Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 141, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 9, 2011, 3:46 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
- Dec 9, 2011, 3:46 AM AKST (12:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2011, 3:58 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
867 FZAK52 PAFG 091246 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 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. PKZ299-100045- 346 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 993 MB LOW OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTH OF BARROW AS A 100 MB LOW BY 3PM FRI THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST. A STRONG LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AS A 955 MB LOW BY 3PM SAT AND THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY 3PM SAT AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUN. $$ PKZ200-100045- NORTON SOUND- 346 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT BECOMING S 25 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-100045- DALL POINT TO WALES- 346 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-100045- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 346 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING W 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-100045- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 346 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING WEST 15 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ DEC 11
2 follow-up statements
093 FZAK52 PAFG 092246 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 146 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101400- 146 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1000 MB LOW 50 NM SOUTH OF BARROW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE BEAUFORT SEA BY EARLY SAT MORNING...WEAKENING TO 1006 MB. A STRONG LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AS A 955 MB LOW BY 3PM SAT...THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY 3PM SAT AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUN. $$ PKZ200-101400- NORTON SOUND- 146 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 35 KT BECOMING E 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT BECOMING S 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-101400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 146 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 45 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-101400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 146 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SE. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-101400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 146 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER NOON. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RL/CWA DEC 11
060 FZAK52 PAFG 101258 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 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. PKZ299-110015- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 955 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AS A 955 MB LOW BY 3PM SAT AND TO THE GULF OF ANADYR AS A 967 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN AND THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY 3PM SAT AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUN. $$ PKZ200-110015- NORTON SOUND- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT BECOMING SE 45 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT BECOMING S 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-110015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-110015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-110015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ DEC 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 Dec 8, 3:36 PM AKST, 12 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:36 PM AKST, 12 hours 10 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 336 PM AKST THU DEC 8 2011 .DISCUSSION... ALOFT...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH NEARLY ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE STATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING OVER THE WEST COAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH CLOSED 490 DAM LOW IN THE NORTHWEST BERING SEA. CLOSED LOW MOVES TO NORTH CENTRAL BERING SEA AT 481 DAM SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN WEAKENS AND DRIFTS OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA AS A 503 DAM LOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE...THE 985 MB NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO THE WESTERN ARCTIC PLAIN BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WEAKENING TO 998 MB. THE LOW CONTINUES EAST TO NEAR BARTER ISLAND BY SATURDAY MORNING AND TO MACKENZIE BAY SATURDAY EVENING AS A 1007 MB LOW. 1010 MB HIGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A 966 MB LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA FRIDAY MORNING MOVING TO THE NORTH CENTRAL BERING SEA SATURDAY EVENING AS A 950 MB LOW AND TO THE BERING STRAIT MONDAY NIGHT AS A 968 MB LOW. NORTH SLOPE...AS DISSIPATING LOW MOVES ACROSS...EXPECT FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THOUGH MAY PICK UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH ALONG THE COAST NORTH OF THE LOW AS IT TRANSITS THE AREA. WEST COAST...APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER BOUT OF SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER. EXPECT A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONES. SEE UPDATED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WATCHES FOR MORE INFORMATION. INTERIOR...BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AROUND THE LOW NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BUT UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE BERING SEA WILL BRING ANOTHER BOUT OF VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE ALASKA RANGE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GOOD POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO REACH WELL INTO THE 30S SUNDAY IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. && SDB DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 11:37 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Dec 9, 11:37 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Dec 9, 1:45 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 72 hr | |
| Dec 9, 1:46 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 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.