Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 131, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 4, 2016, 4:39 AM AKDT. It was in force for 24 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
- Nov 4, 2016, 4:39 AM AKDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2016, 4:30 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
678 FZAK51 PAFG 041239 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 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. PKZ298-050200- 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE HIGH ARCTIC WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ PKZ225-050200- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ230-050200- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ235-050200- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ240-050200- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ245-050200- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 439 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ NOV 16
1 follow-up statement
592 FZAK51 PAFG 042246 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 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. PKZ298-051230- 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING NORTH OF THE BEAUFORT SEA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ PKZ225-051230- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ230-051230- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ235-051230- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ240-051230- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ245-051230- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 246 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2016 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT DECREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ RF/LTH NOV 16
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 Nov 4, 3:37 AM AKDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 3:37 AM AKDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 337 AM AKDT Fri Nov 4 2016 .DISCUSSION... Models in decent agreement through at least 60 hours. Quasi upper level ridge from northwestern Canada will continue to retrograde back into Canada through Friday. The upper level trough will continue to develop and will become more prominent Friday night over northern Alaska. Models become more divergent beginning Sun evening. The GFS is much more excited about returning an upper level ridge into the central portion of the state than the ECMWF by the middle of the week. Substantially colder air will continue to pour southward into the Interior of Alaska from the Northeast portion of the state as an upper level low in the Canadian Archipelago spins colder air southward. the surface high north of the Arctic Coast and the surface low in Bristol Bay is continuing the moderately strong gradient across the Arctic Coast. The winds should begin to diminish later on friday and then through Sat. The gradient will then set up over Northwest Alaska on Saturday. Very little if any snowfall or other precipitation look to be on the horizon for most all of Northern Alaska with the exception of flurries. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. Small Craft Advisory for PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. Gale Warning for PKZ225. && CF NOV 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:38 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:39 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:39 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:42 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 4, 2:46 PM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Nov 4, 2:57 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Nov 4, 2:57 PM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 13 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.