Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2012, 1:36 PM AKST. It was in force for 61 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
- Jan 20, 2012, 1:36 PM AKST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 2:13 AM AKST
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896 FZAK52 PAFG 202236 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 136 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 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. PKZ299-211345- 136 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1040 MB HIGH OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL DRIFT WEST THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ200-211345- NORTON SOUND- 136 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-211345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 136 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT BECOMING 35 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 40 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-211345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 136 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-211345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 136 PM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ JK/RT JAN 12
6 follow-up statements
831 FZAK52 PAFG 211142 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-220300- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1035 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-220300- NORTON SOUND- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-220300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-220300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 242 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DA JAN 12
913 FZAK52 PAFG 211821 AAA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 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 HEIGHTS. UPDATED ZONE 200 PKZ299-220415- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1035 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-220415- NORTON SOUND- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS BECOMING 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-220415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-220415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-220415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 921 AM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DA JAN 12
503 FZAK52 PAFG 212208 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-221315- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1035 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-221315- NORTON SOUND- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT BECOMING 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-221315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-221315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-221315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 108 PM AKST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. BLWOING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ RL/JK JAN 12
020 FZAK52 PAFG 221106 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 206 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 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. PKZ299-230300- 206 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 1040 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. $$ PKZ200-230300- NORTON SOUND- 206 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-230300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 206 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-230300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 206 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-230300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 206 AM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/DA JAN 12
373 FZAK52 PAFG 222238 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 138 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-231345- 138 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH OVER THE ANADYR PLATEAU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY. $$ PKZ200-231345- NORTON SOUND- 138 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ210-231345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 138 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-231345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 138 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-231345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 138 PM AKST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ RL/JK JAN 12
837 FZAK52 PAFG 231113 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 213 AM AKST MON JAN 23 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. PKZ299-240215- 213 AM AKST MON JAN 23 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1045 MB HIGH OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. $$ PKZ200-240215- NORTON SOUND- 213 AM AKST MON JAN 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-240215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 213 AM AKST MON JAN 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-240215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 213 AM AKST MON JAN 23 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-240215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 213 AM AKST MON JAN 23 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ JAN 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 Jan 20, 4:03 AM AKST, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 4:03 AM AKST, 9 hours 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 AM AKST FRI JAN 20 2012 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. HIGH ALOFT OVER FAR EASTERN RUSSIA WILL PERSIST BUT WEAKEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT GRADUALLY WEAKEN. UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHWESTERN CANADA WILL MOVE EAST AND ELONGATE SOUTHWESTWARD AND EXPAND TO THE GULF OF ALASKA BY SAT AFTERNOON. THE EXPANDING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL POUR VERY COLD AIR INTO MOST ALL OF MAINLAND ALASKA. WITH THIS COLD AIR...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN OVER MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND CREATE VERY LOW IND CHILLS OVER MANY AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TROUGH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS. WIND CHILLS OVER THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA THIS WEEKEND WILL LIKELY DROP TO LESS THAN 60 BELOW IN SOME PLACES GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WIND AND COLD ADVECTION. THESE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE CONFINED ONLY TO HIGHER TERRAIN. AS THE COLD AIR POURS WEST...THE WEST COAST WILL SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROP AND THEN THE WIND CHILL VALUES DROP AS WELL. WINDS HAVE BEEN 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A LITTLE INCREASE IN STRENGTH. THE LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA ON FRI NIGHT AND SAT WILL SPREAD SOME CLOUD COVER UP THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE AND THIS WILL BE THE ONLY HELP IN CONTROLLING THE BOTTOMING OUT OF THE TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA. MID RANGE MODELS INDICATE A PLETHORA OF COLD AIR OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THE RMOP DOES INDICATE A CHANGE IN THE PATTERN BY NEXT WEEKEND TO THE DOWNSIDE OF THE RIDGE OVER MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT TEMPERATURES WILL SKYROCKET UP THOUGH. ALSO TEMPERED IN THIS POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE IS THAT THE MEASURE OF PREDICTABILITY IS EXTREMELY LOW...LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE MODEL FOR CHANGE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ240. && CF JAN 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:31 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Jan 20, 12:36 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 6 days | |
| Jan 20, 1:27 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 6 days | |
| Jan 20, 1:34 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 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.