Gale Warning 76, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Dec 10, 2008, 2:14 PM AKST (23:14 UTC)

Expired

Dec 11, 2008, 5:15 AM AKST

In force

15 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

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FZAK52 PAFG 102314
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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
214 PM AKST WED DEC 10 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.

PKZ299-111415-
214 PM AKST WED DEC 10 2008

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 992 MB LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE
NORTH WED NIGHT. A WEATHER FRONT IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL
MOVE TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE
INLAND FRI NIGHT AND DISSIPATE.

$$

PKZ200-111415-
NORTON SOUND-
214 PM AKST WED DEC 10 2008

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...SW WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...NW WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-111415-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
214 PM AKST WED DEC 10 2008

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF SAINT 
LAWRENCE ISLAND...

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT TOWARD MORNING. 
SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 FT TOWARD MORNING.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.THU...WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND...SE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING
TO 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. HEAVY
FREEZING SPRAY. FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND EAST...SW WINDS 15 KT
BECOMING SE 20 KT.
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT
BUILDING TO 16 FT.
.FRI...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 20 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 20 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 19 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 16 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 16 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-111415-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
214 PM AKST WED DEC 10 2008

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. 
.MON...W WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-111415-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
214 PM AKST WED DEC 10 2008

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THU...W WINDS 15 KT.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 45 KT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 30 KT. 
.MON...W WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

MAR/MK/ES DEC 08

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 10, 5:37 AM AKST, 8 hours 37 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
537 AM AKST WED DEC 10 2008

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS CONTINUE TO BE SIMILAR THROUGH THU WITH GFS AND ECMF
MODELS VERY SIMILAR IN LOCATION OF SURFACE FEATURES...WILL USE
GFS SOLUTION. SURFACE LOW JUST NORTH OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE TO WRANGEL ISLAND BY WED EVENING...THEN CONTINUE
NORTHWARD. A COLD FRONT FROM THIS LOW SOUTH WILL MOVE TO CAPE
LISBURNE BY THU MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH LIES ALONG THE
ARCTIC COAST THIS MORNING WILL LIFT NORTH WED AFTERNOON...RELAXING
THE STRONG WINDS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THERE THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.

LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST AS
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE INTERIOR BY THU AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SNOW LATE WED AFTERNOON AND EARLY THU MORNING WILL BECOME
FLURRIES IN THE INTERIOR. WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE IN ZONE 223
THIS MORNING BUT WILL END BY LATE MORNING AS WINDS DIMINISH WITH
WEAKENING LOW SOUTH OF THERE.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN ZONE 203 UNTIL NOON AND THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN ZONE 204 WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH
NOON BEFORE WINDS START TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITIES IMPROVE.
FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU.

NEW LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA THU MORNING BRINGING
WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW TO THE WESTERN COAST OF ALASKA THU NIGHT
AND FRI.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ218.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-
PKZ235.
&&

RL DEC 08

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