Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 7, 2012, 2:46 AM AKDT. It was in force for 72 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, 2012, 2:46 AM AKDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 2:44 AM AKDT
- In force
- 72 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 FZAK52 PAFG 071046 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 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. PKZ299-080400- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 994 MB LOW 300 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL GET ABSORBED BY A 982 MB LOW THAT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE NORTH TO THE GULF OF ANADYR BY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN MAINLAND. $$ PKZ200-080400- NORTON SOUND- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-080400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN...SE WINDS 45 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT...STRONGEST EAST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ215-080400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-080400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 246 AM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ CCC/CB APR 12
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988 FZAK52 PAFG 072134 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 134 PM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-081400- 134 PM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 985 MB LOW 1000 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE NORTHEAST. BY 4 PM AKDT SUN...THE LOW WILL BE 978 MB 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL. AT 4 PM AKDT MON...THE LOW WILL BE 991 MB OVER SIBERIA...400 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL. $$ PKZ200-081400- NORTON SOUND- 134 PM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-081400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 134 PM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-081400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 134 PM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 5 KT. .THU...W WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-081400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 134 PM AKDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS INCREASING 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. .THU...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ CF/DA APR 12
440 FZAK52 PAFG 081038 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 AM AKDT SUN APR 8 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. PKZ299-090145- 238 AM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 976 MB LOW 400 NM SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ANADYR AS A 982 MB LOW BY 4 AM AKDT MONDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN MAINLAND FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA SOUTH TODAY. $$ PKZ200-090145- NORTON SOUND- 238 AM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER NOON. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-090145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 238 AM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. WINDS DECREASING TO 25 KT WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-090145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 238 AM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM IN THE MORNING. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-090145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 238 AM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ CCC/CB APR 12
446 FZAK52 PAFG 082100 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 100 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091400- 100 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 978 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ANADYR AS A 982 MB LOW BY 4 AM AKDT MONDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND WESTERN INTERIOR. $$ PKZ200-091400- NORTON SOUND- 100 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-091400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 100 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. WINDS DECREASING TO 25 KT WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-091400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 100 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 MN IN THE MORNING. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-091400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 100 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT IN THE MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ CF/EWP APR 12
260 FZAK52 PAFG 090516 CCA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 915 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 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. PKZ299-092215- 915 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 978 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTHWEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ANADYR AS A 982 MB LOW BY 4 AM AKDT MONDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND WESTERN INTERIOR. $$ PKZ200-092215- NORTON SOUND- 915 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .MON...S WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-092215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 915 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 45 KT. WINDS DECREASING TO 25 KT WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-092215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 915 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM IN THE MORNING. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-092215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 915 PM AKDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT IN THE MORNING. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS DECREASING TO 25 KT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ CF/EWP APR 12
281 FZAK52 PAFG 091045 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-100445- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ANADYR WILL MOVE NORTH AND WEAKEN TODAY. THE LOW WILL BE 998 MB 250 NM WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY 4 AM AKDT TUESDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE LOW TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THIS MORNING WILL DISSIPATE THIS AFTERNOON. A 982 MB LOW WILL PASS 250 NM SOUTH OF COLD BAY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ200-100445- NORTON SOUND- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT BY NOON. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT BY MIDNIGHT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-100445- DALL POINT TO WALES- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 50 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY MORNING. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 15 KT BY NOON. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-100445- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...S WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-100445- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 245 AM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ CCC/CB APR 12
411 FZAK52 PAFG 092221 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AKDT MON APR 9 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. PKZ299-101330- 221 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 988 MB LOW NEAR ANADYR WILL MOVE TO JUST WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND TUE AS A 1008 MB LOW AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST. A WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING FROM THIS LOW TO THE SEWARD PENINSULA WILL MOVE NORTH TO WAINWRIGHT TUE. $$ PKZ200-101330- NORTON SOUND- 221 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-101330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 221 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-101330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 221 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-101330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 221 PM AKDT MON APR 9 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ APR 12
920 FZAK52 PAFG 101044 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-110145- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 994 MB LOW IN FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL WEAKEN TO 1004 MB IN THE EAST SIBERIAN SEA THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHWEST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ PKZ200-110145- NORTON SOUND- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-110145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-110145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-110145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 244 AM AKDT TUE APR 10 2012 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT AFTER NOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ CCC/CB APR 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 Apr 6, 1:19 PM AKDT, 13 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 1:19 PM AKDT, 13 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 119 PM AKDT FRI APR 6 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE TONIGHT AND SAT BEFORE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO AMPLIFY ITSELF AGAIN OVER MUCH OF MAINLAND ALASKA BEGINNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. A SURFACE LOW WITH THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE BERING SEA LATE SAT NIGHT AND THEN MOVE NORTHWARD TO THE NORTHERN BERING SEA LATE SUN NIGHT. A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST BEGINNING LATE WED AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH SETS UP RESIDENCE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS WILL ALSO BRING IN COLDER AIR FROM WEST TO EAST AND DROP TEMPERATURES TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE BELOW NORMAL ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL COLD TROUGH. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES EASTWARD. THE LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN APPEARS TO RESIDE IN SOME OR FASHION THROUGH 360 HOURS. WINDS IN MOST OF THE ZONES HAVE DROPPED OFF AND ARE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. ZONE 210 WINDS WILL LIKELY COME BACK UP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. && CF APR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:46 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 72 hr | |
| Apr 7, 2:46 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Apr 7, 3:34 AM AKDT | Blizzard Watch | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Apr 7, 11:28 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 34 hr |
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