Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 151, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 25, 2011, 2:24 AM AKST. It was in force for 13 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 25, 2011, 2:24 AM AKST (11:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2011, 2:58 PM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 FZAK51 PAFG 251124 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 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. PKZ298-260230- 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND THE WESTERN CHUKCHI SEA THROUGH MON. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ISLANDS. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM KOTZEBUE TO JUST SOUTH OF POINT HOPE WILL REMAIN THROUGH MON NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND OF ALASKA THROUGH MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ225-260230- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-260230- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-260230- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-260230- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-260230- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 224 AM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ TF/SDB DEC 11
1 follow-up statement
681 FZAK51 PAFG 252358 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 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. PKZ298-261500- 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL HOLD OVER THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND THE WESTERN CHUKCHI SEA THROUGH MON. WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ISLANDS. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM KOTZEBUE TO JUST SOUTH OF POINT HOPE WILL REMAIN THROUGH MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ225-261500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-261500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-261500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-261500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-261500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 258 PM AKST SUN DEC 25 2011 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ JK/RF 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 24, 2:30 PM AKST, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 2:30 PM AKST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 230 PM AKST SAT DEC 24 2011 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT MODELS AND ENSEMBLE MEANS INDICATING A COLD UPPER LOW WILL BE THE CONTROLLING FEATURE OVER NRN AK FOR THE NEXT WEEK. WITH THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT...SKIES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER MOST AREAS FOR MOST OF THE TIME AND THIS SHOULD KEEP INTERIOR TEMPERATURES OUT OF THE EXTREME COLD RANGE. HOWEVER...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY AREAS WITH CLEAR OR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. MESOSCALE RIDGE HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE AND IS LIKELY TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP WINDS OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST ALONG THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. TYPICALLY... MODELS TEND TO DISSIPATE THIS FEATURE TOO QUICKLY. NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN MODEL FORECASTS...SO WILL WE WILL NOT UP ANY WIND CHILL ADVISORIES FOR THE WESTERN ARCTIC ZONES. LOW WIND CHILL IN ZONE 207 WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO AREAS NORTHWEST OF KIVALINA...WHILE IN ZONE 213...LOW WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO AREAS NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 5:06 PM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Dec 24, 5:06 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:27 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 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.