Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 147, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 15, 2011, 2:20 AM AKST. It was in force for 59 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 15, 2011, 2:20 AM AKST (11:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2011, 12:54 PM AKST
- In force
- 59 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251 FZAK52 PAFG 151120 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 220 AM AKST THU DEC 15 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. PKZ299-160230- 220 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 943 MB LOW NEAR UNALASKA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE KUSKOKWIM BAY AS A 975 MB LOW BY 3 PM AKST FRIDAY. A 970 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR ADAK BY 6 PM AKST FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ PKZ200-160230- NORTON SOUND- 220 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-160230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 220 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT...EXCEPT 40 KT FROM SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SOUTH AND WEST. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT ALONG THE YUKON DELTA COAST. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT...EXCEPT E WINDS 25 KT ALONG THE YUKON DELTA COAST. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. $$ PKZ215-160230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 220 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 10 SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-160230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 220 AM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 40 KT. .MON...N WINDS 40 KT. $$ DA/CB DEC 11
5 follow-up statements
517 FZAK52 PAFG 152308 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 208 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-161415- 208 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW JUST NORTH OF UNIMAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS IT WEAKENS TO 976 MB. THE DISSIPATING LOW WILL THEN MERGE WITH A 967 MB LOW MOVING OUT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC INTO WESTERN BRISTOL BAY TO BECOME A 968 MB LOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. 1026 MB HIGH 450 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL REMAIN STATIONARY TONIGHT THEN DRIFT NORTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. $$ PKZ200-161415- NORTON SOUND- 208 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-161415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 208 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. FOG. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-161415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 208 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-161415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 208 PM AKST THU DEC 15 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. FOG. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. .MON...N WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ SDB/CWA DEC 11
148 FZAK52 PAFG 161203 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 AM AKST FRI DEC 16 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. PKZ299-170315- 303 AM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 972 MB LOW NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM WILL MOVE TO HOOPER BAY AS A 977 MB LOW BY 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. A LOW MOVING EAST ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN WILL MOVE TO 200 NM EAST OF ST PAUL ISLAND BY 9 AM AKST SATURDAY AND WILL ABSORB THE REMAINS OF THE FIRST LOW. A THIRD LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC AND TO NEAR KODIAK ISLAND AS A 960 MB LOW ON SUNDAY. $$ PKZ200-170315- NORTON SOUND- 303 AM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ210-170315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 303 AM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 45 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA COAST. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT...EXCEPT E 25 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA COAST. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 45 KT. $$ PKZ215-170315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 303 AM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ220-170315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 303 AM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ RL/CB DEC 11
666 FZAK52 PAFG 162340 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 PM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-171345- 240 PM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A WEATHER FRONT IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST SAT. A 975 MB LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 980 MB LOW BY 3AM SAT AND THEN MOVE WEST AND WEAKEN. A SECOND STRONG LOW WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA SAT AND TO THE YUKON DELTA SUN. $$ PKZ200-171345- NORTON SOUND- 240 PM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 45 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 45 KT. $$ PKZ210-171345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 240 PM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 45 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 50 KT. $$ PKZ215-171345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 240 PM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ220-171345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 240 PM AKST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. $$ DEC 11
746 FZAK52 PAFG 171145 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 245 AM AKST SAT DEC 17 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. PKZ299-180015- 245 AM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A 980 MB LOW NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE FRI MORNING. A 971 MB LOW NEAR ADAK WILL MOVE T0 100 MILES WEST OF DALL POINT BY SUN AFTERNOON DEEPENING TO 966 MB. $$ PKZ200-180015- NORTON SOUND- 245 AM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-180015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 245 AM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-180015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 245 AM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-180015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 245 AM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/RL DEC 11
723 FZAK52 PAFG 172154 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1254 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-181230- 1254 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE BROOKS RANGE WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA SUN. A STRONG LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO 100 NM WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND AS A 966 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN AND TO DALL POINT AS A 982 MB LOW BY 3PM MON. $$ PKZ200-181230- NORTON SOUND- 1254 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-181230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1254 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-181230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1254 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-181230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1254 PM AKST SAT DEC 17 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING N 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ 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 14, 1:39 PM AKST, 12 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 1:39 PM AKST, 12 hours 41 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 139 PM AKST WED DEC 14 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS NOT EXACTLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT. ALL OF THE MODELS BOTTOM THE CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE LOW MOVING NORTH TO SOMEWHERE IN THE 945 MB RANGE BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE GFS NAM IS THE WEAKEST IN TERMS OF CENTRAL PRESSURE AND THE ECMWF IS THE STRONGEST. THE MODELS ARE VERY CLOSE IN POSITION BY THU MORNING WITH THE ECMWF BEING THE EASTERLY POSITION OF ALL MODELS. MODELS ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR IN POSITION AND STRENGTH THROUGH THU NIGHT. AS THE LOW PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO THE BERING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT GALE IN ZONE 210 AND ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS IN ZONE 200...220 AND 225. AS FRONTAL PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE WEAK BAROCLINIC ZONE THEN SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE SEEN OVER MANY AREAS OF THE INTERIOR BUT WILL NOT BE OF THE MAGNITUDE AS OF THE PREVIOUS STORMS THAT HAVE DEPOSITED A PLETHORA OF SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS OF NORTHERN ALASKA AT LEAST SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL IN THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES WITH THIS NEW FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSAGE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && CF DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2:04 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
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