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Gale Warning 133, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2014, 9:06 PM AKST. It was in force for 16 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
- Dec 27, 2014, 9:06 PM AKST (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2014, 1:27 PM AKST
- In force
- 16 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 Dec 27, 12:43 PM AKST, 8 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 12:43 PM AKST, 8 hours 23 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1243 PM AKST SAT DEC 27 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDING FROM WRANGEL ISLAND TO THE KENAI PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTWARD WILL MOVE EAST TO LIE ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER AND SOUTHWARD BY SUN AFTERNOON. LOW AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN BERING SEA TONIGHT...AND ACROSS NORTHWEST ALASKA AND THE CHUKCHI SEA SUN...THEN CURVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC OCEAN SUN NIGHT INTO MON...GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING DURING THE PERIOD. THE SHORT WAVE WILL FLATTEN THE TOP OF THE UPPER RIDGE...RIDGE AXIS MOVING INTO THE ALCAN BORDER SUN NIGHT. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL REBUILD OVER ALASKA BY MON NIGHT WITH THE AXIS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST ALASKA SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND WEST COAST TUE INTO WED. SURFACE... OCCLUDED FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND WILL BE MOVING NORTHWARD AND STRETCHING A BIT EASTWARD ACROSS THE WEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WAVE NORTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN BERING SEA...DEVELOPING INTO A 998 MB LOW NEAR THE CHUKOTSK PEN BY SUN MORNING. THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA BY SUN EVENING...THEN CURVE ACROSS THE ARCTIC OCEAN THROUGH MON WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY. ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN BERING SEA MON NIGHT AND TUE. GOES IR LOOP SHOWING A STRONG MOISTURE FEED NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR. THE NORTHWARD MOVING FRONT WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST AREAS TONIGHT...SPREADING TO THE NORTHERN WEST COAST AREAS SUN. SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR SUN MORNING AND SPREADING OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SUN. SNOW CONTINUING REDEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE WEST COAST SUN NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN ZONE 209... ESPECIALLY AT KOTZEBUE...AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ZONE 207...AS THE NORTHWARD MOVING SURFACE SYSTEM TIGHTENS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHERN WEST COAST. AIR MASS TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BE MIXED IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. STRONG SOUTHERLY CHINOOK WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES SUN MORNING AND CONTINUE AT LEAST INTO MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH WIND WARNINGS WILL BE POSTED FOR THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES. ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS NEAR DELTA JUNCTION. STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING IN BROOKS RANGE PASSES LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH SUN NIGHT. BLOWING SNOW IN PASSES MAY CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE POSTED FOR THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES. BRISK EAST WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST AND OFF SHORE AREAS TONIGHT AS A SURFACE HIGH OVER NORTHEAST ALASKA SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY. BRISK WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ217-AKZ223. HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ207-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ213- AKZ215-AKZ216. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ209. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ205-AKZ206. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ230-PKZ235. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && RF DEC 14
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 27, 5:24 PM AKST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 9:33 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 6 hr | |
| Dec 28, 6:02 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Dec 28, 1:27 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Dec 28, 1:27 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 14 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.