Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 39, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 6, 2013, 2:45 PM AKST. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 6, 2013, 2:45 PM AKST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2013, 1:44 AM AKST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
051 FZAK52 PAFG 062345 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 245 PM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 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. PKZ299-071445- 245 PM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... 963 LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT BY THURSDAY MORNING...THEN TO BRISTOL BAY BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTH TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-071445- NORTON SOUND- 245 PM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT TOWARD MORNING. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-071445- DALL POINT TO WALES- 245 PM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E AND INCREASING TO 35 KT TOWARD MORNING. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-071445- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 245 PM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-071445- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 245 PM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ SDB/JAM MAR 13
3 follow-up statements
746 FZAK52 PAFG 071036 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 136 AM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-080145- 136 AM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH 600 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE TO 900 MILES NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A 954 MB LOW 550 MILES SOUTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO ST LAWRENCE ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEAKENING TO 980 MB. $$ PKZ200-080145- NORTON SOUND- 136 AM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ210-080145- DALL POINT TO WALES- 136 AM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-080145- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 136 AM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-080145- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 136 AM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/CC MAR 13
687 FZAK52 PAFG 072305 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 205 PM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 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. PKZ299-081415- 205 PM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 955 MB LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND BY FRIDAY MORNING AT 977 MB...THEN CONTINUE TO NEAR THE BERING STRAIT BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 996 MB. A 994 MB LOW MOVES FROM THE WESTERN BERING SEA ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE SOUTHWEST COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING AT 1002 MB LOW...THEN MOVES SOUTHEAST TO KODIAK ISLAND BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-081415- NORTON SOUND- 205 PM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-081415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 205 PM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 35 KT. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-081415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 205 PM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-081415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 205 PM AKST THU MAR 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ SDB/JAM MAR 13
176 FZAK52 PAFG 081044 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 144 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-090015- 144 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1042 MB HIGH CENTERED 900 MILES NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE TO 1000 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY BY SUNDAY MORNING WEAKENING TO 1036 MB. A 978 MB LOW NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM WILL MOVE TO 300 MILES WEST OF BARROW BY SUNDAY MORNING WEAKENING TO 1010 MB. A 984 MB LOW NEAR THE EAST COAST OF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE TO NORTON SOUND BY SUNDAY MORNING WEAKENING TO 1010 MB. $$ PKZ200-090015- NORTON SOUND- 144 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SOUTH 15 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ210-090015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 144 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT W 25 KT WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-090015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 144 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-090015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 144 AM AKST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 5 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/CC MAR 13
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 Mar 6, 5:25 AM AKST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:25 AM AKST, 9 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 525 AM AKST WED MAR 6 2013 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK FRONTAL WAVE NEAR THE BERING STRAIT WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHWESTWARD TODAY. THE WEATHER FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA SOUTHEASTWARD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TODAY. IN ZONE 201...BRISK EAST WINDS FROM POINT LAY EAST ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC OCEAN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...MEANING A CONTINUATION OF BRISK EAST WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT IN ZONES 202 203 AND 204...WITH BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN ZONES 214 AND 215 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS A DEVELOPING LOW MOVES NORTHWARD...ARRIVING IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN ZONE 214...3 TO 5 INCHES IN ZONE 215...AND AROUND 4 INCHES IN ZONE 211. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ALONG THE WEST COAST AND IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN AND NEAR ALASKA RANGE PASSES LATE TONIGHT A LEESIDE DEVELOPS NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE...REINFORCED BY A SURGE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT. WINDS ALOFT ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE BELOW 700 MB ARE EXPECTED TO MAX OUT AT AROUND 50-60 KT. MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST WIND PRONE SPOTS. EXTENDED GFS AND ECMWF PROGS INDICATE BUILDING OF A STRONG UPPER HIGH OR RIDGE OVER THE BERING SEA BY SUNDAY...WITH A COLDER NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SUBSTANTIALLY COLDER AIRMASS TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY...WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES FALLING TO -20C OR COLDER. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ203. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240. && RF MAR 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:27 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Mar 6, 1:59 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 60 hr | |
| Mar 6, 4:25 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 32 hr | |
| Mar 6, 4:28 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:43 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:46 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 38 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:52 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 38 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.