Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 61, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jun 5, 2011, 2:50 AM AKDT. 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
- Jun 5, 2011, 2:50 AM AKDT (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 2:14 PM AKDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
098 FZAK52 PAFG 051050 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 250 AM AKDT SUN JUN 5 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. PKZ299-060030- 250 AM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 990 MB LOW 100 NM WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN IN PLACE THROUGH TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA SUN AND MON. $$ PKZ200-060030- NORTON SOUND- 250 AM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ210-060030- DALL POINT TO WALES- 250 AM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ215-060030- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 250 AM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .TODAY...E WINDS 5 KT BECOMING W. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-060030- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 250 AM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ JUN 11
1 follow-up statement
589 FZAK52 PAFG 052214 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 214 PM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-061315- 214 PM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 999 MB LOW 100 NM WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN IN PLACE THROUGH TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA SUN AND MON. $$ PKZ200-061315- NORTON SOUND- 214 PM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ210-061315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 214 PM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ215-061315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 214 PM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-061315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 214 PM AKDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ DA/RT JUN 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 Jun 4, 2:52 PM AKDT, 11 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:52 PM AKDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 PM AKDT SAT JUN 4 2011 .DISCUSSION... 1020 MB HIGH OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA DRFTG NW...BUILDING TO 1034 MB BY 4AM MON. THERMAL TROF OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR PRSTG. 992 MB LOW WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND DRFTG WWD AND WKNG TO 1007 MB BY 4AM MON. ALOFT...RDG EXTENDING FROM N OF WRANGEL ISLAND TO NRN BC. BROAD CYCLONIC CRCLN OVER THE BERING SEA SEA WITH TROF INTO SRN MAINLAND ALASKA. MODELS DIFFER...AS USUAL...IN DETAILS OF CONVECTION AND PRECIP OVER THE INTERIOR NEXT TWO DAYS. BY TUE...RSBL AGREEMENT THAT THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS BACK WWD OVR INTERIOR ALASKA. NORTH SLOPE...BRISK E WINDS CONT AS SFC HIGH BUILDS AND BROAD LOW PRES PERSISTS S OF THE BROOKS RANGE. ST WILL COME AND GO...BUT SHOULD BE MOSTLY IN ALONG THE COAST. WEST COAST...OLD LOW ALOFT IN THE BERING SEA WILL CONT TO SPIN SOME MOISTURE INTO THE AREA BUT QPF WILL BE QUITE LIGHT MOST EVERYWHERE. INTERIOR...NO REAL ORGANIZATION TO SHOWERS NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS DYNAMICS REMAIN QUITE WEAK. AMS COOLER THAN RECENT OVR THE SWRN TWO THIRDS OF THE INTER. TEMPS WARM AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE OR VERY FEW LTNG STRIKES EXCPTD TODAY. WINDS THRU VCNTY ZONE 225 ALASKA RANGE PASSES MARGINALLY WINDY AND DRY ENOUGH FOR RED FLAG NEXT SIX HOURS. SOMEWHAT MORE LTNG TOMORROW NE INTERIOR AND PERHAPS A FEW IN THE WRN INTERIOR TOO. OVERALL LESS WIND...COOLER TEMPS AND HIGHER RHS THAT RECENT DAYS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. RAIN THOUGH ONLY SPOTTY...THOUGH THERE IS AN APPRECIABLE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN NEXT 48 HOURS OVER THE MAJOR FIRES IN THE CENTRAL AND ERN INTERIOR. && .HYDROLOGY... NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RT JUN 11
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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.