Gale Warning 142, NWS Fairbanks, AK

Issued

Nov 16, 2016, 3:20 PM AKST (00:20 UTC)

Expired

Nov 17, 2016, 3:15 AM AKST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Fairbanks, AK

299 
FZAK52 PAFG 170020
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
320 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2016

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.

PKZ299-171215-
320 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2016

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A WEATHER FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHERN CHUKCHI SEA
SOUTHWARD NEAR POINT HOPE AND BETHEL WILL WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS IT
MOVES EAST...DISSIPATING OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF KOTZEBUE
SOUND AND NORTON SOUND.

$$

PKZ200-171215-
NORTON SOUND-
320 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2016

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. FREEZING FOG.
FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-171215-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
320 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2016

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-171215-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
320 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2016

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY. 
.THU...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-171215-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
320 PM AKST WED NOV 16 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

DJH NOV 16

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Nov 16, 3:01 PM AKST, 19 minutes earlier.

Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
301 PM AKST Wed Nov 16 2016

.DISCUSSION...
Satellite pics suggest that the old weather front along a line
from about Point Hope to Bethel has been weakening recently,
pretty much as the models would have. The surface front will
likely remain nearly stationary and dissipate as its supporting
short wave trough aloft rides east around the ridge aloft and
drops into the long wave trough over eastern mainland Alaska and
the Gulf of Alaska. The front will have little impact on our
arctic zones from Barrow east, and will not generate much snow
west of Barrow (or much wind, except near Lisburne). Probably
not even flurries over our western interior zones.

Another weather front, this one over the central Bering Sea, looks
pretty tough at present, but the models have the ridge aloft
presently over the eastern Bering Sea building as it moves east,
so that most of the front's energy heads north over eastern
Russia and beyond. Expect another rough night on Saint Lawrence
Island Thursday night, but probably no advisory conditions, an
little excitement farther east.

Interior Alaska will remain in an area of light flow aloft, but
the surface high centered over the western interior will continue
to build as it moves northeast, and moderate gap winds through
the Alaska Range will continue through Thursday.

Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ207.

Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ215-PKZ230-PKZ235.

Small Craft Advisory for PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230.

Gale Warning for PKZ210.
&&

DJH NOV 16

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