Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 24, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 13, 2012, 1:49 AM 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 13, 2012, 1:49 AM AKDT (09:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 1:28 PM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164 FZAK51 PAFG 130949 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 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. PKZ298-140100- 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH 400 NM N OR DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE TO 200 NM N OF BANKS ISLAND BY 4 AM SUN. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA. $$ PKZ225-140100- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-140100- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-140100- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-140100- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-140100- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 149 AM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/DA APR 12
3 follow-up statements
490 FZAK51 PAFG 132146 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 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. PKZ298-141230- 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH 400 NM N OR DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE TO 200 NM N OF BANKS ISLAND BY 4 AM SUN. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA. $$ PKZ225-141230- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ230-141230- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-141230- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-141230- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-141230- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 146 PM AKDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ JK APR 12
040 FZAK51 PAFG 141034 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 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. PKZ298-150145- 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1042 MB HIGH 400 NM N OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA WILL WEAKEN TO 1029 MB OVER BANKS ISLAND BY MON MORNING. A WEAK 1013 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR BARROW SUN. $$ PKZ225-150145- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-150145- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-150145- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-150145- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-150145- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 234 AM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/DA APR 12
012 FZAK51 PAFG 142128 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 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. PKZ298-151400- 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1038 MB HIGH 375 NM N OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA WILL WEAKEN TO 1029 MB OVER BANKS ISLAND BY MON MORNING. A WEAK 1013 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR BARROW SUN. $$ PKZ225-151400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-151400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-151400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-151400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SE WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-151400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 128 PM AKDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT BY NOON. BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ RL/CF 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 12, 3:55 PM AKDT, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 3:55 PM AKDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 355 PM AKDT THU APR 12 2012 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... LONG WAVE PATTERN CONSISTING OF A RIDGE IN WESTERN CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA AND A TROUGH OVER THE BERING AND GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP CONDITIONS GENERALLY DRY AND WARMER THAN NORMAL ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA INTO NEXT WEEK WITH WEAK SE FLOW ALOFT. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM NORTHWAY NORTHEAST WILL MOVE TO DELTA JUNCTION TO EAGLE BY 4AM FRI...TO DENALI TO FORT YUKON BY 4PM FRI AND THEN DISSIPATING OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR FRI NIGHT. EXPECT SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AND FLURRIES WITH THIS. A SECOND SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR SAT AND BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WITH IT AND SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A THIRD SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL MOVE TO BARTER ISLAND BY LATE TONIGHT...TO DEADHORSE NORTH BY 4AM FRI, TO UMIAT NORTH BY 4PM FRI AND TO THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA BY SAT. WILL SEE A FEW FLURRIES AND FOG WITH THIS TROUGH AND A SURFACE TROUGH UNDER IT WHICH WILL ENHANCE WIND SPEEDS. SURFACE... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA AND OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL PERSIST INTO SUN. THIS WILL KEEP EAST WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AND NORTH WINDS ALONG THE WEST COAST. LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA TONIGHT AND MOVE TO THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA FRI NIGHT. WILL SEE FLURRIES AND FOG WITH THE TROUGH ALONG WITH INCREASED WIND SPEEDS. A WEAK LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE SOUTH THU NIGHT AND WEAKEN. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS IN THE BERING TO DECREASE SOME TONIGHT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS NORTHERN ALASKA. 850 MB TEMPS ARE QUITE WARM WITH +1 TO -8C ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR. GFS APPEARS TO COOL INTERIOR TOO RAPIDLY FRI COMPARED TO THE NAM. THE SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA FRI AND SAT IS MUCH DEEPER ON THE GFS THAN ON THE NAM. PREFER THE GFS GIVEN THE STRONG DYNAMICS INVOLVED. GFS AGAIN OVER DOES THE PRECIPITATION IN THE INTERIOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PREFER NAM AMOUNTS. && .HYDROLOGY... SNOW PACK NOW RIPENING AND EXPECT MELTING THIS WEEKEND ACROSS EASTERN INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && JB APR 12
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.