Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 72, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 3, 2008, 2:40 PM AKST. It was in force for 28 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 3, 2008, 2:40 PM AKST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2008, 6:15 PM AKST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFG 032340 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 PM AKST WED DEC 3 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. PKZ299-041445- 240 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 974 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL MOVE WESTWARD TO THE PRIBILOFS BY 3 PM THU WEAKENING TO 982 MB. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOW CENTER TO DALL POINT AND EASTWARD BY 3 PM FRI. $$ PKZ200-041445- NORTON SOUND- 240 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING E 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-041445- DALL POINT TO WALES- 240 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ215-041445- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 240 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-041445- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 240 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/DA DEC 08
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFG 032341 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-041445- 241 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 974 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL MOVE WESTWARD TO THE PRIBILOFS BY 3 PM THU WEAKENING TO 982 MB. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOW CENTER TO DALL POINT AND EASTWARD BY 3 PM FRI. $$ PKZ200-041445- NORTON SOUND- 241 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING E 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-041445- DALL POINT TO WALES- 241 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ215-041445- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 241 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-041445- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 241 PM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/DA DEC 08
000 FZAK52 PAFG 041152 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 AM AKST THU DEC 4 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. PKZ299-050315- 252 AM AKST THU DEC 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 974 MB LOW JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL WEAKEN TO 986 MB BY FRI AFTERNOON AS IT ROTATES NORTH AND WEST AROUND THEM. THE ASSOCIATED STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOW CENTER TO DALL POINT AND EASTWARD BY 3 PM FRI. $$ PKZ200-050315- NORTON SOUND- 252 AM AKST THU DEC 4 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-050315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 252 AM AKST THU DEC 4 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ215-050315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 252 AM AKST THU DEC 4 2008 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-050315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 252 AM AKST THU DEC 4 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/MAR 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 3, 11:43 AM AKST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 11:43 AM AKST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1143 AM AKST WED DEC 3 2008 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT SURFACE PROGS THROUGH DAY 3 ARE SIMILAR ON THE MAJOR FEATURES...EXCEPT FOR THE DEEPENING TRIPLE POINT LOW SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALASKA PENINSULA WHERE THE ECMWF/GFS ARE CARRYING A SOMEWHAT DEEPER CENTER IN THE NEAR TERM THAN THE NAM. GFS/ECMWF RESOLVE THIS LOW MUCH BETTER THAN THE NAM THROUGH 00Z SAT AS IT ROTATES AROUND THE OLD PARENT LOW. GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS ARE PREFERRED. BROAD SCALE WIND FIELDS FROM ALL 3 MODELS OVER THE FORECAST AREA ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR. WILL UPGRADE THE EXISTING HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ213 TO A WARNING ON THIS AFTERNOONS FORECAST SUITE. WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40-50 MPH OVER AKZ213...A GOOD LIKELIHOOD OF OCCASIONAL 60 MPH GUSTS OVER THE NORMALLY WINDY AREAS SUCH AS GAMBELL AND NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE TRIPLE POINT LOW ROTATES WESTWARD AND MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO OUR FORECAST AREA...TIGHTENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHERN BERING. SOME SNOW MAY MAKE IT WESTWARD TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THURSDAY...MAYBE TO THE BERING STRAIT THURSDAY NIGHT BUT THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY THAT TIME. ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST...WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 MPH OR LESS OVER MOST OF ALL AREAS EAST OF WAINWRIGHT THROUGH FRI AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD TO NORTON SOUND AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT... AND TO MUCH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND INTERIOR SOUTH OF SELAWIK-BETTLES-FORT YUKON THU MORNING. SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF AKZ214-AKZ215 LATE THU MORNING OR THU AFTERNOON AS 1000-850 MB LAYER MEAN TEMPERATURE NUDGES UP TO 0C OR A LITTLE ABOVE. GFS CARRYING THE LARGEST PRECIP AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THROUGH 18Z THU...ECMWF SOMEWHAT LESS AND THE NAM CONSIDERABLY LESS. WILL OPT OUT FOR MAXIMUM SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 5 INCHES IN AKZ214 AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN AKZ215-AKZ216. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ213. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF DEC 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 3:36 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Dec 3, 10:48 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Dec 3, 10:48 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Dec 3, 10:50 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Dec 3, 10:50 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Dec 3, 10:50 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Dec 3, 1:35 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 38 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.