Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 69, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 2, 2008, 2:11 PM AKST. It was in force for 15 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
- Dec 2, 2008, 2:11 PM AKST (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2008, 5:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 022311 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 211 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 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. PKZ299-031415- 211 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WESTERN ARCTIC COASTAL AREAS THROUGH THU MORNING. A 959 LOW 420 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR BY FRIDAY EVENING WEAKENING TO 987 MB. $$ PKZ200-031415- NORTON SOUND- 211 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-031415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 211 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ215-031415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 211 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-031415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 211 PM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ SDB/RF DEC 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 Dec 2, 2:51 AM AKST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:51 AM AKST, 11 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 AM AKST TUE DEC 2 2008 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH FIRST 48 HOURS NOW. THE NAM HAS AT LEAST BOUGHT OFF ON THE GFS SOLUTION AND AND THE ECMWF IS NOW TRACKING VERY SIMILAR IN THE SHORT TERM. GFS MODEL TO MODEL RUN CONTINUES TO BE PRETTY CONSISTENT. THE NAM IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. AFTER 30 HOURS THE ECMWF AND THE GFS WIDELY DISAGREE ON LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC NEAR THE ALEUTIANS. THE ECMWF BY FAR IS THE WARMEST AND EXTENDS OCCLUDED FRONT FROM THE ALEUTIANS THROUGH FAIRBANKS. DISAGREE WITH THAT SOLUTION BECAUSE OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA AT THE SAME TIME. AT 60 HOURS NO MODEL IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE OTHERS. THEREFORE SINCE THE GFS HAS BEEN SO CONSISTENT AND HAS DONE WELL THUS FAR...WILL OPT TO GO WITH GFS SOLUTION. UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT HAS BROUGHT IN THE QUICK SUPPLY OF COLD AIR WILL RAPIDLY EXIT THE STATE AND END UP NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY EARLY WED MORNING. THIS WILL PULL A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE...LARGE NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL PUSH ITS OCCLUDED FRONT TO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE WEST COAST BY WED AFTERNOON. BY LATE WED NIGHT THE NEXT FRONT FROM THE SAME COMPLEX LOW MOVES EASTWARD AND BEGINS TO GENERATE THE SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THAT WILL LIKELY USHER IN DECENT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE POTENTIALLY DECENT SNOWFALL IN THE INTERIOR THROUGH FRIDAY. WEST COAST FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTHWARD WILL SEE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP WITH THE GRADIENT TIGHTENING BETWEEN THE LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS SCENARIO WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. THE ARCTIC COAST WILL STAY OUT OF MOST OF THE ACTION. WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT AND THE COLDER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THAT AREA. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ220. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225. && CF DEC 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 6:35 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 2, 2:11 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Dec 2, 2:11 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Dec 2, 2:11 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Dec 2, 2:41 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | 23 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.