Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 116, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 3, 2011, 2:55 PM AKDT. 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
- Nov 3, 2011, 2:55 PM AKDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 3:17 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 FZAK52 PAFG 032255 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 255 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 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. PKZ299-041245- 255 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1032 MB HIGH OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST. A 969 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF NUNIVAK WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND RAPIDLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND TONIGHT AND EMERGES IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF ALASKA FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE SOUTH 15 KT. $$ PKZ200-041245- NORTON SOUND- 255 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG... SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ210-041245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 255 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. FOG...SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT BECOMING E. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ215-041245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 255 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG...SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ220-041245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 255 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ CCC/DJH NOV 11
2 follow-up statements
488 FZAK52 PAFG 040948 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 148 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-050100- 148 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF ALASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TO THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY SAT MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING SEA TODAY AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AS A 977 MB LOW MOVES EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT MORNING. $$ PKZ200-050100- NORTON SOUND- 148 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ210-050100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 148 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHEST SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ215-050100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 148 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ220-050100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 148 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT BECOMING E 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ RL/RT NOV 11
194 FZAK52 PAFG 042317 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 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. PKZ299-051430- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF ALASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TO THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA BY SAT MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BERING SEA TODAY AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AS A 977 MB LOW MOVES EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA SAT MORNING. $$ PKZ200-051430- NORTON SOUND- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 25 KT NEAR CHANNELED AREAS THIS EVENING. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ210-051430- DALL POINT TO WALES- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. WINDS SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-051430- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ220-051430- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 317 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ JK/DJH NOV 11
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 Nov 3, 1:51 PM AKDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 1:51 PM AKDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 151 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011 .DISCUSSION... SYNOPTIC SCALE MODELS INITIALIZED WELL WITH GFS PREFERRED BASED UPON POSITION AND STRENGTH OF LOW NOW SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND. SHORT TERM MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN TAKING THE 969 MB LOW MENTIONED ABOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST TO BE LOCATED JUST EAST OF PADQ BY 10 AM FRIDAY. AN ELONGATED LOW OPENS TO A TROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. WSW ARE HOISTED FOR ZONES 214 215 AND 216 THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ATTM AT MOST LOCATIONS ALONG THE WEST COAST SOUTH OF PAOT. PEAK WIND GUST TO 53 KTS NOTED AT PACZ WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KTS ACROSS ZONE 214. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GULF. WIND ADVISORIES HOISTED FOR ZONES 227 AND 225 AS THE TIGHT GRADIENT ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE WITH DEEP BERING LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST. EXPECT WINDS TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN ZONE 227 AND NEAR SUNRISE FOR ZONE 225. GUST TO 55 KTS NOTED AT ANTLER CREEK IN ZONE 225. HOISTED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 219 AND 221 BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AS REMNANTS OF LOW CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW LOOK REASONABLE IN THESE AREAS. VERY PROGRESSIVE AND STORMY PATTER SETTING UP FOR THE NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER POWERFUL BERING SEA LOW IS INDICATED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN BERING SATURDAY WITH SIMILAR TRACK AND STRENGTH AS TODAYS SYSTEM. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ227. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ219-AKZ221. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ225. && CC NOV 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 3:21 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Nov 3, 3:28 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Nov 3, 3:38 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 38 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.