Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 14, 2011, 1:32 AM AKST. It was in force for 36 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
- Feb 14, 2011, 1:32 AM AKST (10:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2011, 1:40 PM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433 FZAK52 PAFG 141032 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 132 AM AKST MON FEB 14 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. PKZ299-150145- 132 AM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA TO THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO THE MAINLAND AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING. A 976 MB LOW ALONG THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA WILL MOVE TO THE GULF OF ANADYR AND WEAKEN TO 987 MB BY 3 PM AKST TUE. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND BY TUE MORNING. $$ PKZ200-150145- NORTON SOUND- 132 AM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. WINDS BECOMING SE 10 KT LATE IN THE DAY. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-150145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 132 AM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AFTER NOON. NW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING S OFF THE YUKON DELTA COAST. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...S WINDS 35 KT BECOMING SW DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER NOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...S WINDS 45 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-150145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 132 AM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-150145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 132 AM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING S INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ JK/CB FEB 11
3 follow-up statements
700 FZAK52 PAFG 150019 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 319 PM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-151530- 319 PM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA TO THE SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN LATE THIS EVENING. A 981 MB LOW ALONG THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA WILL MOVE TO THE GULF OF ANADYR AND WEAKEN TO 987 MB BY 3 PM AKST TUE. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN ALONG THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA TUESDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ200-151530- NORTON SOUND- 319 PM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 40 KT. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-151530- DALL POINT TO WALES- 319 PM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .THU...S WINDS 45 KT. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 45 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-151530- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 319 PM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-151530- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 319 PM AKST MON FEB 14 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 40 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. $$ RL/DJH FEB 11
214 FZAK52 PAFG 151139 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 AM AKST TUE FEB 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. PKZ299-160245- 239 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 982 MB LOW 200 NM WEST OF THE GULF OF ANADYR WILL MOVE TO THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AS A 996 MB TON. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN WEAKEN AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND TONIGHT. $$ PKZ200-160245- NORTON SOUND- 239 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW. SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...SW WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-160245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER NOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 45 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-160245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW IN THE EVENING WITH VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 45 KT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-160245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 AM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT BY NOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ JK/CB FEB 11
015 FZAK52 PAFG 152240 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 140 PM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-161345- 140 PM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 986 MB LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA THIS EVENING WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AS A 996 MB CENTER TONIGHT...THEN MOVE NORTH WEDNESDAY. A 964 MB LOW WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHWESTERN BERING SEA WED EVENING. $$ PKZ200-161345- NORTON SOUND- 140 PM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .WED...SW WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-161345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 140 PM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...SW WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 45 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-161345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 140 PM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW IN THE EVENING. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-161345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 140 PM AKST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ RL/CC/SAK FEB 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 Feb 13, 1:30 PM AKST, 12 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 1:30 PM AKST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 130 PM AKST SUN FEB 13 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. A FAIRLY STRONG SURFACE LOW IN THE HIGH ARCTIC CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND DROP SOUTHEAST AND WILL END UP NEAR BANKS ISLAND AT 1012 MB BY LATE MON NIGHT. THE WELL AMPLIFIED RIDGE IN THE BERING WILL CONTINUE TO EVER SO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD WHILE A STRONG LOW MOVES OUT OF KAMCHATKA. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST AS THE SURFACE RIDGE IN THE BERING SEA MOVES EAST AND STRENGTHENS THE HIGH OVER CENTRAL ALASKA. THIS WILL PUSH WARMER AIR ALOFT INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN WEAKENING OVER THE INTERIOR BY MON NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PUSHES EASTWARD. THE FIRST LOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY NEAR KAMCHATKA WILL FUNCTION AS THE IMPETUS TO DRIVE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO THE EAST. THIS LOW WILL LOSE MUCH OF ITS ENERGY AS IT GETS STRUNG OUT ALONG THE RIDGE BUT CERTAINLY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE IT INTO THE WEST COAST LATE MON NIGHT AND TUE. THEN THE FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO DRIVE EASTWARD WHILE MOVING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EASTWARD AS WELL. PROBABLY ONLY SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LEFT AS THE FRONT PASSES RUBY OR BETTLES ON WED. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...THERE APPEARS TO BE QUITE A POOL OF AIR TO OVERRUN WITH MOISTURE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS TO EXTRACT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM. THE NEXT LOW WILL HAVE A MUCH STRONGER PUNCH AND WILL REMAIN MUCH DEEPER FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AS IT STRIKES THE WEST COAST SOMETIME WED NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY HOLD TOGETHER FOR MOST OF ITS TRIP ACROSS THE STATE. THEN THE MODELS POINT IN SOME RESPECT TO THE CONSISTENT ZONAL FLOW THROUGH 240 HOURS WHICH COULD DRIVE MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN ALASKA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. COLD AIR IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR WILL MODERATE A LITTLE THROUGH THE WEEK BUT STILL REMAIN FAIRLY COOL THROUGH AT LEAST FRI BUT LIKELY LONGER. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA SO THE REALLY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE GREATLY MODIFIED BECAUSE OF THE CLOUD COVER. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ON THE ARCTIC COAST AND THE WEST COAST WILL LIKELY BE ENDING FOR THE MOST PART BY EARLY MON MORNING AS THE WINDS DIMINISH WITH THE BUILDING OF THE UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE RIDGE OVER WESTERN ALASKA. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ205-AKZ206-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ225- AKZ226. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF FEB 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 8:51 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:26 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:26 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:32 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:28 AM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:28 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:23 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 31 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.