Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 142, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 9, 2011, 1:46 PM AKST. It was in force for 48 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, 1:46 PM AKST (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2011, 1:24 PM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. $$ RL/CWA DEC 11
4 follow-up statements
060 FZAK52 PAFG 101258 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-110015- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 955 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA AS A 955 MB LOW BY 3PM SAT AND TO THE GULF OF ANADYR AS A 967 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN AND THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA BY 3PM SAT AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUN. $$ 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
818 FZAK52 PAFG 102339 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM 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. PKZ299-111615- 239 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 952 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE 970 MB OVER THE GULF OF ANADYR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW LIES SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AS FAR NORTH AS POINT HOPE BY NOON SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL DECELERATE THEREAFTER. $$ PKZ200-111615- NORTON SOUND- 239 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT...BECOMING S 35 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-111615- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 50 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 50 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 55 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-111615- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-111615- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ DJH/RL DEC 11
162 FZAK52 PAFG 111244 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 344 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-120030- 344 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 957 MB LOW 200 NM WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR CAPE NAVARIN AS A 967 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN...TO NEAR ANADYR AS A 976 MB LOW BY 3AM MON...AND THEN MOVE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING FROM THIS LOW TO THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA TO BARROW BY BY 3PM SUN...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST. $$ PKZ200-120030- NORTON SOUND- 344 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 45 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 50 KT. $$ PKZ210-120030- DALL POINT TO WALES- 344 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. .WED...E WINDS 50 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 50 KT. $$ PKZ215-120030- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 344 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ220-120030- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 344 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU...E WINDS 45 KT. $$ DEC 11
042 FZAK52 PAFG 112224 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 124 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 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. PKZ299-121330- 124 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL WEAKEN MON. A 962 MB LOW 300 NM WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR CAPE NAVARIN AS A 967 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN...TO NEAR ANADYR AS A 976 MB LOW BY 3AM MON...AND THEN MOVE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING FROM THIS LOW TO THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA TO BARROW BY BY 3PM SUN...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST. $$ PKZ200-121330- NORTON SOUND- 124 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 25 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 55 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-121330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 124 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SE 40 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 45 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. .WED...E WINDS 50 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 50 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 50 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 40 KT. $$ PKZ215-121330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 124 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-121330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 124 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU...E WINDS 45 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ JK/RL 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 9, 7:46 AM AKST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 7:46 AM AKST, 6 hours before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 746 AM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT...THE LONG WAVE PATTERN CONSISTING OF A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE BERING AND NW PACIFIC AND A RIDGE OVER THE NE PACIFIC AND EASTERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT WEEK. THIS MEANS THE SW FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A SERIES OF STORMS NE OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE TO MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA WITH CHINOOK WINDS IN THE SE INTERIOR ACCOMPANYING EACH STORM. 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR 0C WITH THE NEXT FRONT COMING INTO SW ALASKA SAT. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE SW INTERIOR AND WEST COAST SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. SURFACE...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. THERE WILL BE 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND NE OF THIS LOW. AN OCCLUDED FRONT FROM THE LOW STRETCHES NE AND THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FZDZ IN THE WARM AIR WITH THIS NEAR THE LOW. AN ARCTIC FRONT STRETCHING SOUTH FROM THE LOW TO THE YUKON DELTA WILL MOVE TO UMIAT TO DENALI BY 3PM FRI AND TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY 3AM SAT. EXPECT 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW AND AND SW WINDS 15 KT ALONG THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE INTERIOR TODAY. 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. EXPECT GALES WITH THIS FRONT. EXPECT 4-8 INCHES OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG THE WEST COAST ALONG THIS FRONT. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WITH THE FRONT FROM THE BERING STRAIT SOUTH AS WELL. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD BUT WILL HAVE PLENTY OF WINTER HAZARDS SO THERE ARE WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR WEST COAST AND SW INTERIOR ZONES SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SIMILAR SOLUTIONS ALOFT. DIFFER SOME ON STRENGTH OF BERING SEA LOW SAT-SUN WITH THE NAM BEING 6 MB DEEPER THAN THE GFS. THE WINDS SPEEDS AND GRADIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OVER NORTHERN ALASKA ARE SIMILAR HOWEVER. WE USED THE GFS FOR THE MOST PART. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. && JB DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:46 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| 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 |
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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.