Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 49, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 26, 2009, 2:59 AM AKDT. 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
- Apr 26, 2009, 2:59 AM AKDT (10:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2009, 4:08 AM AKDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
295 FZAK52 PAFG 261059 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 259 AM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 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. PKZ299-270230- 259 AM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 992 MB LOW IN THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE NORTH SUN. A 980 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 300 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW AS A 990 MB LOW BY 4AM MON. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO THE BEAUFORT SEA SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-270230- NORTON SOUND- 259 AM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. RAIN. FOG. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-270230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 259 AM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. FOG. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-270230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 259 AM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. RAIN. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-270230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 259 AM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND RAIN. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ APR 09
2 follow-up statements
989 FZAK52 PAFG 262311 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 PM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-271415- 311 PM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 988 MB LOW 300 NM WEST OF BARROW WILL MORE NORTH 25 KT AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. THE WEATHER FRONT AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ONSHORE FROM BARROW TO KOTZEBUE THIS EVENING AND THEN WEAKEN AND REMAIN IN PLACE. 988 MB LOW 250 NM WEST OF SAINT PAUL ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN. THE LOW WILL BE A 1008 MB CENTER IN BERING STRAIT MON PM. THE WEATHER FRONT AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE COAST FROM DALL POINT TO BERING STRAIT SUN EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE ALASKA INTERIOR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-271415- NORTON SOUND- 311 PM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-271415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 311 PM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-271415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 311 PM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-271415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 311 PM AKDT SUN APR 26 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ RT/TF APR 09
318 FZAK52 PAFG 271208 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 408 AM AKDT MON APR 27 2009 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. PKZ299-280245- 408 AM AKDT MON APR 27 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 988 MB LOW 475 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN. A 1000 MB LOW NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE BERING STRAIT AS A 1012 MB LOW BY 4PM MON THEN MOVE NORTH INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA AND DISSIPATE TUE. $$ PKZ200-280245- NORTON SOUND- 408 AM AKDT MON APR 27 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-280245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 408 AM AKDT MON APR 27 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN AND FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-280245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 408 AM AKDT MON APR 27 2009 .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-280245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 408 AM AKDT MON APR 27 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT. RAIN AND FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ APR 09
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 Apr 25, 3:44 PM AKDT, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:44 PM AKDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 344 PM AKDT SAT APR 25 2009 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN FOR NORTHERN ALASKA WITH BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT ALONG ABOUT 140W AND LONGWAVE TROUGH IN THE BERING SEA. MODELS ARE ALL NOW IN AGREEMENT ON KEEPING THE RIDGE LOCKED IN ALONG ABOUT 140W THRU MID-WEEK WITH GRADUALLY RISING HEIGHTS...WITH WILL PROBABLY EVENTUALLY DIMINISHING THE FIRE HOSE OVER THE WEST COAST. WHILE MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON BASIC PATTERN...NAM AND ESPECIALLY GFS ARE OVERDOING PUSHING PRECIP INTO THE RIDGE IN THE SHORT TERM AND ASSOCIATED GFS MOS POPS ARE TOO HIGH. ECMWF QPF LOOKS BETTER IN THIS REGARD...WITH LITTLE OR ZERO PCPN EAST OF A COLDFOOT-TANANA- MCGRATH LINE FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE...AND A GRADUAL WESTWARD DRIFT OF THE PRECIP LINE. SOME DIFF IN LOW LEVEL TEMPS..BUT AGAIN GIVEN RECENT AND ONGOING PERFORMANCE WE PREFER ECMWF. MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME TREND NOW TOWARD BURYING THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA NEXT WEEKEND WITH THE RIDGE HAVING MORE E-W AXIS. NORTH SLOPE...BIG PUSH OF WARM AIR WILL BRING RECORD OR NEAR RECORD TEMPS TO MANY AREAS SUN...AND EASTERN ZONES POSSIBLY ON MON TOO. WIND HEADLINES FOR DOWNSLOPE WINDS ZONES 201..205 AND 206. WEST COAST...INDEFINITE SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL BRING WINDWARD AREAS COPIOUS PCPN NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH DRIZZLE AND FOG BETWEEN SHOTS. RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL WAGGLE AROUND 160-165W BUT LOW ELEVATION AREAS GENERALLY TOO WARM FOR MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION. LOCAL DOWNSLOPE...ESPECIALLY ZONES 210 AND 212 WILL LIMIT PRECIP THERE. INTERIOR...GAP FLOW WINDS THRU ALASKA RANGE PASSES STRONG ENOUGH FOR ADVISORIES IN THE USUAL PLACES. RAPIDLY WARMING AIRMASS AND DECREASING CS AFTER TONIGHT WILL ACCELERATE SNOW MELT AND BREAK-UP ACTIVITY WILL SURELY INCREASE THIS WEEK. ECMWF IS FORECASTING NEAR RECORD END OF APRIL 850 MB TEMPS FOR EASTERN INTERIOR...AND ALL MODELS HAVE VERY HIGH FREEZING LEVELS FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. GFS MOS IS PROBABLY TOO COOL...ESPECIALLY ONCE VALLEY AREAS LOSS SNOW COVER...WHICH SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER WILL BE EARLY IN THE WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE && .HYDROLOGY... NONE YET BUT THAT WILL CHANGE NEXT WEEK && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235. && RT APR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:08 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Apr 26, 3:08 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 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.