Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 54, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 7, 2011, 3:29 AM AKDT. It was in force for 24 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 7, 2011, 3:29 AM AKDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 3:07 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
639 FZAK52 PAFG 071129 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 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. PKZ299-080230- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST 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. SEE SPECIAL MARINE AND WEATHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING ICE MOVEMENT DURING THIS EVENT AT HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/ICEGRAPHICS.PHP. $$ PKZ200-080230- NORTON SOUND- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 45 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING E 20 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-080230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 50 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 45 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT...EXCEPT SE WINDS 30 KT OFF THE YUKON DELTA. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-080230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-080230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 329 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/DJH APR 11
2 follow-up statements
806 FZAK52 PAFG 072154 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-081300- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 953 MB STORM 150 MILES SE OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY 4 AM FRI FILLING TO 969 MB. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRI. SEE SPECIAL MARINE AND WEATHER STATEMENTS CONCERNING ICE MOVEMENT DURING THIS EVENT AT HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/ICEGRAPHICS.PHP. $$ PKZ200-081300- NORTON SOUND- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-081300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT DECREASING TO 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 35 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-081300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-081300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 154 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/DA APR 11
423 FZAK52 PAFG 081107 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 307 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 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. PKZ299-090215- 307 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST 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 ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF CAPE LISBURNE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH 4 AM SAT...TO BE CENTERED 400 MILES WEST OF CAPE LISBURNE. $$ PKZ200-090215- NORTON SOUND- 307 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ210-090215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 307 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-090215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 307 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-090215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 307 AM AKDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...S 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 7, 12:07 AM AKDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 12:07 AM AKDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1207 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2011 .DISCUSSION... DEEP STORM CENTER NOW SOUTHWEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND IS AT OR NEAR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...PROBABLY BELOW 940 MB. PROG FOR 12Z FRI...STORM FILLING TO 966-968 MB NEAR DALL POINT. PROG FOR 00Z SAT...STORM CENTER NEAR BETHEL WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE AROUND 980 MB. NO CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN VALID TIMES OF WINTER STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ208 WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING. EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN AKZ217-AKZ219-PARTS OF AKZ221-WESTERN AKZ220 SHOULD REACH OR EXCEED ADVISORY THRESHOLDS...SO WILL PUT UP NEW WINTER ADVISORIES FOR THOSE AREAS. POSTFRONTAL AND WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT AND FRI. WINDS IN AND NEAR ALASKA RANGE PASSES IN AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227 WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT...ADVISORY LEVEL GUSTS EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY WINDY SPOTS. GOOD SUPPORT ALOFT WITH 700 MB WINDS MAXING OUT AT AS HIGH AS 50-55 KT TODAY. AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE ALASKA RANGE...INCLUDING AKZ223 AND MOST OF AKZ222 EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PARTS WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY IN THE DOWNSLOPE SHADOW. SNOW SHOWERS SPREADING TO MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR TONIGHT...EXCEPT AREAS NEAR THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE...AS DOWNSLOPE ENDS AND LOW LEVEL WINDS SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO MAINLY SOUTHWEST TO WEST. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND ARCTIC MARINE AREAS BY THIS AFTERNOON... CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN LOCKED IN OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE BERING SEA. A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOWFALL. && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE && .HYDROLOGY... NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211- AKZ212-AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ215-AKZ216. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF APR 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:25 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 7, 4:50 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Apr 7, 1:54 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 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.