Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 53, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 6, 2011, 2:47 PM AKDT. 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
- Apr 6, 2011, 2:47 PM AKDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 3:05 AM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 FZAK51 PAFG 062247 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 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. PKZ298-071400- 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BY 4 AM THU. A STRONG 937 MB LOW 600 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAPE ROMANZOFF WILL MOVE NORTHEAST. AT 4 PM AKDT THU...THE LOW WILL BE 951 MB AND LOCATED 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAPE ROMANZOF. AROUND MIDNIGHT THU NIGHT THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND NEAR CAPE ROMANZOF AS A 960 MB LOW. $$ PKZ225-071400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ230-071400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E. .THU...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-071400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-071400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-071400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 247 PM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ SAK/DA APR 11
3 follow-up statements
587 FZAK51 PAFG 071125 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 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. PKZ298-080230- 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 940 MB STORM 150 MILES SW OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR DALL POINT BY 4 AM FRI FILLING TO 965 MB. $$ PKZ225-080230- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-080230- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-080230- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY NOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-080230- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-080230- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 325 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DJH APR 11
682 FZAK51 PAFG 072146 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 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. PKZ298-081315- 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 953 MB STORM 150 MILES SE OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY 4 AM FRI FILLING TO 969 MB. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRI. $$ PKZ225-081315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-081315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-081315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ240-081315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-081315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 146 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/DA APR 11
930 FZAK51 PAFG 081105 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 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. PKZ298-090215- 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 966 MB LOW NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR KING SALMON BY 4 AM SAT FILLING TO 992 MB. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 700 MILES WEST OF CAPE LISBURNE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH 4 AM SAT...TO BE CENTERED 400 MILES WEST OF CAPE LISBURNE. $$ PKZ225-090215- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-090215- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-090215- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-090215- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-090215- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 305 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/CC APR 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 Apr 6, 3:11 AM AKDT, 11 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:11 AM AKDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 AM AKDT WED APR 6 2011 .DISCUSSION... SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOW OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL BE GRADUALLY DAMPENING OUT AS IT LIFTS OUT TOWARD THE ALCAN BORDER BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY AS THE SHORT WAVE PROGRESSES EASTWARD...WITH SOME LEFTOVER FLURRIES IN THE EVENING. STORM CENTER NOW APPROACHING THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS IS RAPIDLY DEEPENING...ONLY SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CURRENT GFS/NAM/EURO OUT THROUGH 00Z FRI. CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE CONTINUED FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ216 WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING VALID MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM THU. GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS UP TO 12 INCHES NEAR THE NULATO HILLS TONIGHT AND WED...4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. FOR WED NIGHT AND THU...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2-4 INCHES EXPECTED IN AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215- AKZ216 WITH LEFTOVER AND WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW DEVELOPING THU IN AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ217- AKZ219-PARTS OF AKZ220-AKZ221. A PERIOD OF CHINOOK WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE FROM LATE WED NIGHT THROUGH THU...DOWNSLOPE WILL KEEP AKZ225-AKZ226-SOUTHERN AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224 DRY. ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS LIKELY IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS...GOOD SUPPORT ALOFT WITH 700 MB WINDS ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE MAXING OUT AT 50 KT OR HIGHER. BRISK E-NE WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THU CONTINUING THU NIGHT...BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FRI. && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE && .HYDROLOGY... NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214- AKZ215-AKZ216. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF APR 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:11 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:32 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:39 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:39 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:39 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:16 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:22 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:47 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:29 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 13 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.