Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 76, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 12, 2013, 2:14 PM AKDT. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 12, 2013, 2:14 PM AKDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2013, 3:39 AM AKDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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 Oct 11, 2:53 PM AKDT, 23 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 2:53 PM AKDT, 23 hours 21 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 253 PM AKDT FRI OCT 11 2013 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MON NIGHT. UPPER RIDGE WITH AXIS ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER WILL SHARPEN IN AMPLITUDE THROUGH SUN AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR. UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NORTON SOUND TO THE EASTERN ALASKA PENINSULA BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DAMPEN OUT AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO THE ARCTIC COAST BY MON AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER BUILDING RIDGE WHICH WILL MOVE EAST TO THE ALCAN BORDER BY TUE AFTERNOON. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...STRONG PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE FAR EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN...OFFSHORE FROM THE US AND CANADA WEST COASTS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL HEIGHTS AND ABOVE NORMAL 850 MB AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES. SURFACE... RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW JUST E OF DUTCH HARBOR AT 22Z WILL PROBABLY REACH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE AROUND 965 MB THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL TAKE A LOOPING PATH OVER OUTER BRISTOL BAY THROUGH SAT EVENING...FILLING SUBSTANTIALLY BY SUN EVENING AS IT MOVES TO KODIAK ISLAND. AN ELONGATED WEAK RESIDUAL LOW WITH MULTIPLE CENTERS WILL EXTEND FROM KODIAK ISLAND TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY SUN AFTERNOON. A WEAK LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR SUN AFTERNOON...MERGING WITH THE ELONGATED WEST COAST LOW TO FORM AN ELONGATED LOW FROM KOTZEBUE SOUND TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC SLOPE BY SUN EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR THROUGH SUN...BECOMING MAINLY SCATTERED BY SUN NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY RAIN SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL... NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO 35-40 KT ARE EXPECTED OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND NORTHWARD TO THE BERING STRAIT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL GENERATE SEAS 8 TO 12 FEET OFFSHORE. WAVES WILL DIMINISH SOME AS THEY BREAK ONSHORE BUT HIGH SURF IS EXPECTED ONSHORE. NO STORM SURGE WILL OCCUR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. && RF OCT 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2:14 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 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.