Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2009, 12:58 PM AKST. It was in force for 63 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 20, 2009, 12:58 PM AKST (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2009, 3:40 AM AKST
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162 FZAK52 PAFG 202158 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 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. PKZ299-211515- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 992 MB LOW 75 NM EAST OF ADAK WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THU MORNING. A BROAD 1040 HIGH CENTERED NEAR BARROW TUES AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND BUILD TO 1052 MB ON WEDNESDAY OVER WESTERN CANADA. $$ PKZ200-211515- NORTON SOUND- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-211515- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-211515- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-211515- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1258 PM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ RL/SB/KS JAN 09
5 follow-up statements
100 FZAK52 PAFG 211203 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-220100- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 992 MB LOW 75 NM EAST OF ADAK WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THU MORNING. A 1052MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR DEADHORSE WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO CANADA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. $$ PKZ200-220100- NORTON SOUND- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-220100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-220100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 303 AM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ JK/CF JAN 09
351 FZAK52 PAFG 212212 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 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. PKZ299-221715- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 989MB LOW 100NM NORTHEAST OF ADAK WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THU MORNING AND DISSIPATE. A 984MB LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN WILL MOVE TO 100NM SOUTH OF COLD BAY THURSDAY MORNING. 1055MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR DEADHORSE WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN. $$ PKZ200-221715- NORTON SOUND- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. STRONGER WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. STRONGER WINDS IN CHANNELED AREAS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-221715- DALL POINT TO WALES- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-221715- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-221715- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 112 PM AKST WED JAN 21 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ SDB/KS JAN 09
336 FZAK52 PAFG 221100 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 200 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-230200- 200 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 982 MB LOW 600 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE NORTH AND STRENGTHEN TO A 985 MB 25 NM EAST OF COLD BAY AT 3 AM AKST FRI. THE LOW WILL BE 1000 MB 260 NM SOUTH OF GAMBELL AT 3 AM AKST SAT. $$ PKZ200-230200- NORTON SOUND- 200 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-230200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 200 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-230200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 200 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-230200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 200 AM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ TF/DA JAN 09
414 FZAK52 PAFG 222223 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 123 PM AKST THU JAN 22 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. PKZ299-231645- 123 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 987 MB LOW 600 NM NEAR SAND POINT WILL MOVE NORTH TO 100 NM EAST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND FRIDAY EVENING AS A 1000 MB LOW. $$ PKZ200-231645- NORTON SOUND- 123 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-231645- DALL POINT TO WALES- 123 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-231645- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 123 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-231645- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 123 PM AKST THU JAN 22 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ SDB/RL JAN 09
319 FZAK52 PAFG 231240 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 340 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-240345- 340 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 988 MB LOW 40 NM NORTH OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE NORTH. AT 3 PM AKST SAT... THE LOW WILL BE 1006 MB 270 NM SOUTH OF GAMBELL. $$ PKZ200-240345- NORTON SOUND- 340 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 35 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-240345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 340 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-240345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 340 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-240345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 340 AM AKST FRI JAN 23 2009 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ DJH/DA 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 20, 3:46 AM AKST, 9 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:46 AM AKST, 9 hours 12 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 AM AKST TUE JAN 20 2009 .DISCUSSION... HE WEATHER PATTERN WILL MUCH QUIETER THIS WEEK...BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CONCERNS. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM (48-60 HOURS)...WITH INCREASING SPREAD BY THURSDAY AS THE MODELS STRUGGLE WITH THE DETAILS OF HIGH LATITUDE CUTOFF HIGHS AND LOWS. TOWARD THE END OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RUNS THE MODELS COME BACK INTO BETTER AGREEMENT BY DAYS 8-10. AN UPPER TROUGH PUSHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL SLIDE OFF INTO THE EASTERN INTERIOR TODAY...AND OFF INTO CANADA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH THE UPPER FLOW GRADUALLY VEERING INTO THE NORTH IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AK WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND NORTH INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY WED NIGHT AND THEN MOVE THE CLOSED CENTER TO THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. MODELS AND ENSEMBLES ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS IDEA. A BUILDING SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS NORTHERN AK MID-WEEK SLIDES OFF INTO NW CANADA ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING SOME STRONGER WIND AND POSSIBLE WIND CHILL AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS TO THE SUMMITS OF THE INTERIOR WED-THUR. MODELS AND ENSEMBLES REALLY START TO DIVERGE LATE IN THE WEEK AND THUS FORECAST CONFIDENCE DIMINISHES. THE POINT OF CONTENTION IS WHETHER OR NOT A LOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR LATE IN THE WEEK UNDERNEATH THE UPPER RIDGE THAT PINCHES OFF ACROSS THE ARCTIC. THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS SOLUTION BUT THE GFS AND MOST OF THE ENSEMBLES KEEP THE UPPER LOW WELL TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...BY EARLY NEXT WEEK THE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT AGAIN IN BUILDING A RIDGE IN THE BERING SEA AND BRINGING A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS BACK INTO NORTHERN AK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225. && CF JAN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 20, 12:58 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 20, 1:55 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 20, 1:55 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:45 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 29 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.