Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 50, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 26, 2009, 3:08 AM AKDT. It was in force for 12 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, 3:08 AM AKDT (11:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2009, 2:48 PM AKDT
- In force
- 12 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 Apr 25, 3:44 PM AKDT, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:44 PM AKDT, 11 hours 24 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, 2:59 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Apr 26, 3:08 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 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.