Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2014
Gale Warning 22, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 14, 2014, 1:18 PM AKST. It was in force for 4 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2014, 1:18 PM AKST (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2014, 2:41 AM AKST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197 FZAK52 PAFG 142218 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 118 PM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 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. PKZ299-151500- 118 PM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN AND RECEDE OVER SIBERIA. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A 971 MB CENTER IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL REMAIN QUASI STATIONARY. $$ PKZ200-151500- NORTON SOUND- 118 PM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-151500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 118 PM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-151500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 118 PM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-151500- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 118 PM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...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...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ CF/DA FEB 14
7 follow-up statements
902 FZAK52 PAFG 151243 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 343 AM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-160100- 343 AM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC OCEAN THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-160100- NORTON SOUND- 343 AM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-160100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 343 AM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-160100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 343 AM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ220-160100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 343 AM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF/JL FEB 14
139 FZAK52 PAFG 152236 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 136 PM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 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. PKZ299-161500- 136 PM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC OCEAN THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-161500- NORTON SOUND- 136 PM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-161500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 136 PM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-161500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 136 PM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .WED...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-161500- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 136 PM AKST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/DA FEB 14
908 FZAK52 PAFG 161244 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 344 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-170100- 344 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC OCEAN THROUGH MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ200-170100- NORTON SOUND- 344 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-170100- DALL POINT TO WALES- 344 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-170100- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 344 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-170100- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 344 AM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/JL FEB 14
518 FZAK52 PAFG 162339 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 239 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 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. PKZ299-171230- 239 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON AND MOVE OVER THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA TUE. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA TO EAGLE WILL MOVE TO NOME TO OLD CROW BY 3AM MON AND THEN DISSIPATE IN PLACE THROUGH MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-171230- NORTON SOUND- 239 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-171230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 239 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-171230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 239 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-171230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 239 PM AKST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ FEB 14
412 FZAK52 PAFG 171135 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 235 AM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-180015- 235 AM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC OCEAN WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ200-180015- NORTON SOUND- 235 AM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-180015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 235 AM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-180015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 235 AM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-180015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 235 AM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ RF FEB 14
818 FZAK52 PAFG 172336 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 PM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 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. PKZ299-181230- 236 PM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST SIBERIA TO NORTH OF ALASKA WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA TUE THEN PERSIST INTO WED. A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING FROM GAMBELL TO KOTZEBUE TO ARCTIC VILLAGE WILL DISSIPATE IN PLACE THROUGH TUE. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IN THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE WESTERN ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA TUE NIGHT AND TO THE BERING STRAIT WED. $$ PKZ200-181230- NORTON SOUND- 236 PM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-181230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 236 PM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-181230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 236 PM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-181230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 236 PM AKST MON FEB 17 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ FEB 14
378 FZAK52 PAFG 181141 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 AM AKST TUE FEB 18 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-190015- 241 AM AKST TUE FEB 18 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1042 MB HIGH CENTERED 400 NM W OF WRANGEL ISLAND WITH A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH TUE. WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ200-190015- NORTON SOUND- 241 AM AKST TUE FEB 18 2014 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-190015- DALL POINT TO WALES- 241 AM AKST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-190015- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 241 AM AKST TUE FEB 18 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU...E WINDS 5 KT. .THU NIGHT...LIGHT WINDS. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-190015- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 241 AM AKST TUE FEB 18 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF FEB 14
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 Feb 14, 4:42 AM AKST, 8 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 4:42 AM AKST, 8 hours 36 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 442 AM AKST FRI FEB 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...AT 500 HPA THEY REMAIN SIMILAR THROUGH 78 HOURS OR SO AS A LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA PINBALLS AROUND. AT THE SURFACE THEY ARE SIMILAR THROUGH AROUND 60 HOURS AS LOW IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA SLOWLY DEEPENS. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...A 483 DAM CLOSED LOW CENTER OVER KODIAK WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTH BACK OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THROUGH SUNDAY THEN BECOME QUASI STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY. A RIDGE UP THE WEST COAST WILL PUSH OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND PUSH OVER THE ARCTIC COAST BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS STRENGTHEN THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA. AT 850 HPA...COLD AIR IS BEING MIXED OUT BY THE WARM AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW IN THE GULF. MODELS DO CONTINUE TO SHOW A POOL OF COLD OVER THE ARCTIC PLAINS THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SURFACE...977 MB LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA REMAINS QUASI STATIONARY AS IT DEEPENS TO 968 MB SATURDAY MORNING NEAR CORDOVA. BROAD AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE STATE HANGS AROUND INTO NEXT WEEK. WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY TO THE ARCTIC COAST...GRADIENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING NORTH OVER THE BROOKS RANGE BY SATURDAY NIGHT. SHORTWAVES MOVING IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW BRING BANDS OF CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES TO THE INTERIOR. A BAND WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND TO OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS SHOW SOME OF THAT ENERGY WORKING UP INTO THE KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS AND OUT TO THE WEST COAST BY SUNDAY MORNING. ARCTIC COAST...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OFFSHORE WITH EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE ARCTIC. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED THOUGH A FEW FLURRIES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA. 0755Z MODIS 11UM SHOWS A PATCH OF STRATUS WORKING ITS WAY EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST. NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS EXPECTED BUT WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WILL DEVELOP WEST OF DEADHORSE TODAY INTO SATURDAY WITH WIND CHILL FALLING TO AROUND 55 BELOW...SO WILL ISSUE ADVISORIES FOR THOSE AREAS. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...COLD TEMPERATURES HANGING ON OVER THE WEST COAST WILL MODERATE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. WINDS CONTINUE TO BE RELATIVELY LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. NOT MUCH FOR CLOUDS AS EASTERLY OFFSHORE FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. LOOKING FOR INCREASING CLOUDS SATURDAY WITH SOME SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...HEAVIEST SNOW LOOKS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY...KOBUK VALLEY...AND NOATAK VALLEY AT THIS TIME. INTERIOR...WITH THE LOW OVER THE GULF SWINGING BANDS OF MOISTURE NORTH EXPECT SNOW TO DE3VELOP OVER ZONE 226 THIS EVENING WORKING NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR SATURDAY MORNING AND TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR BY SATURDAY EVENING. GRADIENT INCREASES OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR TODAY WITH WINDS OVER SUMMITS BLOWING AROUND 25 MPH WITH SOME STRONGER GUSTS. THE BAND OF STRONGER WINDS WILL MIGRATE NORTH TO THE BROOKS RANGE BY SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH THE CLOUDS TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE THIS WEEKEND BEFORE THE COLD IS REINFORCED NEXT WEEK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ210-AKZ211-AKZ212- AKZ213-AKZ214-AKZ217-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226- AKZ227. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ218. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && SDB FEB 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:55 AM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Feb 14, 4:46 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 14, 4:49 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:16 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:16 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 14 hr |
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