Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 75, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 8, 2007, 10:52 PM AKST. It was in force for 9 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
- Nov 8, 2007, 10:52 PM AKST (07:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2007, 7:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFG 091252 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-100400- 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 966 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST TO 975 MB EAST OF KODIAK ISLAND AT 3PM FRI. THE LOW WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THEREAFTER. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW IS ALOFT OVER WESTERN MAINLAND ALASKA AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTH AND EAST. $$ PKZ225-100400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ENDING THIS EVENING. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ230-100400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ235-100400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT WELL OFFSHORE. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT WELL OFFSHORE. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-100400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT WELL OFFSHORE. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT WELL OFFSHORE. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW. FOG. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-100400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 352 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT WELL OFFSHORE E WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT...EXCEPT 40 KT WELL OFFSHORE. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .SUN...SW WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ DJH/JK NOV 07
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFG 092130 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-101630- 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... 1021 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC AND TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ225-101630- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ230-101630- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING S. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ235-101630- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-101630- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-101630- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 1230 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/JHD NOV 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 Nov 8, 8:45 AM AKST, 14 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 8:45 AM AKST, 14 hours 7 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 145 PM AST THU NOV 8 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE NAM AND GFE MODELS INITIALIZED OVER ALASKA O.K. AND ARE SIMILAR THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. THE WARM CHINOOK NOW OVER THE MAINLAND WILL WEAKEN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW OVER THE INTERIOR AND MUCH OF THE NORTH SLOPE WHILE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE CONTINUE IN THE WEST WHERE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE. OVERALL...THE MAP IS CLEARLY A WINTER PATTERN...BUT OF THE WARM VARIETY FOR NOW. THE STRONG LOW NOW MOVING NORTH TOWARD CAPE NEWENHAM IS FORECAST TO CHANGE COURSE AND TO HEAD TOWARD THE NORTHWEST GULF OF ALASKA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THIS REGARD THE NAM DOES NOT SHOW THE CROSSING OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA BUT THE REST OF THE FORECAST PATTERN IS O.K. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE THAT MOVED OFFSHORE OF THE ARCTIC COAST AT MID DAY CAUSED A SHIFT IN WIND FROM EAST TO SOUTHWEST...BUT THIS ALTERATION WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE TROUGH WEAKENS AND EAST WINDS RESUME THIS EVENING. IFR TO SOMETIMES MVFR WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THERE INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE OCCLUSION AHEAD OF THE BRISTOL BAY LOW HAS SPREAD A THICK DECK OF LAYERED CLOUDS WITH HIGH TOPS OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR. SO FAR...DOWNSLOPE OFF THE ALASKA RANGE HAS GREATLY SUPPRESSED PRECIPITATION AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THROUGH PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL PICK UP AS THE FLOW THERE CHANGES TO WESTERLY. THE SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NOW EXTENDING FROM DALL POINT TO KIVALINA WILL HOLD THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NORTH WINDS ON THE BERING/CHUKCHI SEA SIDE WILL ALSO HOLD...BUT START DIMINISHING FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE MEDIUM RANGE...THERE IS NO NEW BIG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK NEXT WEEK...SO QUIETER WEATHER SHOULD RETURN. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ235. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ240-PKZ245-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && TF NOV 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 10:36 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Nov 8, 10:52 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 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.