Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 1, 2011, 1:43 PM AKST. It was in force for 11 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 1, 2011, 1:43 PM AKST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2011, 12:57 AM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522 FZAK52 PAFG 012243 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 143 PM AKST SAT JAN 1 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. PKZ299-021230- 143 PM AKST SAT JAN 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN MOVE EAST. A 961 MB LOW 100 NM WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR GAMBELL AS A 966 MB LOW BY 3PM SUN AND INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA AS A 989 MB LOW MON. $$ PKZ200-021230- NORTON SOUND- 143 PM AKST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING N 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-021230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 143 PM AKST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 45 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 14 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...SW WINDS 35 KT BECOMING W 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 20 FT. $$ PKZ215-021230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 143 PM AKST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-021230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 143 PM AKST SAT JAN 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...E WINDS 45 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ JAN 11
1 follow-up statement
898 FZAK52 PAFG 020957 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1257 AM AKST SUN JAN 2 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-030415- 1257 AM AKST SUN JAN 2 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 958 MB LOW 150 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA BY 4 AM WEAKENING TO 980 MB. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO 300 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW BY 4 AM TUE WEAKENING TO 992 MB. $$ PKZ200-030415- NORTON SOUND- 1257 AM AKST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-030415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1257 AM AKST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT BECOMING SE. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SW WINDS 35 KT BECOMING W 20 KT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-030415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1257 AM AKST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-030415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1257 AM AKST SUN JAN 2 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/JK 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 1, 6:28 AM AKST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 6:28 AM AKST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 628 AM AKST SAT JAN 1 2011 .DISCUSSION... WINTER STORM WATCH/WARNING OR BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL WEST COAST/WESTERN INTERIOR ZONES EXCEPT AKZ227 AS DEEPENING LOW EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS MOVES NORTHWARD AND THEN CURVES NORTHWESTWARD TO BE AROUND 100 MILES SSW OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY 4 AM SUN. HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN AKZ211...SOUTH FACING SLOPES IN AKZ210...AND IN THE NULATO HILLS AREA OF AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. AFTER MOVING PAST ST LAWRENCE ISLAND...THE SURFACE LOW WILL WEAKEN AND TRACK NORTHWARD INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC. LOW WIND CHILL DEVELOPING IN AKZ201/202 TODAY WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN PLACE AND WIND SPEEDS INCREASING. GAP WINDS IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LOCALLY TO ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY AS LEESIDE TROUGH DEEPENS. THE NEXT LOW ON DECK WILL MOVE ON A TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS AND ARRIVE IN SW AK TUE WITH A WEAK TROUGH EXPANDING INTO THE INTERIOR...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK AS THE REMNANTS OF THIS SYSTEM MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215- AKZ216. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ213. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ208-AKZ217. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF JAN 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Jan 1, 1:44 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:11 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:11 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:11 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 1, 5:18 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 1, 5:18 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 41 hr | |
| Jan 1, 5:28 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Jan 1, 5:56 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Jan 1, 1:37 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:06 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Jan 1, 2:06 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 33 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.