Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 77, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2008, 2:59 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 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 27, 2008, 2:59 AM AKST (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 2:14 PM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
657 FZAK52 PAFG 271159 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 259 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 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. PKZ299-280300- 259 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN SIBERIA AND OVER THE BERING SEA THROUGH SUN. A 978 MB LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN TO 990 MB BY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-280300- NORTON SOUND- 259 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-280300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 259 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-280300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 259 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-280300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 259 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DA DEC 08
1 follow-up statement
268 FZAK52 PAFG 272314 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 214 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-281415- 214 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1040 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER CHUKOTKA AND THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. $$ PKZ200-281415- NORTON SOUND- 214 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-281415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 214 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-281415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 214 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-281415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 214 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ DR/RT 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 27, 2:50 AM AKST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 2:50 AM AKST, 9 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 250 AM AKST SAT DEC 27 2008 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH NEARLY 60 HOURS. SURFACE LOW IN THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO FILL WHILE RIDGE IN THE BERING SLIDES EAST SLIGHTLY AND STRENGTHENS. UPPER LEVEL OMEGA BLOCK IN THE BERING WILL CAUSE THE TROUGH ALOFT TO TAKE HOLD OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR OF THE STATE THROUGH 240 HOURS. BY END OF 240 HOUR OUTLOOK...VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE HIGH ARCTIC BUT WILL CONTINUE THE COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST AREAS IN THE INTERIOR AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO BE CANCELED BY TONIGHT. WINDS IN WEST COAST MARINE AREAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THROUGH THE STATE AS WELL WITH THE GRADIENT RELAXING BECAUSE OF THE LOW FILLING RAPIDLY INT HE GULF. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-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 27, 2:55 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Dec 27, 6:51 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Dec 27, 2:14 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Dec 27, 2:15 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 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.