Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 35, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 4, 2009, 1:26 PM AKST. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 4, 2009, 1:26 PM AKST (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2009, 2:16 PM AKST
- In force
- 25 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 Mar 4, 11:49 AM AKST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 11:49 AM AKST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1149 AM AKST WED MAR 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... HIGH ENERGY PROGRESSIVE WAVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT MAY BECOME MORE STABLE DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. ECMWF RUN BUILDS AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MAINLAND OVER THE WEEKEND AND HOLDING IT IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. GFS MODEL ALSO BUILDS THE RIDGE OVER WEEKEND AND HOLDS IT THROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK...THEN WEAKENS IT LATER IN THE WEEK BUT WITH SOME WEAK LEFTOVER RIDGING HANGING ON OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. NAM/GFS/ECMWF SURFACE PROGS LOOKING PRETTY CLOSE ON FORECAST TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW NOW IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA. 972 MB LOW ABOUT 600 NM SOUTHWEST OF NOME IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO OUTER KOTZEBUE SOUND BY LATE THU NIGHT FILLING TO AROUND 986 MB...THEN WEAKEN RAPIDLY THEREAFTER. THE NEXT LOW ON DECK IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS BY 00Z SUN...WITH FRINGE WINDS REACHING ZONE 214 AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR ZONES AND IN THE WEST COAST ZONES... WATCHES OR WARNINGS FOR WINTER STORM WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THESE AREAS...EXCEPT ZONE 213 WHICH IS A BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN ZONE 222 WILL BE A MORE COMPLEX ISSUE... LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE BELOW 850 MB WILL PROBABLY LIMIT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THU AND THU NIGHT...SO WILL GO WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INSTEAD OF A WINTER STORM WATCH. FRI AND FRI NIGHT LOOK MORE PROMISING AS A SECOND SHOT OF MOISTURE ARRIVES... ALONG WITH FAST LOW LEVEL WESTERLIES. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH EXPECTED IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TONIGHT AND THU AS LEESIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. BRISK EAST WINDS DEVELOPING OVER MOST OR ALL OF THE ARCTIC COAST BY THU AFTERNOON AS THE BERING LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE FRI AND FRI NIGHT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211- AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ221. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ222-AKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF MAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:38 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:44 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 5 days | |
| Mar 4, 4:47 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Mar 4, 4:47 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Mar 4, 5:00 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Mar 4, 5:00 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Mar 4, 1:25 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Mar 4, 1:26 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:34 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 31 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.