Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 14, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 4, 2012, 2:32 AM AKST. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:32 AM AKST (11:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2012, 1:49 PM AKST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 FZAK52 PAFG 041132 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 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. PKZ299-050245- 232 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW 100 NORTH OF SHEMYA WILL DEEPEN TO 970 MB 400 NM NORTH OF SHEMYA BY 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE LOW CENTER TO THE PRIBILOFS BY 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE NORTON SOUND BY 3 PM AKST MONDAY. $$ PKZ200-050245- NORTON SOUND- 232 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-050245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 232 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT SOUTH OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT...STRONGEST FROM ST LAWRENCE ISLAND SOUTH. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DEVELOPING. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER NOON SOUTH AND EAST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-050245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 232 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AT TIMES. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-050245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 232 AM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ DA/CB MAR 12
3 follow-up statements
445 FZAK52 PAFG 042308 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 208 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-051415- 208 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW 100 N OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 500 NM N OF SHEMYA BY 3 PM MON WEAKENING TO 980 MB. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW CENTER TO THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND NORTON SOUND BY MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-051415- NORTON SOUND- 208 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-051415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 208 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-051415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 208 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT BECOMING E 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-051415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 208 PM AKST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/RL MAR 12
356 FZAK52 PAFG 051100 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 200 AM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 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. PKZ299-060200- 200 AM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 975 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTH OF CAPE OLYUTORSKIY IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE EAST. IT WILL BE A 990 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL AT 3 AM TUE. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT BETWEEN THE PRIBILOFS AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND MOVE NORTH TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND NORTON SOUND MON AFTERNOON...THEN TO KOTZEBUE SOUND MON EVENING. $$ PKZ200-060200- NORTON SOUND- 200 AM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-060200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 200 AM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT BY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-060200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 200 AM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-060200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 200 AM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ DA/TF MAR 12
749 FZAK52 PAFG 052249 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 149 PM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-061400- 149 PM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 988 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL AT 3 AM TUE AS A 992 MB LOW. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT NEAR KOTZEBUE WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE MON NIGHT. A 995 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR DEMARCATION POINT LATE MON NIGHT AND MOVE EAST THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ200-061400- NORTON SOUND- 149 PM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING W 20 KT LATE MON EVENING. SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT BECOMING N 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-061400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 149 PM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-061400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 149 PM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT LATE THIS EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-061400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 149 PM AKST MON MAR 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ CF/CWA MAR 12
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 Mar 3, 1:19 PM AKST, 13 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:19 PM AKST, 13 hours 13 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 119 PM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012 .DISCUSSION... UPPER TROUGH ALOFT OVER NRN AK WILL BE PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST BY MON AS A TRANSITORY RODGE CROSSES NRN AK. ANOTHER COLD TROUGH ALOFT WILL SETTLE IN OVER NRN AK BY TUE. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR TONIGHT WITH BROAD LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND REMNANTS OF A RAGGED OCCLUDED FRONT. SNOW TAPERING TO FLURRIES TONIGHT AND SUN AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS. SNOW DEVELOPING OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND LATE SUN NIGHT... SPREADING TO THE SRN PARTS OF THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR MON AS A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ONSHORE. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE MON OVER AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ214- AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ227...UP TO 1 INCH IN AKZ210. WINDS AT PABA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BOUNCE AROUND FROM 10-15 MPH. WILL DOWNGRADE WIND CHILL WARNING TO A WIND CHILL ADVISORY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ207-AKZ213. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && RF MAR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:32 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:32 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:43 AM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 31 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:08 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:24 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 46 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.