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Gale Warning 63, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 19, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 19, 2007, 5:01 AM AKDT. It was in force for 27 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: Oct 19, 2007, 5:01 AM AKDT (13:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2007, 8:11 AM AKDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
FZAK52 PAFG 191801
CWFWCZ

NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1001 AM ADT FRI OCT 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.

UPDATED ZONE 210

PKZ299-200015-
1001 AM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 1028 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL PERSIST. A
WEAK LOW SOUTHEAST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL SLOWLY STRENGTHEN.

$$

PKZ200-200015-
NORTON SOUND-
1001 AM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-200015-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
1001 AM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. WINDS STRONGEST FROM SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND WEST. SEAS 16 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. WINDS STRONGEST FROM SAINT LAWRENCE
ISLAND WEST. SEAS 16 FT.
.SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT.  
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT.  
.MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT.  
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-200015-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
1001 AM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.   
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-200015-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
1001 AM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.  
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.  
.SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.  
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT.   
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

JL OCT 07

3 follow-up statements

000
FZAK52 PAFG 192202
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
202 PM ADT FRI OCT 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.

PKZ299-201200-
202 PM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 1028 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN. A
WEAK LOW SOUTHEAST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN. A 1000 MB
LOW WILL FORM NEAR KOTZEBUE 4PM SAT THEN DRIFT TO THE BERING
STRAIT 4PM SUN. 

$$

PKZ200-201200-
NORTON SOUND-
202 PM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-201200-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
202 PM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHEST WEST
OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. FOG...SNOW.
.SAT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHEST FROM
SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WEST. FOG...SNOW.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-201200-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
202 PM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.   
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-201200-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
202 PM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG...SNOW. FREEZING
SPRAY. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.MON...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

JL/RT OCT 07

000
FZAK52 PAFG 201059
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
259 AM ADT SAT OCT 20 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.

PKZ299-210245-
259 AM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEAK LOW
SOUTHEAST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN TODAY. A 1000 MB
LOW WILL FORM NEAR KOTZEBUE 4PM SAT THEN DRIFT TO THE BERING
STRAIT BY 4PM MON.

$$

PKZ200-210245-
NORTON SOUND-
259 AM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-210245-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
259 AM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WEST...

.TODAY...EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6
FT. SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WEST...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FOG. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHEST
FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WEST.
.SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.MON...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-210245-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
259 AM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-210245-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
259 AM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...

.TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING
IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.SUN...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

$$

CF/EWP OCT 07

000
FZAK52 PAFG 202111
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
111 PM ADT SAT OCT 20 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.

PKZ299-211215-
111 PM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA
WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEAK LOW SOUTHEAST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT. A 1000 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
BERING STRAIT LATE TONIGHT.

$$

PKZ200-211215-
NORTON SOUND-
111 PM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE. SEAS 2 FT.
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-211215-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
111 PM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.TONIGHT...SOUTH AND WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...N WINDS 25 KT.
SEAS 11 FT. ELSEWHERE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 25 KT BECOMING N. SEAS 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-211215-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
111 PM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-211215-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
111 PM ADT SAT OCT 20 2007

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY.
.MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

KS/JHD OCT 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 Oct 18, 11:07 PM AKDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 11:07 PM AKDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
407 AM ADT FRI OCT 19 2007

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 48 HOURS EXCEPT FOR THE
POSITION OF THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER. AFTER THAT
PERIOD...MODELS UNSURE HOW TO HANDLE INVERTED TROUGH OVER WEST
COAST AND STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF NEXT GULF OF ALASKA LOW MOVING
NORTHWARD.

UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY NEAR OLD CROW IS MOVING WESTWARD. THIS
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY SNOWFALL TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR THROUGH
TODAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AS UPPER
LEVEL LOW PUSHES TO NEAR SELAWIK BY SATURDAY MORNING.

AS LOW IN THE GULF PUSHES NORTHWARD TODAY IT WILL TIGHTEN THE
GRADIENT ALONG THE WESTERN ARCTIC AND INCREASE THE WINDS FOR THAT
AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...THUS WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES FOR THE ARCTIC AND MOST OF THE WEST COAST EXCEPT FOR
NORTON SOUND AND KOTZEBUE SOUND THROUGH TONIGHT.

ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTS NORTHWARD TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR FROM
THE GULF OF ALASKA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL LIE
NEAR THE BROOKS RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SHORT WAVE PALES IN
COMPARISON TO THE CURRENT TROUGH ALOFT WITH THE ASSOCIATED UPPER
LEVEL LOW NOW MOVING NORTHWARD. ANY SNOWFALL THAT OCCURS WITH THIS
NEXT SHORT WAVE WILL BE VERY LIGHT.

BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE A
PATTERN SHIFT FROM THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO A MORE OF A
TRANSITORY PATTERN OF A SERIES OF TROUGHS AND RIDGES. THE
ADVERTISED FIRST RIDGE OF NEXT WEEK APPEARS TO BE A DIRTY RIDGE
FOR THE INTERIOR WHICH WOULD BE A PRECIPITATION MAKER FOR THE INTERIOR.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-
PKZ240-PKZ245.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ225.
&&

CF OCT 07

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 19, 9:08 AM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	13 hr
Oct 19, 1:04 PM AKDT	Snow Advisory	AFG	6 hr
Oct 19, 2:30 PM AKDT	Heavy Snow Warning	AFG	8 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Alaska, 2007 Every gale warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.