADT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DA 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 28, 11:14 PM AKDT, 10 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 11:14 PM AKDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 414 AM ADT THU MAR 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT SURFACE PROGS ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. 965-970 MB LOW SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE TO AROUND 500 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL BY 12Z SATURDAY...WEAKENING TO 985-990 MB. BY 00Z SUNDAY THE LOW WILL BE NORTHWEST OF THE GULF OF ANADYR WEAKENING TO 1000-1005 MB. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRIDAY...REACHING 1030-1035 MB BY 12Z FRIDAY. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE MAIN CENTER BEING AROUND 1050 MB NEAR BANKS ISLAND BY 12Z SUNDAY. WEAKER BUT STILL STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR. OCCLUDED FRONT STRETCHING FROM SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND TO NEAR POINT HOPE AND SOUTHWARD CONTINUES TO STRETCH OUT AND WEAKEN. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO THE BERING STRAIT AND CHUKCHI SEA. OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND... WINDS FROM THE NEXT SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO MAX OUT AT 30-35 KT FRIDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES OVER THAT AREA EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 30S...ANY SNOW THAT OCCURS IS LIKELY TO BE TOO WET TO PRODUCE VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE INTERIOR AND ARCTIC COAST. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ225. && RF MAR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:13 AM AKDT | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Mar 29, 9:33 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 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.