Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2013
Storm Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this storm warning at Oct 23, 2013, 3:02 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 23, 2013, 3:02 PM AKDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2013, 3:53 AM AKDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 FZAK52 PAFG 232302 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 302 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 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. PKZ299-241330- 302 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT STRETCHING WEST FROM DEADHORSE TO POINT HOPE WILL MOVE SOUTH TO LIE ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THERE INTO FRI. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST. A STRONG LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF COLD BAY WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA BY 4PM THU...TO NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 982 MB LOW BY 4PM FRI...AND TO THE BERING STRAIT AS A 1012 MB LOW BY 4PM SAT. $$ PKZ200-241330- NORTON SOUND- 302 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ210-241330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 302 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ215-241330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 302 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ220-241330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 302 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ OCT 13
3 follow-up statements
679 FZAK52 PAFG 241232 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 432 AM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-250000- 432 AM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL PERSIST. A 958 MB LOW OVER THE FAR EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE TO NEAR SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND 4PM FRI AND WEAKEN TO 978 MB. THE LOW WILL TCONTINUE NORHTWEST TO THE GULF OF ANADYR BY 4PM SAT AND WEAKEN TO 1005 MB. $$ PKZ200-250000- NORTON SOUND- 432 AM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ210-250000- DALL POINT TO WALES- 432 AM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ215-250000- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 432 AM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ220-250000- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 432 AM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ RF/JL OCT 13
340 FZAK52 PAFG 242249 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 249 PM AKDT THU OCT 24 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. PKZ299-251300- 249 PM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST TONIGHT WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT. A 960 MB LOW IN THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO JUST EAST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 982 MB LOW BY 4PM FRI...AND TO THE BERING STRAIT AS A 1011 MB LOW BY 4PM SAT...AND TO JUST WEST OF POINT HOPE AS A 1013 MB LOW BY 4AM SUN. $$ PKZ200-251300- NORTON SOUND- 249 PM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. FOG. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ210-251300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 249 PM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW. RAIN. .FRI...NE WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. FOG. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ215-251300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 249 PM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ220-251300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 249 PM AKDT THU OCT 24 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ OCT 13
244 FZAK52 PAFG 251153 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 353 AM AKDT FRI OCT 25 2013 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-260300- 353 AM AKDT FRI OCT 25 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 970 MB LOW 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO A 1010 MB LOW NEAR THE BERING STRAIT BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-260300- NORTON SOUND- 353 AM AKDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ210-260300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 353 AM AKDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ215-260300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 353 AM AKDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ220-260300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 353 AM AKDT FRI OCT 25 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ RF/DJH OCT 13
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Oct 23, 1:38 PM AKDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 1:38 PM AKDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 138 PM AKDT WED OCT 23 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... LONG WAVE PATTERN CONSISTING OF A TROUGH OVER THE BERING AND NW PACIFIC AND WITH A RIDGE OVER EASTERN ALASKA AND NW CANADA WILL BECOME HIGHER AMPLITUDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS IS SETTING UP FOR A VERY DYNAMIC PATTERN WITH SEVERAL STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MAKING THEIR WAY NORTH THROUGH THIS FLOW PATTERN WITH RAPIDLY DEEPENING SURFACE SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH. MODERATE SOUTH CHINOOK FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ALASKA RANGE THU AND AGAIN SUN WITH SW SLOW IN BETWEEN THOSE PERIODS. A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR OF ALASKA WILL MOVE OVER THE NE INTERIOR TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE MOVING NE THU. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE OCCURRING NOW AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. 850 MB TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM -10C ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA TO -4C SOUTHERN INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO -2C TO 0C SW ALASKA TONIGHT AND OVER SOUTHERN INTERIOR THU. SURFACE... A 1018 MB LOW 100 NM NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT STRETCHING WEST FROM THE LOW TO DEADHORSE AND POINT HOPE...WILL MOVE TO ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THERE INTO FRI. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF FOG ALONG THE FRONT WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED THU. A LOW NEAR YAKUTAT WILL MOVE TO THE SW YUKON TERRITORY THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE NE. THIS WILL CAUSE 1-4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE SE INTERIOR THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVIEST ALONG THE SE ALASKA RANGE. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY END THU AM AS RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE AREA. A LOW IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN TODAY. A STRONG LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF COLD BAY NOW WILL MOVE NEAR COLD BAY BY 4AM THU...INTO THE SE BERING BY 4PM THU...AND TO NEAR ST MATTHEW ISLAND AS A 982 MB LOW B 4PM FRI...AND TO THE BERING STRAIT AS A 1012 MB LOW BY 4PM SAT. THIS WILL CAUSE NE GALES IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA TONIGHT AND STORM FORCE THU. THIS HAS LEAD TO HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ZONE 213. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND GUSTS TO 50-60 MPH THROUGH WESTERN ALASKA RANGE PASSES THU AND THU NIGHT. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE YUKON DELTA TO KODIAK BY 4PM THU...TO NORTON SOUND TO DENALI BY 4AM FRI...TO THE BERING STRAIT TO KOTZEBUE TO EAGLE BY 4PM FRI. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO START AS SNOW NORTH OF THE FRONT AND CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE FRONT. PRECIPITATION... TODAY AND TONIGHT...1-2 INCHES OF SNOW SE INTERIOR...WITH 2-4 INCHES SE ALASKA RANGE. LESS THAN 1 INCH NORTH SLOPE. THU...SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN SW AK WITH 1 INCH SNOW AT MOST. THU NIGHT...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST COAST WITH 1-2 INCHES SNOW. FRI...1 INCH SNOW NORTHERN INTERIOR. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SOUTHERN INTERIOR. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL BUT SHOW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BY 4AM THU AS THE GFS DEVELOPS A MUCH STRONGER LOW OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA THAN THE NAM. GIVEN THE STRONG DYNAMICS PREFER THE STRONGER GFS SOLUTION. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4... NE WINDS 50G70 MPH WILL LEAD TO HIGH SURF ON THE NORTH SHORE OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND THU-FRI NIGHT. && .HYDROLOGY... WATER REMAINS HIGH ON THE KOYUKUK RIVER AT HUSLIA BUT IS NOW STARTING TO FALL. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ213. HIGH WIND ADVISORIES FOR AK223-225-225-227 HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ213. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ220. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ200. STORM WARNING FOR PKZ210. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING PKZ500 && JB OCT 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 3:46 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 6 days | |
| Oct 23, 3:46 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Oct 23, 4:48 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Oct 23, 1:42 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Oct 23, 1:46 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Oct 23, 2:01 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 40 hr | |
| Oct 23, 3:02 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | 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.