Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 33, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 5, 2008, 8:11 AM AKST. 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 5, 2008, 8:11 AM AKST (17:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2008, 9:28 PM AKST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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 5, 8:00 AM AKST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 8:00 AM AKST, 11 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 100 PM AST WED MAR 5 2008 DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE STRETCHING FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL WEAKEN INTO THE WEEKEND AS IT IS ERODED AWAY BY A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE BERING SEA AND EASTERN RUSSIA SENDING A FEW WAVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE RIDGE...FOLLOWING THE 300MB JET. A LOW CENTER EMBEDDED WITHIN THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL AFFECT WEST COAST WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A 973 MB SURFACE LOW WILL ENTER BRISTOL BAY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE UP THE COAST AND BE A 982 MB LOW BY 3PM THU AND THEN MOVE JUST SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND WEAKEN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WEATHER FRONT FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTH TO NORTON SOUND THU AND THEN MOVE WEST AND WEAKEN. THIS LOW WILL BRING ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW TO THE NULATO HILLS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG CHINOOK FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE AND WILL KEEP WIND SPEEDS ELEVATED AND TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH PASSES IN THE USUAL WINDY PLACES INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ218-AKZ219. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ230. && MAR 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 10:51 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 7 days | |
| Mar 4, 10:58 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 4, 10:58 PM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Mar 5, 8:11 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 71 hr | |
| Mar 5, 8:22 AM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Mar 5, 11:10 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Mar 5, 1:00 PM AKST | Blowing Snow Advisory | AFG | 22 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.