Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 119, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 4, 2009, 1:24 PM AKST. It was in force for 26 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 4, 2009, 1:24 PM AKST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2009, 3:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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 4, 6:34 AM AKST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 6:34 AM AKST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 634 AM AKST FRI DEC 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT NAM/GFS RUNS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT AND HAVE SATISFACTORY CONTINUITY WITH PREVIOUS RUNS ON THE HANDLING OF THE TWO STRONG SURFACE SYSTEMS MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE ALEUTIANS. THE SECOND LOW...NOW NEAR 42N/160W... WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS AS IT BECOMES THE DOMINANT SYSTEM. WINTER STORM WATCHES BEGINNING THIS EVENING FOR AKZ211/213/214 WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. GALES DEVELOPING OVER MOST OF PKZ210/ AKZ213/AKZ214/WESTERN PKZ200 THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH SAT. GALE GUSTS LIKELY IN PARTS OF AKZ212/AKZ215. GALES OR GALE GUSTS DEVELOPING IN PKZ215/PKZ220/AKZ207/AKZ209 SAT. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER AKZ214 AS MILDER AIR STREAMS NORTH. SEWARD PENINSULA TEMPS CLIMBING TO NEAR FREEZING BY SAT AFTERNOON...WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT AND SUN. MEDIUM RANGE OUTLOOK...GFS CONTINUES TO INDICATE LOWER 500 MB HEIGHTS AND COLDER 850 MB TEMPERATURES THAN THE ECMWF OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. COOLING WILL UNDOUBTEDLY OCCUR BUT HOW MUCH IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ213-AKZ214. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF DEC 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2:27 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Dec 4, 2:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Dec 4, 2:44 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Dec 4, 12:01 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 18 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.