Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 17, 2007, 9:44 AM AKST. It was in force for 36 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 17, 2007, 9:44 AM AKST (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2007, 9:54 PM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 172344 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 244 PM AST WED JAN 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. PKZ299-181645- 244 PM AST WED JAN 17 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEAK WEATHER FRONT IS DISSIPATING OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND AND THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA. ANOTHER WEATHER FRONT HAS MOVED IN OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA FROM THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TO LIE FROM SAVOONGA TO TELLER TO BUCKLAND AND DIFFUSE SOUTHWARD AT 3AM THU. THE FRONT WILL BE DIFFUSE FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO BARROW AT 3PM THU. $$ PKZ200-181645- NORTON SOUND- 244 PM AST WED JAN 17 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-181645- DALL POINT TO WALES- 244 PM AST WED JAN 17 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT...EXCEPT SOUTHEAST 20 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT E WINDS 15 KT E OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT...EXCEPT E WINDS 10 KT E OF SLEDGE ISLAND. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-181645- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 244 PM AST WED JAN 17 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 10 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 15 KT S OF CAPE ESPENBERG. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI..N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-181645- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 244 PM AST WED JAN 17 2007 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 20 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 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ DJH/PKA JAN 07
4 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 181136 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-190245- 236 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 980 MB LOW 350 MILES SOUTH OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 200 MILES EAST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEAKENING TO 986 MB. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN RUSSIA. $$ PKZ200-190245- NORTON SOUND- 236 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-190245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 236 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-190245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 236 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-190245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 236 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DA JAN 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 181907 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1007 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM UPDATED AREA 210 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. PKZ299-190415- 1007 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 980 MB LOW 350 MILES SOUTH OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 200 MILES EAST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEAKENING TO 986 MB. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN RUSSIA. $$ PKZ200-190415- NORTON SOUND- 1007 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-190415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1007 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 20 KT EAST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 15 KT EAST OF SLEDGE BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-190415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1007 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-190415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1007 AM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DA JAN 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 182246 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 146 PM AST THU JAN 18 2007 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-191400- 146 PM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 981 MB LOW 350 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 300 MILES EAST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 986 MB BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN RUSSIA. $$ PKZ200-191400- NORTON SOUND- 146 PM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-191400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 146 PM AST THU JAN 18 2007 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 20 KT E OF SLEDGE ISLAND. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 15 KT E OF SLEDGE ISLAND. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-191400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 146 PM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 10 KT S OF CAPE ESPENBERG. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-191400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 146 PM AST THU JAN 18 2007 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ DJH/PKA JAN 07
000 FZAK52 PAFG 191154 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 AM AST FRI JAN 19 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. PKZ299-200100- 254 AM AST FRI JAN 19 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 987 MB LOW IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN TO 992 MB SAT NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER EASTERN RUSSIA. $$ PKZ200-200100- NORTON SOUND- 254 AM AST FRI JAN 19 2007 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-200100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 254 AM AST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-200100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 254 AM AST FRI JAN 19 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-200100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 254 AM AST FRI JAN 19 2007 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ ES/DA JAN 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 Jan 17, 12:03 AM AKST, 9 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 12:03 AM AKST, 9 hours 41 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 503 AM AST WED JAN 17 2007 .DISCUSSION.. A PROGRESSIVE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGHS AND RIDGES MOVE THROUGH. A MEAN UPPER TROUGH POSITION WILL BE MAINTAINED OVER THE BERING SEA TROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PERSISTING OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AT THE SURFACE...A WAVE IS NOW APPROACHING PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND NORTH GULF COAST...WITH THE PREFRONTAL CLOUD SHIELD EXTENDING WELL INTO THE INTERIOR. AN WEATHER FRONT EXTENDS FROM A,LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TO KUSKOKWIM BAY AND THEN EASTWARD TO COOK INLET. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD...WITH MOIST MILDER AIR OVERRUNNING ARCTIC AIR TO THE NORTH. THE NEXT WAVE IN THE SERIES IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE EASTERN NORTH GULF COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE INTERIOR. ANOTHER WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE EASTERN NORTH GULF COAST SATURDAY EVENING. THROUGH DAY 3...MODELS RUNS APPEAR TO BE IN BASIC AGREEMENT ON THE LARGE SCALE SCENARIO...BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE DETAILS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && RF JAN 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:27 AM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFG | 7 hr | |
| Jan 17, 9:40 AM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 20 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.