Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 2, 2015, 2:09 PM AKST. 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
- Jan 2, 2015, 2:09 PM AKST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:27 AM AKST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 FZAK51 PAFG 022309 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-031415- 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER PRUDHOE BAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST TO BE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE WESTERN BERING SEA SATURDAY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA SUNDAY. $$ PKZ225-031415- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-031415- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-031415- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-031415- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-031415- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 209 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ CCC/RM JAN 15
3 follow-up statements
834 FZAK51 PAFG 031246 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-040045- 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM CAPE LISBURNE NORTH WILL MOVE EAST TO DEMARCATION POINT NORTH BY 3AM SUN THEN DISSIPATE. A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHEAST BERING SEA WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA SAT PM AND WEAKEN. A STRONG COLD FRONT IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO GAMBELL SOUTH BY 3AM SUN...AND TO PRUDHOE BAY TO BARROW AND WEST BY 3AM MON. $$ PKZ225-040045- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-040045- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TODAY...S WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-040045- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TODAY...S WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-040045- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TODAY...S WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-040045- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 346 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TODAY...SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ JAN 15
681 FZAK51 PAFG 032251 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-041500- 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. A STRONG COLD FRONT IN THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO GAMBELL SOUTH BY 3AM SUN...AND TO PRUDHOE BAY TO BARROW AND WEST BY 3AM MON. $$ PKZ225-041500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-041500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT S WINDS 20 KT WEST OF ICY CAPE. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-041500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-041500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-041500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 151 PM AKST SAT JAN 3 2015 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .WED...S WINDS 20 KT. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ CF/DJH JAN 15
712 FZAK51 PAFG 041227 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 ARCTIC 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. PKZ298-050330- 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE ARCTIC TO BANKS ISLAND BY TUE MORNING. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA BY TUE MORNING...THEN MOVE EAST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. $$ PKZ225-050330- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-050330- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-050330- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. .THU...S WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-050330- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 .TODAY...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-050330- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 327 AM AKST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ SDB/NTS JAN 15
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 Jan 2, 1:12 PM AKST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 1:12 PM AKST, 57 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 112 PM AKST FRI JAN 2 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS REMAIN IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND THROUGH THE LONG TERM. A 546 DAM HIGH OVER PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST TO BE LOCATED NEAR EAGLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINING PARKED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN CANADA. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS AROUND 560 DAM AS IT SLIPS TO THE WEST TO BE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY MID WEEK. ON THE SURFACE A 1049 MB HIGH CONTINUES TO SLIP SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN YUKON INTO THE SOUTHERN YUKON AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK. INTERIOR...DRY AND COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE INTERIOR WITH A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL TEMPERATURES AND EVEN BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY ON INTERIOR SUMMITS. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE AND WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AS WELL AS BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES. TEMPERATURES ALOFT STILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM SO STRONG INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR VALLEYS WHERE LOCAL WINDS FAIL TO MIX OUT COLD SHALLOW VALLEY LAYER. NORTH SLOPE...AREAS OF PATCHY STRATUS AS WELL AS FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH SLOPE. WEAK OFF SHORE FLOW UNDER THE SURFACE HIGH OVER THE YUKON WILL PROVIDE SCATTERED SKIES OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && CCC JAN 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:01 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 2, 2:11 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.