Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 19, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 27, 2011, 1:35 AM AKST. It was in force for 49 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 27, 2011, 1:35 AM AKST (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2011, 2:32 AM AKST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 FZAK52 PAFG 271035 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 135 AM AKST THU JAN 27 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. PKZ299-280030- 135 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 955 MB LOW 350 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 400 MILES SOUTH OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY 4 AM FRI WEAKENING TO 965 MB. $$ PKZ200-280030- NORTON SOUND- 135 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-280030- DALL POINT TO WALES- 135 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-280030- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 135 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-280030- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 135 AM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/DA JAN 11
4 follow-up statements
185 FZAK52 PAFG 272228 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 128 PM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-281630- 128 PM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 956 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTH OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS THU WILL MOVE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN. IT WILL BE A 972 MB LOW 250 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL FRI EVENING. IT WILL BE A 980 MB LOW NEAR ANADYR FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-281630- NORTON SOUND- 128 PM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-281630- DALL POINT TO WALES- 128 PM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-281630- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 128 PM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-281630- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 128 PM AKST THU JAN 27 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ TF/SAK JAN 11
527 FZAK52 PAFG 281017 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 117 AM AKST FRI JAN 28 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. PKZ299-290030- 117 AM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 970 MB LOW 150 NM SW OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 300 NM W OF GAMBELL BY 4 AM SAT WEAKENING TO 980 MB. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL RECEDE SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGH 4 AM SAT. $$ PKZ200-290030- NORTON SOUND- 117 AM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-290030- DALL POINT TO WALES- 117 AM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-290030- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 117 AM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-290030- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 117 AM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/RL JAN 11
011 FZAK52 PAFG 282325 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 225 PM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-291430- 225 PM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 974 MB LOW 300 NM SW OF GAMBELL WILL WEAKEN TO 980 MB BY 3 AM SAT AS IT MAKES LAND FALL IN FAR EAST RUSSIA. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ200-291430- NORTON SOUND- 225 PM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-291430- DALL POINT TO WALES- 225 PM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. RAIN OR SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT BECOMING N 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-291430- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 225 PM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 KT. .WED...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-291430- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 225 PM AKST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ CF/SAK JAN 11
561 FZAK52 PAFG 291132 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 AM AKST SAT JAN 29 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. PKZ299-300245- 232 AM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 980 MB LOW IN FAR EAST RUSSIA WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN BY SAT EVENING. A 976 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY SAT MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH INTO BRISTOL BAY AS A 981 MB LOW SAT AFTERNOON...THEN TO THE YUKON DELTA BY SUN MORNING AS A 994 MB LOW. $$ PKZ200-300245- NORTON SOUND- 232 AM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-300245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 232 AM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-300245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 232 AM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...LIGHT WINDS. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-300245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 232 AM AKST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ RL/RT 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 26, 2:41 PM AKST, 10 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 2:41 PM AKST, 10 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AKST WED JAN 26 2011 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST THIS MORNING IS THE STORM NOW ABOUT 500 NM SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. LOWEST CENTRAL PRESSURE AROUND 955 MB SHOULD BE REACHED BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH THU MORNING. ALL MODELS HAVE THE STORM TRACKING NORTHWARD INTO THE BERING SEA THU NIGHT AS IT WEAKENS INTO THE 960S. THE MAIN PRECIP FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE OFFSHORE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER ZONES 214-210-211. ON SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND..EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR 213, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING ON THURSDAY. STRONG EAST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTS OF ZONES 214 AND 212 THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. INTERIOR...SHORT WAVE MOVING NORTHWARD UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BRING SOME TEMPORARY COOLING TONIGHT AND THU...ALONG WITH SOME FLURRIES OR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER PARTS OF THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST. HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BRING SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A WARMER AIRMASS TO THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT STRONG INVERSIONS IN THE INTERIOR WITH WARM AIR ALOFT AND RADIATIVE COOLING AT THE SURFACE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WATCH FOR AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. && JK JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 1:35 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Jan 27, 3:29 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 34 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.