Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 143, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 10, 2011, 3:47 AM AKST. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2011, 3:47 AM AKST (12:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2011, 1:25 PM AKST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537 FZAK51 PAFG 101247 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 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. PKZ298-110030- 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST INTO SUN. A 955 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE 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. $$ PKZ225-110030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-110030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-110030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-110030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-110030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 347 AM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ DEC 11
3 follow-up statements
323 FZAK51 PAFG 102343 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 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. PKZ298-111445- 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST FROM BARROW TO BARTER ISLAND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A 952 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN TO 970 MB AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF ANADYR ON SUN. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUN. $$ PKZ225-111445- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-111445- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-111445- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-111445- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT W WINDS 10 KT NEAR SHORE THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-111445- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 243 PM AKST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ DJH/RL DEC 11
582 FZAK51 PAFG 111238 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 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. PKZ298-120030- 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL WEAKEN MON. 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. $$ PKZ225-120030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ230-120030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ235-120030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-120030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-120030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 338 AM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ DEC 11
220 FZAK51 PAFG 112225 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 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. PKZ298-121330- 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC 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. $$ PKZ225-121330- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-121330- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ235-121330- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-121330- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ245-121330- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 125 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ 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, 2:19 PM AKST, 13 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 2:19 PM AKST, 13 hours 28 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 219 PM AKST FRI DEC 9 2011 .DISCUSSION... THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE UPPER AIR FEATURES A LONG WAVE PATTERN OF A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE BERING AND NW PACIFIC AND A RIDGE OVER THE NE PACIFIC AND EASTERN ALASKA. THIS WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A SERIES OF STORMS OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE TO MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA WITH CHINOOK WINDS IN THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR ACCOMPANYING EACH STORM. THE 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WITH THE NEXT FRONT COMING INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA SATURDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND WEST COAST SOUTH OF THE BERING STRAIT. AT THE SURFACE...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 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. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && RL DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:28 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:30 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 26 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:47 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:58 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Dec 10, 5:18 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Dec 10, 2:39 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 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.