Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 14, 2015, 3:07 PM AKST. It was in force for 61 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 14, 2015, 3:07 PM AKST (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2015, 3:41 AM AKST
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
089 FZAK52 PAFG 150007 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 307 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 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. PKZ299-151515- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 963 MB LOW S OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE NW TO BRISTOL BAY BY THU EVENING WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE COAST. A 1036 MB HIGH OVER WESTERN SIBERIA WILL DRIFT EAST. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA...BERING STRAIT AND CHUKCHI SEA WILL STRENGTHEN WITH STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ200-151515- NORTON SOUND- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-151515- DALL POINT TO WALES- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ215-151515- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT E WINDS 10 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG TURNING NW. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NW WINDS 20 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-151515- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ SDB/DJH JAN 15
5 follow-up statements
268 FZAK52 PAFG 151155 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 255 AM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-160300- 255 AM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 960 MB LOW S OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE NW TO BRISTOL BAY BY THU EVENING WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE COAST. A 1036 MB HIGH OVER WESTERN SIBERIA WILL DRIFT EAST. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA...BERING STRAIT AND CHUKCHI SEA WILL STRENGTHEN WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SAT. $$ PKZ200-160300- NORTON SOUND- 255 AM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-160300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 255 AM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ215-160300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 255 AM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-160300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 255 AM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. $$ CCC/DA JAN 15
323 FZAK52 PAFG 160029 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 329 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 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. PKZ299-161615- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 960 MB LOW OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE COAST WILL PERSIST WITH THE LOW MOVING TO NORTON SOUND LATE FRIDAY THEN MOVING NW OVER THE BERING STRAIT AT 979 MB. $$ PKZ200-161615- NORTON SOUND- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-161615- DALL POINT TO WALES- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 45 KT. SEAS 11 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ215-161615- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-161615- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ SDB/DJH JAN 15
952 FZAK52 PAFG 161208 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 308 AM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-170300- 308 AM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 963 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE COAST WILL PERSIST WITH THE LOW MOVING TO NORTON SOUND BY SATURDAY MORNING AS A 975 MB LOW. THE LOW WILL MOVE NW OVER THE BERING STRAIT AS A 979 MB LOW SATURDAY. $$ PKZ200-170300- NORTON SOUND- 308 AM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-170300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 308 AM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ215-170300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 308 AM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-170300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 308 AM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CCC/DA JAN 15
148 FZAK52 PAFG 162310 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 210 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 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. PKZ299-171415- 210 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 969 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE COAST WILL PERSIST WITH THE LOW MOVING TO THE BEING STRAIT BY SAT EVENING AT 979MB. $$ PKZ200-171415- NORTON SOUND- 210 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. .WED...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-171415- DALL POINT TO WALES- 210 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ215-171415- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 210 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-171415- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 210 PM AKST FRI JAN 16 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 30 KT. $$ SDB/NTS JAN 15
027 FZAK52 PAFG 171241 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2015 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-180300- 341 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 975 MB LOW OVER THE LOWER YUKON DELTA WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING NORTH OVER THE COAST WILL PERSIST WITH THE LOW MOVING TO THE BEING STRAIT BY SAT EVENING AS A 980 MB LOW. $$ PKZ200-180300- NORTON SOUND- 341 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2015 .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-180300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 341 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2015 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ215-180300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 341 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-180300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 341 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2015 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. .MON...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CCC/DA 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 14, 12:48 PM AKST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 12:48 PM AKST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1248 PM AKST WED JAN 14 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY. MODELS INITIALIZED WELL AGAINST THE 15Z SURFACE ANALYSIS. A LITTLE SKEPTICAL IN USING THE GFS AND ECMWF PRECIPITATION GUIDANCE SO WILL LEAN MAINLY ON THE NAM FOR THIS FORECAST CYCLE. ALOFT...575 DAM RIDGE EXTENDS UP THE WEST COAST FROM OREGON TO THE UPPER TANANA VALLEY TO A 541 DAM HIGH OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TODAY AND REMAINS STATIONARY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS IT WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. A COL WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA AS THE RIDGE STRETCHES OUT AND A 507 DAM LOW THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE ARCTIC THURSDAY EVENING WILL MOVE OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA THROUGH SUNDAY THEN DRIFTS NORTHWEST OVER THE BERING STRAIT BY MONDAY MORNING. A 506 DAM LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC TODAY AND MOVES OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA BY THURSDAY MORNING BECOMING STATIONARY...THEN DISSIPATES BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE NORTH IN THE FLOW OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT THEY ARE BEING DAMPENED OUT BY THE RIDGE. AT 850 MB...POOL OF ABOVE ZERO CELSIUS AIR WILL PERSIST SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE TODAY AND SLOSHES OVER THE LOWER YUKON DELTA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING THEN COLD AIR ADVECTION. IN THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRETTY FLAT THROUGH SATURDAY. SURFACE...BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE STATE AROUND A 962MB LOW SOUTH OF SAND POINT TODAY WILL PERSIST AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OVER THE WESTERN ALASKA PENINSULA BY FRIDAY MORNING AT 967MB. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TO 975MB WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING UP THE WEST COAST AND TROUGHING DEVELOPING OVER THE ARCTIC COAST. WEAK CHINOOK FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE INTERIOR AND STRENGTHEN A BIT TONIGHT AS TROUGH MOVES TO THE ALASKA RANGE AND LEE SIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS. THE WINDS WILL BE UP AND DOWN AS THE SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE RANGE AND THE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS AND WEAKENS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR...BUT GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN TODAY. ARCTIC COAST AND BROOKS RANGE...WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE ARCTIC AS LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC PUSHES NORTH A LITTLE AND THE HIGH OVER THE ARCTIC REMAINS FAIRLY STATIONARY. EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT EVENTUALLY PEAKING ON FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING DOWN. THIS WILL BRING SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES WITH BLOWING SNOW TO AREAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND MAY WARRANT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THOSE DAYS. NOT MUCH ELSE GOING ON TODAY...GOES MVFR/IFR/LIFR PROBABILITY PRODUCT AT 14/1715Z AND THE SPORT MODIS MICROPHYSICS RGB PRODUCT AT 14/1523Z NOT INDICATING ANYTHING IMMINENT. THERE IS A PATCH OF STRATUS OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA THAT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND MAY IMPACT THE AREA FROM PRUDHOE BAY EAST TONIGHT IF IT STAYS TOGETHER. TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE NEXT 24 HOURS...THEN COLD AIR ADVECTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...QUIET TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE WEST COAST LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT. BIGGEST QUESTION WILL BE RAIN...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN OVER THE LOWER YUKON DELTA...PRIMARILY ZONE 214 AND 215...FRIDAY MORNING AS THEY GET SOME 850MB TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO CELSIUS BEFORE COOLING BEGINS. EXPECT WINDS OVER THE BERING SEA AND STRAIT TO CONTINUE INCREASING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST MAY BE GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH WITH BLOWING SNOW CREATING VISIBILITY ISSUES BY LATE THURSDAY SO WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE AREA. ALSO...EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE STRAIT ALL THE WAY TO POINT HOPE AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SO WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS NORTH OF KIVALINA. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL PUSH NORTH...BUT NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM FAIRBANKS SOUTH IN THE FORM OF PRECIPITATION AS IT IS CHINOOKED OUT. NORTH OF FAIRBANKS SOME AREAS WILL SEE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW...BUT IT WILL BE VERY PATCHY. WINDS INCREASING THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE TONIGHT AND IN THE DELTA AREA...EXPECT WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...AND SOME AREAS COULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 40S THURSDAY. COASTAL HAZARDS DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AKZ213. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ210. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && SDB JAN 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 3:02 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Jan 14, 3:07 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 36 hr | |
| Jan 15, 1:33 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Jan 15, 2:53 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 3 days | |
| Jan 15, 1:13 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 56 hr | |
| Jan 15, 1:21 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 37 hr |
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