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Gale Warning 100, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 9, 2014, 4:01 AM AKST. It was in force for 23 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
- Nov 9, 2014, 4:01 AM AKST (13:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2014, 3:29 AM AKST
- In force
- 23 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 Nov 8, 12:18 PM AKST, 15 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 12:18 PM AKST, 15 hours 43 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1218 PM AKST SAT NOV 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... 485 DAM LOW AT 500 MB ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRATROPICAL NURI NEAR 53N/176E IS PROGGED TO MOVE EASTWARD THEN RECURVE NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD SUN NIGHT AND MON. FARTHEST EASTWARD POSITION WILL BE NEAR 57N/177W AT 9 PM SUN WITH A 496 DAM CENTER. SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SUN WITH SOUTHERLY CHINOOK WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE ALASKA RANGE. 700 MB WINDS ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO MAX OUT AT 40-50 KT. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL WARM...TEMPERATURES FROM 850 MB TO 950 MB WILL WARM TO NEAR 0C OR WARMER OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND SUN AND MON. SURFACE... EXTRATROPICAL NURI NEAR 53N/176 WILL WEAKEN VERY SLOWLY AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD...THEN RECURVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST SUN NIGHT AND MON. THE FARTHEST EASTWARD POSITION WILL BE NEAR 57N/177W AT 9 PM SUN WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE AROUND 955 MB. BY 9 AM TUE...THE STORM WILL WEAKEN TO AROUND 970 MB WITH THE CENTER NEAR 59N/180W BY 9 PM MON. AS THE SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE ALASKA RANGE INCREASES SUN NIGHT AND MON...THE LEESIDE TROUGH NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL BECOME MORE WELL DEVELOPED...A LEESIDE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE...AS WILL THE TROUGH NORTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH SLOPE AND THE CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR THROUGH MON. FOG WILL BE A PESKY ISSUE TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE ARCTIC COAST WITH A FEW SITES REPORTING VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE OR LESS. OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD SLOWLY NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND MON...ASSOCIATED WITH THE OCCLUDED FRONT STRETCHING EASTWARD FROM THE CENTER OF NURI. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE DISORGANIZED SUN NIGHT AND BECOME MAINLY SCATTERED IN COVERAGE AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS SNOW THEN BECOME MIXED AS TEMPERATURES WARM. IN THE ALASKA RANGE...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PASSES. PRESSURE GRADIENT AND ISOBAR ORIENTATION IS FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUATION OF THE TANANA VALLEY JET IN THE DELTANA AND YUKON FLATS....WITH GUSTS TO 40-45 MPH IN THE MOST WIND PRONE AREAS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ226-AKZ227. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220. && RF NOV 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 4:01 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Nov 9, 4:44 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 28 hr | |
| Nov 9, 1:55 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 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.