Gale Warning 96, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Dec 17, 2012, 4:32 AM AKST (13:32 UTC)

Expired

Dec 17, 2012, 3:30 PM AKST

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

476 
FZAK52 PAFG 171332
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
432 AM AKST MON DEC 17 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.

PKZ299-180030-
432 AM AKST MON DEC 17 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 980 MB LOW OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE TO NOME AS A 989 MB
LOW BY 3PM MON...TO KOTZEBUE AS A 994 MB LOW BY 3AM TUE AND TO PRUDHOE
BAY AS A 1002 MB LOW BY 3PM TUE.

$$

PKZ200-180030-
NORTON SOUND-
432 AM AKST MON DEC 17 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...
...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 35 KT. FOG...SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM.
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 25 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

PKZ210-180030-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
432 AM AKST MON DEC 17 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...W WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 30 KT.  

$$

PKZ215-180030-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
432 AM AKST MON DEC 17 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW.
VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM.
.TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. 
.WED...W WINDS 10 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-180030-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
432 AM AKST MON DEC 17 2012

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW.
VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TUE...NW WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT.  

$$

DEC 12

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 16, 3:35 PM AKST, 12 hours 57 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
335 PM AKST SUN DEC 16 2012

.DISCUSSION...
ACTIVE PATTERN FOR NORTHERN ALASKA AS NEXT...WITH FAST MOVING
POLAR-TYPE LOW JUST WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AT 23Z AND HEADED
TOWARD OR JUST EAST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND OVERNIGHT AND THEN INTO
INTERIOR BY MON NIGHT...THO GREATLY WEAKENED. 1015 MB HIGH OVER
CENTRAL INTERIOR ALASKA DRFTG EWD AND BUILDING TO 1020 MB OVER THE
CENTRAL YT BY 9AM TUE. OLD COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE
DISSIPATING.

ALOFT...TROUGH ALONG THE DATELINE ASSOCD WITH DEEP COLD LOW WELL
NW OF WRANGEL ISLAND MOVING EWD INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR WED.
SHORT WAVE TROF FROM SW MAINLAND INTO CENTRAL INTERIOR MOVG E BUT
PRSTG THRU MID-WEEK. BIG RIDGE BUILDING OVR THE BERING SEA
THU...BUT THE EVOLUTION OF THIS RIDGE THEREAFTER REMAINS A SOURCE
OF MAJOR DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN MID-RANGE MODELS.

NORTH SLOPE...CLOUDS...AND ALONG THE CHUKCHI COAST LIGHT ONSHORE
WINDS HAVE ALL CONSPIRED TO MODERATE TEMPS...BUT THIS WILL BE
SHORT-LIVED AS CLEARING LIKELY BY WED.

WEST COAST...BLIZ WARNINGS AND WWA FOR SRN WEST CST ZONES CONT. THIS IS
WILL BE A SHORT DURATION EVENT BUT MODELS LIKELY UNDERESTIMATING
THE INTENSITY. FOLLOWING THE LOW...A SHOT OF QUITE COLD AIR POURS
DOWN THE WEST SIDE AND WIND CHILLS COULD WELL BE AN ISSUE MON
NIGHT/TUE WEST OF 165W.

INTERIOR...SOME CLOUDS AND A LITTLE SNOW MAY MAKE IT AS FAR EAST AS
CENTRAL INTERIOR MON NIGHT/TUE FROM REMNANTS OF WEST CST LOW BUT
THAT MAY WAIT TIL THE MAIN TROUGH MOVES EWD WED.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ221.

BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213-AKZ214.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220.
&&

RT DEC 12

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