Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 97, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 17, 2012, 3:38 PM AKST. It was in force for 12 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
- Dec 17, 2012, 3:38 PM AKST (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2012, 3:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
039 FZAK52 PAFG 180038 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 338 PM 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. PKZ299-181230- 338 PM AKST MON DEC 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 988 MB LOW OVER NOME WILL MOVE TO KOTZEBUE AS A 992 MB LOW BY 3AM TUE...TO PRUDHOE BAY AS A 1002 MB LOW BY 3PM TUE...AND TO 200 NM NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY AS A 1012 MB LOW BY 3AM WED. $$ PKZ200-181230- NORTON SOUND- 338 PM AKST MON DEC 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT BECOMING NW. .TUE...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-181230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 338 PM AKST MON DEC 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 40 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ215-181230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 338 PM AKST MON DEC 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-181230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 338 PM AKST MON DEC 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ TF/CC DEC 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 Dec 17, 6:56 AM AKST, 8 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 6:56 AM AKST, 8 hours 42 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 656 AM AKST MON DEC 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT.. A DEEP LONG WAVE TROUGH FROM WRANGEL ISLAND TO THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE EAST OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WED. SEVERAL STRONG SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALASKA. A STRONG SHORT WAVE OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO LIE FROM CAPE LISBURNE TO MCGRATH BY 3AM TUE AND THEN STRETCH NE. SURFACE... A COLD FRONT FROM PRUDHOE BAY NORTH WILL MOVE TO BARTER ISLAND BY 3PM MON THEN DISSIPATE. 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 AND TO 200 NM NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY AS A 1012 MB LOW BY 3AM WED. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING S FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO LIE FROM PRUDHOE BAY TO MCGRATH BY 3AM TUE AND THEN PERSIST. THIS IS BRINGING EASTERLY GALE FORCE WINDS ALONG WITH 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW AND BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE WEST COAST NOW. THE SNOW IS NOW SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND WILL SPREAD TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND ARCTIC SLOPE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. THIS WILL SPREAD SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND PERHAPS FLURRIES TO THE EASTERN INTERIOR LATE TONIGHT OR TUE CAUSING A SLIGHT WARM UP FROM THE CURRENT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. AREAS ALONG THE FRONT WILL SE A MORE SIGNIFICANT WARM UP TO NEAR ZERO. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS SHOW SIMILAR SOLLUTIONS THROUGH WED. SIGNIFICANT COLD ADVECTION WILL MOVE OVER THE WEST COAST TUE AND INTO THE INTERIOR WED CONTINUING THE COLD PATTERN. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ219- AKZ221-AKZ223. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ213-AKZ214. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ209-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ215-AKZ216-AKZ217. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && JB DEC 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:34 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:38 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Dec 17, 11:28 PM AKST | Wind Chill Warning | AFG | 4 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:08 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 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.