Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 151, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 22, 2016, 2:17 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 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
- Dec 22, 2016, 2:17 PM AKST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2016, 3:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
092 FZAK51 PAFG 222317 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 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. PKZ298-231230- 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 990 MB LOW CENTERED AROUND 250 MILES NORTHWEST OF POINT BARROW WILL MOVE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST TO ABOUT 200 NM NORTHWEST OF POINT BARROW AND WEAKEN TO 999 MB THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ225-231230- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-231230- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-231230- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-231230- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 2016 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-231230- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 217 PM AKST THU DEC 22 2016 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ DEC 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 Dec 22, 5:36 AM AKST, 8 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 5:36 AM AKST, 8 hours 41 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 536 AM AKST Thu Dec 22 2016 .DISCUSSION... Models in decent agreement through 60 hours. Cold upper level low moving east from near Wrangel Island to just east of Barrow by Friday morning and then it will continue to Banks Island by late Sat night. Upper level trough over the West Coast will move east Will being energized with an additional moisture feed from a low in the Western Bering Sea which is setting up zonal flow to Northern Alaska. Upper level ridge building over the North Pacific south of the Aleutians will continue to force the moisture stream through a west to east direction over Northern Alaska through Sat night. As cold front approaches from the west from Far East Russia late this afternoon it will be pushed north as the large low moves east to the Central Aleutians by early Sat morning. Ahead of the front the winds will spike up over the Saint Lawrence Island area. Significantly warmer temperatures aloft will be ushered in to the Central Interior by late Sat morning. Given the cloudy skies that will be likely around, it should be noted that the surface temperatures will rise significantly as well. By end of the mid range there are signs that a huge area of very cold air could drop south over Northwestern Alaska and significantly impact the coastal temperatures there. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ210. Small Craft Advisory for PKZ210. Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ225-PKZ230. && CF DEC 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 4:22 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Dec 22, 12:17 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Dec 22, 2:17 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | 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.