Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 18, 2013, 3:50 AM AKST. It was in force for 22 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 18, 2013, 3:50 AM AKST (12:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2013, 2:01 AM AKST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
010 FZAK51 PAFG 181250 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-190400- 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1050 MB HIGH 500 CENTERED MILES NW OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO 300 MILES NW OF BARROW BY 6 AM SAT BUILDING TO 1055 MB. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE. $$ PKZ225-190400- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. $$ PKZ230-190400- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ235-190400- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ240-190400- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT SW 15 KT NEAR SHORE. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT SW 10 KT NEAR SHORE. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-190400- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 350 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/SDB JAN 13
3 follow-up statements
031 FZAK51 PAFG 181808 AAA CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 UPDATED ZONE 245 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-190200- 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1050 MB HIGH 500 CENTERED MILES NW OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO 300 MILES NW OF BARROW BY 6 AM SAT BUILDING TO 1055 MB. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE. $$ PKZ225-190200- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. $$ PKZ230-190200- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ235-190200- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ240-190200- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT SW 15 KT NEAR SHORE. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT SW 10 KT NEAR SHORE. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-190200- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 908 AM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 UPDATED TO ADD GALE ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...W WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/SDB/CF JAN 13
722 FZAK51 PAFG 190001 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-191515- 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1056 MB HIGH 500 CENTERED MILES NW OF BARROW WILL MOVE TO 300 MILES NW OF BARROW BY 3 AM SAT BUILDING TO 1057 MB. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE. $$ PKZ225-191515- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 40 KT. $$ PKZ230-191515- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ235-191515- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-191515- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-191515- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 301 PM AKST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT BY LATE EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/JB JAN 13
230 FZAK51 PAFG 191101 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-200030- 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1055 MB HIGH CENTERED 400 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW WILL WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WHILE WEAKENING TO 1052 MB. A 980 MB LOW CENTERED 350 MILES SOUTH OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO 250 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADAK BY 3 AM SUN AS A 970 MB LOW. $$ PKZ225-200030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY EVENING. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ230-200030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ235-200030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ240-200030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-200030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 201 AM AKST SAT JAN 19 2013 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/SDB JAN 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 Jan 17, 2:20 PM AKST, 13 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 2:20 PM AKST, 13 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 220 PM AKST THU JAN 17 2013 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER CENTRAL ALASKA IS RETREATING EASTWARD WHICH IS DISSIPATING THE LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE REDUCED TO JUST THE AREA OVER THE AREA NEAR NORTHWAY AND TOK BY LATER THIS EVENING. CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE FROM THE NORTH AS THE COLD ADVECTION MOVES SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY CLEAR OUT MANY OF THE CLOUDS LEFT OVER IN NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY. BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING BACK NORTHWARD AND PUSHES THE ARCTIC FRONT BACK TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR BY SAT AFTERNOON. EXTREMELY STRONG HIGH IN THE ARCTIC WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. A FEW LOWS WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST AND SPREAD SOME SNOW ALONG THE WEST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL MOVE WESTWARD FROM NORTHERN CANADA NEXT WEEK AND PUSH ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHERN ALASKA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DEEP COLD AIR OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND SLOPE WITH DECENT GRADIENT ...MOSTLY HELPED ALONG BY THE STRONG HIGH IN THE ARCTIC IS PRODUCE WIND CHILL CRITERIA AND WILL THROUGH FRI MORNING. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ206-AKZ208-AKZ217-AKZ218. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ245. && CF JAN 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:51 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 22 hr | |
| Jan 18, 11:07 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 7 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.