Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 39, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 16, 2008, 9:38 PM AKDT. 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
- Apr 16, 2008, 9:38 PM AKDT (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2008, 9:33 AM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 171038 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 AM ADT THU APR 17 2008 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. PKZ299-180230- 238 AM ADT THU APR 17 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE NORTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE BERING STRAIT THU AFTERNOON AND TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA FRI NIGHT. A 1003 MB LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF CAPE NAVARIN FRI AM WILL MOVE TO ANADYR AS A 1001 MB LOW BY 4PM FRI AND TO THE CENTRAL CHUKCHI SEA AS A 1005 MB LOW BY 4AM SAT. $$ PKZ200-180230- NORTON SOUND- 238 AM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-180230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 238 AM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-180230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 238 AM ADT THU APR 17 2008 .TODAY...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-180230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 238 AM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ APR 08
3 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 172232 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 PM ADT THU APR 17 2008 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-181515- 232 PM ADT THU APR 17 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE NORTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA FRI NIGHT. A 1003 MB LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF CAPE NAVARIN FRI AM WILL MOVE TO ANADYR AS A 1002 MB LOW BY 4PM FRI AND TO THE CENTRAL CHUKCHI SEA AS A 1004 MB LOW BY 4AM SAT. $$ PKZ200-181515- NORTON SOUND- 232 PM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG...SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT....SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. FOG...SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW OR RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-181515- DALL POINT TO WALES- 232 PM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-181515- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 232 PM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW OR RAIN. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-181515- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 232 PM ADT THU APR 17 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ JK/DJH APR 08
000 FZAK52 PAFG 181046 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 246 AM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 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- 246 AM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT NEAR CAPE LISBURNE WILL MOVE EAST FRI. A 1000 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTH OF CAPE NAVARIN WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF ANADYR AS A 1002 MB LOW BY 4PM FRI AND TO 300 NM WEST OF BARROW AS A 1005 MB LOW BY 4AM SAT. $$ PKZ200-190245- NORTON SOUND- 246 AM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. FOG. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-190245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 246 AM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-190245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 246 AM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-190245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 246 AM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ APR 08
000 FZAK52 PAFG 182233 CWFWCZ NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 233 PM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-191400- 233 PM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1002 MB NORTH OF ANADYR WILL TRACK TO THE NE AND BE ABOUT 300 NM NW OF BARROW BY 4 AM SAT. THE LOW WILL BE 1011MB AND 200 NM TO THE NORTH OF BARROW BY 4 PM. A 987 LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL ENTER THE WESTERN BERING SEA ON SUN. $$ PKZ200-191400- NORTON SOUND- 233 PM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ210-191400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 233 PM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-191400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 233 PM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW OR RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-191400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 233 PM ADT FRI APR 18 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 35 KT. $$ JK/DJH APR 08
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, 7:59 AM AKDT, 13 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 7:59 AM AKDT, 13 hours 39 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1259 PM ADT WED APR 16 2008 .SYNOPSIS... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY IN THE BEAUFORT SEA LIFTS OUT TO THE CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO. THIS WILL ALLOW A STRONG RIDGE TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST LATE THIS WEEK. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR BY 12Z SATURDAY. THE RIDGE WILL BRING A MUCH MILDER AIRMASS INTO NORTHERN ALASKA. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF BRINGING 850 MB TEMPERATURES TO NEAR 0C AT FAIRBANKS BY 12Z SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HIGHS INTO THE 40S BY SATURDAY...AND LIKELY WIDESPREAD HIGHS INTO THE 50S BY SUNDAY. IN THE SHORT TERM, SNOW IS STILL FALLING OVER THE ALASKA RANGE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL TAPER OFF AS THE 500 MB TROUGH BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST INTO CANADA BY THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT EAST OF THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY UNTIL 6 PM FOR ZONES 226 AND A SNOW ADVISORY FOR 224. AS RIDGING BUILDS IN OVER THE STATE THE WEST COAST WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED WITH PERIODS OF SNOW AS SHORTWAVES RIDE UP OVER THE RIDGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODEL QPF INDICATING BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AT THIS POINT. HYDROLOGY...A RAPID WARM-UP THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO A RAPID MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK AND POSSIBLY SOME BREAKUP RELATED ISSUES. THERE IS CURRENTLY 13 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT FAIRBANKS WITH A LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 2.3 INCHES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ224. HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && APR 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:29 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 16, 9:38 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Apr 17, 3:12 AM AKDT | Snow Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 17, 9:23 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Apr 17, 9:23 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Apr 17, 9:32 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Apr 17, 9:32 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | 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.