Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2014
Gale Warning 30, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 8, 2014, 3:03 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 8, 2014, 3:03 AM AKST (12:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2014, 2:41 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
996 FZAK52 PAFG 081203 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 303 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 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. PKZ299-090200- 303 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1038 MB HIGH OVER SIBERIA PERSISTS WITH RIDGING EXTENDING S OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA. $$ PKZ200-090200- NORTON SOUND- 303 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-090200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 303 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-090200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 303 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-090200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 303 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. $$ SDB/DA MAR 14
7 follow-up statements
015 FZAK52 PAFG 082242 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 142 PM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-091345- 142 PM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1038 MB HIGH OVER SIBERIA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE. A STORM OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO KODIAK ISLAND TUE AM. $$ PKZ200-091345- NORTON SOUND- 142 PM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-091345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 142 PM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-091345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 142 PM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-091345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 142 PM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...S WINDS 30 KT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. $$ JL/JK MAR 14
394 FZAK52 PAFG 091112 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 312 AM AKDT SUN MAR 9 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. PKZ299-100215- 312 AM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1035 MB HIGH OVER SIBERIA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE. A STORM IN THE N PACIFIC SUNDAY EVENING WILL MOVE TO COOK INLET BY TUE AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-100215- NORTON SOUND- 312 AM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-100215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 312 AM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-100215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 312 AM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-100215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 312 AM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ SDB/DA MAR 14
685 FZAK52 PAFG 092209 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 209 PM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101315- 209 PM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1036 MB HIGH OVER SIBERIA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE. A STORM IN THE N PACIFIC SUNDAY EVENING WILL MOVE TO COOK INLET BY TUE AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN...THUS INCREASING WINDS ALONG THE BERING STRAIT ON MON THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ200-101315- NORTON SOUND- 209 PM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-101315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 209 PM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-101315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 209 PM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 5 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-101315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 209 PM AKDT SUN MAR 9 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ JK/MAK MAR 14
861 FZAK52 PAFG 101114 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 314 AM AKDT MON MAR 10 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. PKZ299-110215- 314 AM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1033MB HIGH OVER SIBERIA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. A STORM IN THE N PACIFIC WILL MOVE N OVER MAINLAND ALASKA TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK. AS THE STORM MOVES N THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN INCREASING WINDS NEAR THE BERING STRAIT AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. $$ PKZ200-110215- NORTON SOUND- 314 AM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-110215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 314 AM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-110215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 314 AM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...S WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-110215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 314 AM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ SDB/DA MAR 14
564 FZAK52 PAFG 102314 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 314 PM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-111315- 314 PM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1030 MB HIGH OVER NE RUSSIA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THU. A STRONG LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA WED. A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTH TO A BETHEL TO KOYUK TO BARTER ISLAND BY 4PM TUE. A SECOND LOW WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WED. $$ PKZ200-111315- NORTON SOUND- 314 PM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. FOG...SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-111315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 314 PM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1 NM. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-111315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 314 PM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-111315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 314 PM AKDT MON MAR 10 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ MAR 14
111 FZAK52 PAFG 111056 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 256 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 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. PKZ299-120200- 256 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1027 MB HIGH OVER NE RUSSIA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING N OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THU. A 966MB LOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND WILL CONTINUE N TO INTERIOR ALASKA BY WED MORNING AS IT WEAKENS TO 986MB. A SECOND LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE N PACIFIC TO NEAR KODIAK ISLAND BY THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ200-120200- NORTON SOUND- 256 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-120200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 256 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ215-120200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 256 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 .TODAY...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NW WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-120200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 256 AM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ SDB/DA MAR 14
562 FZAK52 PAFG 112241 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-121230- 241 PM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1025 MB HIGH OVER NE RUSSIA WILL WEAKEN SLOWLY THOUGH FRI. A STRONG LOW NEAR COOK INLET WILL MOVE NORTH TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TONIGHT...AND TO NEAR KOTZEBUE WED. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM NOME TO BARTER ISLAND WILL MOVE TO THE BERING STRAIT TO BARROW BY 4AM WED...AND THEN CONTINUE MOVING NW. A SECOND LOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WED WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THU AND TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR FRI. $$ PKZ200-121230- NORTON SOUND- 241 PM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED...N WINDS 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ210-121230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 241 PM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NW WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-121230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 241 PM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 15 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. FOG...SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-121230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 241 PM AKDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY LESS THAN 1NM. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NW WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ MAR 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 Mar 8, 2:57 AM AKST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:57 AM AKST, 6 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 257 AM AKST SAT MAR 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...CONTINUE TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR IN THE NEAR TERM. GOOD INITIALIZATION WITH THE 00Z RUN. WILL USE A MEAN TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE BETWEEN THE MODELS. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...LONG WAVE TROUGH EAST TO WEST OVER THE ALASKA RANGE THIS MORNING DRIFTS SOUTH AND DISSIPATES. SHORT WAVE OVER THE BROOKS RANGE CONTINUES TO DIVE SOUTH AS 504 DAM CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS IN THE TROUGH OVER VENETIE THIS EVENING THEN DRIFTS OVER LIVENGOOD TONIGHT BEFORE DRIFTING NORTH OVER ANAKTUVUK PASS SUNDAY EVENING...THEN MOVING NORTHWEST OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BY TUESDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHWEST RIDGE PUSHES NORTH AND WEST OVER THE INTERIOR WITH 520 DAM HEIGHTS OVER THE ALCAN BORDER BY TUESDAY MORNING. A 507 DAM CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC SUNDAY MORNING MOVES OVER KODIAK ISLAND BY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN MERGES WITH THE LOW IN THE CHUKCHI SEA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AT 850 HPA...COLD AIR WITH IT AND THE 20 BELOW CELSIUS ISOTHERM PUSHES SOUTH TO LIE FROM POINT HOPE TO MCGRATH AND THEN EAST ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN FROM NOME TO EAGLE BY MONDAY MORNING...THEN RETREATS NORTH AS WARM AIR SURGES NORTH OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR. SURFACE...BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE STATE. 974MB LOW IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO 100NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT THIS MORNING THEN PINBALL WEST TO OVER COOK INLET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING. A 985MB LOW NEAR 40N 180 THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TO 300NM SOUTH OF ADAK BY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN TO 300NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT BY MONDAY MORNING...THEN TO KODIAK ISLAND BY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING NORTH TO BE OVER COOK INLET WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEAK CHINOOK FLOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE MID WEEK. ARCTIC COAST...STRATUS AND FLURRIES STILL CAUSING HAVOC. 08/0718Z MODIS 11UM BT SHOWS STRATUS OVER THE ARCTIC PLAIN AND ALSO JUST OFF THE COAST MOVING SOUTH. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...OFFSHORE FLOW CONTINUES WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...THE EXCEPTION BEING CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES NEAR THE BERING STRAIT AND ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ON THE MILD SIDE WITH DIURNAL RANGES OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES. WINDS GENERALLY 15 MPH OR LESS. INTERIOR...MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS PREVAIL. EXPECT SOME FLURRIES DEVELOPING IN FAR SOUTHEAST INTERIOR BY SUNDAY MORNING AS MOISTURE IS FLUNG NORTH BY THE LOW NEAR YAKUTAT. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES MILD WITH FAIRLY LARGE DIURNAL RANGES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && SDB MAR 14
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Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:52 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 22 hr |
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