Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 34, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Aug 5, 2012, 2:16 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 2:16 AM AKDT (10:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 2:12 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
842 FZAK51 PAFG 051016 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 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. PKZ298-060130- 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 980 MB LOW 350 NM NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTH AND STRENGTHEN TO 970 MB AS THE LOW MOVES TO 700 NM NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY BE FOLLOWED BY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE EAST TO BARROW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN TO DEMARCATION POINT BY NOON AKDT MONDAY. $$ PKZ225-060130- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT WELL OFFSHORE LATE. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ230-060130- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT...HIGHEST WELL OFFSHORE. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ235-060130- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT...STRONGEST OFFSHORE. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-060130- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .TODAY...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-060130- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 216 AM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .TODAY...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ RL/CB AUG 12
2 follow-up statements
999 FZAK51 PAFG 052236 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 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. PKZ298-061300- 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 970 MB LOW 600 NM NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL MOVE NORTH. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING SOUTH FROM THIS LOW ACROSS THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO LIE FROM DEMARCATION POINT TO THE BERING STRAIT BY 4PM MON AND THEN CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AND EAST. $$ PKZ225-061300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO W 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. FOG. RAIN. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ230-061300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. FOG. RAIN. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ235-061300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT. FOG. RAIN. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .WED...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ240-061300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. FOG. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. RAIN. FOG. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-061300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 236 PM AKDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO SW 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. RAIN. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ AUG 12
450 FZAK51 PAFG 061012 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 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. PKZ298-070115- 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 965 MB LOW 650 NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL REMAIN QUASI- STATIONARY AND WILL WEAKEN TO 976 MB BY 4 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT NEAR PRUDHOE BAY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST OF DEMARCATION POINT BY 4 PM AKDT TODAY. THE FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE TO THE YUKON DELTA COAST BY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ225-070115- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012 .TODAY...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ230-070115- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ235-070115- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-070115- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .THU...W WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-070115- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 212 AM AKDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ RL/CB AUG 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 Aug 4, 1:05 PM AKDT, 13 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:05 PM AKDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 105 PM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .DISCUSSION... NEW MODEL RUNS FOR BOTH THE ECMWF AND THE GFS ARE MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER. BOTH MODELS KEEP DEVELOP A SURFACE LOW IN THE THERMAL TROUGH OVER NORTHERN RUSSIA AND THEN MOVE IT EASTWARD WHILE DEEPENING IT VERY SUBSTANTIALLY. THE LOW THEN BRINGS IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR BEHIND IT AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. EXTREME WARM ADVECTION OVER THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUN BEFORE VERY STRONG COLD ADVECTION POURS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SUN NIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST...IT WILL PUSH PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH MON. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT IS PUSHING IN FROM FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL GET SQUASHED OUT BY MON AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR ON MON AND TUE...IT SLOWS DOWN BUT CONTINUE TO MOVE TO ABOUT THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY BY WED. THE WEST COAST WILL BE FAIRLY DRY FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK UNTIL THU OR SO DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING OVER THE AREA. THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVING IN ON THU WHICH WILL RESUPPLY MOISTURE AGAIN TOT HE WEST COAST ZONES. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC COAST WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUN BEFORE TURNING WESTERLY AND THEN SLIGHTLY NORTHWESTERLY THROUGH TUE. THIS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BRINGING IN ICE TO THE SHORE AROUND BARROW DURING THIS TIME. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235. && CF AUG 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:16 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:36 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:37 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 83 min |
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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.