Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 17, 2009, 3:40 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 17, 2009, 3:40 AM AKST (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2009, 3:32 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697 FZAK51 PAFG 171240 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-180100- 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 964 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE A 980 MB LOW NEAR BARROW AT 3PM SAT. $$ PKZ225-180100- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-180100- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-180100- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-180100- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-180100- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 340 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ JK/CF JAN 09
3 follow-up statements
664 FZAK51 PAFG 172201 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-181300- 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 978 MB LOW OVER THE NOATAK VALLEY WILL DISSIPATE EARLY THIS EVENING AS A NEW 984 MB LOW DEVELOPS NEAR BARROW. THIS SECOND LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR SAT NIGHT THEN MOVE NORTH AND STRENGTHEN TO BE 1016 MB OVER THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ225-181300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT BECOMING N 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-181300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT THEN BECOMING SW BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-181300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-181300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-181300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 101 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...W WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/DJH JAN 09
671 FZAK51 PAFG 172202 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-181315- 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 978 MB LOW OVER THE NOATAK VALLEY WILL DISSIPATE EARLY THIS EVENING AS A NEW 984 MB LOW DEVELOPS NEAR BARROW. THIS SECOND LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR SAT NIGHT THEN MOVE NORTH AND STRENGTHEN TO BE 1016 MB OVER THE UPPER KOBUK VALLEY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ225-181315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT BECOMING N 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-181315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT THEN BECOMING SW BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-181315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING. .SUN...W WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-181315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-181315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 102 PM AKST SAT JAN 17 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...W WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/DJH JAN 09
373 FZAK51 PAFG 181232 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-190100- 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS EASTERN RUSSIA AND EXTEND ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT SUNDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. A 990 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE WESTERN BERING SEA AND REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY ON SUNDAY THEN SLOWLY TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY. $$ PKZ225-190100- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-190100- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-190100- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-190100- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ245-190100- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 332 AM AKST SUN JAN 18 2009 .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ JK/CF JAN 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 Jan 16, 1:02 PM AKST, 14 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 1:02 PM AKST, 14 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 102 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ALTHOUGH THE NAM MOVES THE LOW IN WESTERN ALASKA A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY NORTH THEN THE OTHER MODELS. A 949 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME A 952 MB CENTER IN BRISTOL BAY THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A 964 MB LOW SATURDAY MORNING...THEN JUST NORTH OF BARROW AS A 978 MB LOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT VERY WARM AIR INTO WESTERN ALASKA AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR...MANY RECORD HIGHS HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND RAIN HAS OCCURRED AS FAR NORTH AS UNALAKLEET TO GALENA. FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN NORTH OF FAIRBANKS CAUSING ICY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON THE DALTON HIGHWAY. RAIN FALLING ON COLD ROADS AND SOME AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE ALASKA RANGE HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS THERE. WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS ARE OUT THROUGH SATURDAY IN WESTERN ALASKA NORTH OF A UNALAKLEET TO GALENA LINE FOR HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND HIGH WINDS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES COMMON...AND AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES IN SOME LOCAL AREAS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW THROUGH PASSES IN BOTH THE ALASKA AND BROOKS RANGES WITH WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THE ARCTIC COAST FROM DEADHORSE WEST WILL SEE HEAVY SNOW STARTING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL BE WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS. ALSO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT AS STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BLOW OVER MARINE ZONE 210. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209- AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ217. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ221. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ220-AKZ225-AKZ226. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RL JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:55 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Jan 16, 6:46 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Jan 16, 7:41 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Jan 17, 5:30 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Jan 17, 1:01 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 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.