Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 70, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Aug 30, 2015, 3:11 PM AKDT. 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
- Aug 30, 2015, 3:11 PM AKDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2015, 4:30 AM AKDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 FZAK51 PAFG 302311 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 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. PKZ298-311245- 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 998 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF ALASKA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. A LOW NEAR YELLOWKNIFE WILL MOVE TO 200 NM EAST OF INUVIK AS A 985 MB LOW BY 4AM MON AND THEN WEAKEN SLOWLY THROUGH TUE. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA AND WESTERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL BUILD EAST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND INTERIOR OF ALASKA THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ225-311245- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ230-311245- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ235-311245- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ240-311245- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 4 FT. FOG. .MON...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG... RAIN. SNOW. .TUE...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ245-311245- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. FOG. RAIN. SNOW. .MON...NW WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FOG. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ AUG 15
2 follow-up statements
075 FZAK51 PAFG 311228 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 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. PKZ298-010015- 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM 600 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY TO 300 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY THEN SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IN CANADA. THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUESDAY. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARCTIC COAST WILL DRIFT SLIGHTLY SOUTHWARD TODAY...THEN BUILD INTO A 1022 MB HIGH CENTERED NEAR PRUDHOE BAY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM 300 MILES NORTHWEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND EXTEND FROM 300 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAINWRIGHT BY LATE TONIGHT. $$ PKZ225-010015- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ230-010015- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ235-010015- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ240-010015- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ245-010015- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 428 AM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND FOG. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ RF/DJH AUG 15
714 FZAK51 PAFG 312150 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 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. PKZ298-011230- 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 990 MB LOW 200 NM EAST OF INUVIK WILL MOVE EAST AND WEAKEN. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA WILL BUILD EAST OVER THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN ARCTIC SLOPE TUE. A 1012 MB LOW SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 100 NM NORTH OF BARROW AS A1018 MB LOW BY 4AM WED AND TO 200 NM NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT AS A 1021 MB LOW BY 4PM WED. $$ PKZ225-011230- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TUE...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ230-011230- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .WED...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ235-011230- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .WED...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ240-011230- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .TUE...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ245-011230- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 150 PM AKDT MON AUG 31 2015 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ AUG 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 Aug 30, 3:11 PM AKDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:11 PM AKDT, 0 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 311 PM AKDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SIMILAR THROUGH TUE ALOFT...AND SHOW SIMILAR PATTERN WED THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND WITH SIGHT DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF SHORT WAVES. AT THE SURFACE THE NAM DEVELOPS A STRONGER LOW IN MACKENZIE BAY ON TUE THAN THE GFS OR ECMF. PREFER THE WEAKER GFS SOLUTION AS THE MAIN LOW REMAINS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND THE WARM AIR PUSHING NORTH AT LOW LEVELS OVER THE COLD WATER IS NOT INDUCIVE TO DEEPENING OF THE SURFACE LOW. STILL EXPECT WESTERLY GALE FORCE WEST WINDS NEAR BARTER ISLAND MON NIGHT AND TUE EVEN USING GFS SOLUTION...BUT NEED TO BE AWARE OF POTENTIAL FOR MORE WINDS. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4... HIGH SURF NEAR SHISHMAREF ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF POSSIBLE NEAR BARTER ISLAND MON INTO TUE. NONE WED THROUGH FRI. && .FIRE WEATHER... GRADUAL DECREASING RH IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR MON AND EASTERN INTERIOR TUE AND WED. && .HYDROLOGY... MOOSE CREEK DAM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BACKING UP FLOW THROUGH MON OR TUE. THIS WILL KEEP THE CHENA HIGH FROM THE MOOSE CREEK DAM DOWNSTREAM TO ITS MOUTH AT THE TANANA RIVER THROUGH MON OR TUE. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS THAT NOW HAVE MINOR FLOODING ON THE LOWER CHENA TO CONTINUE THROUGH MON OR TUE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ204-AKZ207. FLOOD ADVISORY FOR 222. FROST ADVISORY FOR AKZ222. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ245. && JB AUG 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:43 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:11 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:25 PM AKDT | Frost Advisory | AFG | 19 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.