Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 17, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 18, 2011, 2:04 PM AKST. It was in force for 37 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
- Jan 18, 2011, 2:04 PM AKST (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2011, 2:54 AM AKST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
151 FZAK52 PAFG 182304 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 204 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 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. PKZ299-191415- 204 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL BUILD INTO INTERIOR ALASKA TUE NIGHT...THEN MOVE NORTH OVER THE NORTH SLOPE ON WED NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN BERING SEA TUE NIGHT AND WED. $$ PKZ200-191415- NORTON SOUND- 204 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER NOON. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-191415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 204 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-191415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 204 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-191415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 204 PM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ RL/JM/JK JAN 11
3 follow-up statements
321 FZAK52 PAFG 191245 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 345 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-200015- 345 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN RUSSIA EAST ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU. A VERY STRONG LOW IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH FRI. A WEATHER FRONT FROM THIS LOW STRETCHING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE NORTH TO ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY THU. ANOTHER WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA FROM THE NORTHWEST THU PM. $$ PKZ200-200015- NORTON SOUND- 345 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-200015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 345 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-200015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 345 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-200015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 345 AM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ JAN 11
182 FZAK52 PAFG 192227 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 127 PM AKST WED JAN 19 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. PKZ299-201345- 127 PM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN RUSSIA EAST ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU. A VERY STRONG LOW IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH FRI. A WEATHER FRONT FROM THIS LOW STRETCHING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE NORTH TO ST MATTHEW ISLAND BY THU. ANOTHER WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA FROM THE NORTHWEST THU EVENING. $$ PKZ200-201345- NORTON SOUND- 127 PM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-201345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 127 PM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 40 KT. $$ PKZ215-201345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 127 PM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-201345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 127 PM AKST WED JAN 19 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. $$ RL/JK/JM JAN 11
016 FZAK52 PAFG 201154 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 254 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-210300- 254 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHES FROM NORTHERN RUSSIA EAST ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST WITH A 1022 MB CENTER NEAR BARROW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH SAT. A 962 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF ATTU ISLAND WILL WEAKEN IN PLACE THROUGH SAT. A 959 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE TO 300 NM SOUTH OF ATKA ISLAND BY SAT MORNING. $$ PKZ200-210300- NORTON SOUND- 254 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-210300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 254 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-210300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 254 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-210300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 254 AM AKST THU JAN 20 2011 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ SDB/CB/CC JAN 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 Jan 18, 6:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 6:00 AM AKST, 8 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 600 AM AKST TUE JAN 18 2011 .DISCUSSION... NORTH SLOPE...BLIZZARD WARNINGS VERIFYING NICELY IN ZONES 203 AND 204 AT BOTH PASC AND PABA. PABA GUSTING TO 57 KTS. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 50 BELOW IN THESE ZONES AND 45 BELOW ALONG REST OF THE ARCTIC COAST AS COLD AIR ADVECTION ONGOING ON THE NORTH SLOPE. WEST COAST...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE AS GRADIENT BETWEEN EASTERN SIBERIA HIGH AND MASSIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THROUGH THE DAY AND TONIGHT. COLD AIR IN THE INTERIOR COMBINED WITH INCREASING GRADIENT CAUSING ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILLS IN ZONE 213 ATTM. TEMPS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM. INTERIOR...FRONT NOTED ON SATELLITE AND RADAR CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE INTERIOR WITH FROPA IN FAIRBANKS AROUND 5Z. CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT BRING TEMPORARY RELIEF TO COLD WITH PAFA WARMING FROM 26 BELOW YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO 14 BELOW OVER NIGHT. AS FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH OUT OF THE INTERIOR CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES OF FALL BACK TO THE 20 TO 30 BELOW RANGE. MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM HOWEVER MID TERM DIFFERENCES REMAIN ESPECIALLY IN HANDLING OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING BERING SEA SYSTEM. POPS MOVE INTO THE BERING COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WESTERN INTERIOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DOWN SLOPE FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS LOOKS TO LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR SNOW IN THE INTERIOR LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220. && CCC JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 8:46 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:29 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 71 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:40 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:58 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 18, 2:05 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 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.