Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 16, 2007, 10:44 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 16, 2007, 10:44 PM AKDT (06:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2007, 10:25 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 171144 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 344 AM ADT TUE APR 17 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. PKZ299-180200- 344 AM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 980 MB LOW PRESSURE 100 NM SOUTH OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO 995 MB AND BE LOCATED 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY WED MORNING. $$ PKZ200-180200- NORTON SOUND- 344 AM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-180200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 344 AM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. .WED...W WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-180200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 344 AM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-180200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 344 AM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/PKA APR 07
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 172052 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1252 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-181400- 1252 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 981 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO 990 MB AND MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-181400- NORTON SOUND- 1252 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-181400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1252 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WEST...NE WINDS 35 KT BECOMING NW WINDS 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S WINDS 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-181400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1252 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-181400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1252 PM ADT TUE APR 17 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SE. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ KS/ES APR 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 181125 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 325 AM ADT WED APR 18 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. PKZ299-190200- 325 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 990 MB LOW OVER THE YUKON DELTA WILL WEAKEN TO 1000 MB AND MOVE TO THE CHUKCHI SEA WED AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN TO 991 MB AND MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND BY THU AM. $$ PKZ200-190200- NORTON SOUND- 325 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING N 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-190200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 325 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-190200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 325 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SW. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-190200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 325 AM ADT WED APR 18 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/PKA APR 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 Apr 16, 9:12 AM AKDT, 13 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:12 AM AKDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 PM ADT MON APR 16 2007 .DISCUSSION... FAIRLY DEEP CLOSED LOW ALOFT OVER EASTERN CHUKOTKA CONTROLLING THE WEATHER OVER NORTHERN ALASKA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. HIGHS BUILDING OVER EASTERN INTERIOR. AT THE SURFACE...985 MB LOW NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUE EVENING...THENCE TO THE BERING STRAIT BY WED EVENING. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING TO Y-K COAST TUE NIGHT. ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT RETREATING WEST TO NEW LOW WILL FORM ON THE FRONT SOUTH OF SAND POINT TUE AFTERNOON BUT REMAIN SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND. IN THE LONG RANGE...OPERATIONAL GFS IS AN OUTLIER WITH CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE WEEKEND OVER NORTHERN YT AND HIGH OF NW INTERIOR. GFS ENSEMBLES AND BOTH EUROPEAN MODELS KEEP THE FEATURE MUCH WEAKER AND MUCH FARTHER EAST...WITH SOUTH FLOW CONTINUING OVER WESTERN INTERIOR. ALL THIS SERVES TO BASICALLY CONTINUE THE CURRENT PATTERN FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE. FOR THE NORTH SLOPE...PATCHY ST/F NEAR THE COAST CONTINUING TONIGHT. WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT TUE NIGHT AS BERING SEA LOW MOVES NORTH. ANY PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SOMEWHAT. FOR THE WEST COAST...SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FORM OF PRECIP. LATEST GUIDANCE IS COOLER THAN YESTERDAYS MODELS...WITH PRECIP MOSTLY OR ALL SNOW WEST OF 161W...AND PROBABLY MOSTLY SNOW EVEN IN THE YUKON VALLEY...THO AT LEAST MIXED RAIN AND SNOW AT VALLEY ELEVATIONS AFTERNOONS AND EVENING. QPFS ARE ALSO LOWER THAN PREVIOUS MODEL..AND NOWHERE LOOK EXCESSIVE. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE BACK IN FOLLOWING THE TROUGH ALOFT. IN THE INTERIOR...AMS ALREADY STABILIZING COMPARED TO YESTERDAY... AND WILL BE EVEN MORE STABLE TUE...WITH ONLY ISOLATED...MAINLY VIRGA SHOWERS...IN ZONE 224. TEMPS REMAIN MOSTLY ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY WHERE SNOW COVER IS GONE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...SNOW FREE AREAS GRADUALLY GROWING IN THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY BUT STILL TO MOIST FOR SGFNT PROBLEMS. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. && RT APR 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:43 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Apr 17, 9:24 AM AKDT | Snow Advisory | AFG | 37 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.