Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 17, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 15, 2016, 3:34 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 days. 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 15, 2016, 3:34 PM AKST (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2016, 3:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
756 FZAK52 PAFG 160034 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 334 PM AKST FRI JAN 15 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. PKZ299-161545- 334 PM AKST FRI JAN 15 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS WELL N OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A WEAK RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE W. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AROUND A 950MB LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC REMAINS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ200-161545- NORTON SOUND- 334 PM AKST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-161545- DALL POINT TO WALES- 334 PM AKST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY LATE EVENING. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-161545- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 334 PM AKST FRI JAN 15 2016 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-161545- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 334 PM AKST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/DJH JAN 16
6 follow-up statements
964 FZAK52 PAFG 161200 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 300 AM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-170300- 300 AM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM A 1045 MB CENTER OVER SIBERIA WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE ARCTIC N OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH MON. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WITH A 957 MB CENTER NEAR 50N 160W WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN...THEN DRIFT N AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN MON. $$ PKZ200-170300- NORTON SOUND- 300 AM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-170300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 300 AM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-170300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 300 AM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-170300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 300 AM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ SDB/DA JAN 16
436 FZAK52 PAFG 162158 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1258 PM AKST SAT JAN 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. PKZ299-171500- 1258 PM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM A 1045 MB CENTER OVER SIBERIA WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE ARCTIC N OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH MON. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WITH A 957 MB CENTER NEAR 50N 160W WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SUN...THEN DRIFT N AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN MON. $$ PKZ200-171500- NORTON SOUND- 1258 PM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-171500- DALL POINT TO WALES- 1258 PM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-171500- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 1258 PM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-171500- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 1258 PM AKST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/LTH JAN 16
498 FZAK52 PAFG 171229 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 329 AM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-180300- 329 AM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH A 1043 MB CENTER OVER SIBERIA WILL PERSIST OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA AND CHUKCHI SEA THROUGH WED. LOW PRESSURE AROUND A 968 MB LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA AS THE LOW DRIFTS N THROUGH MON...THEN WEAKENS AND DRIFTS NE. $$ PKZ200-180300- NORTON SOUND- 329 AM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-180300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 329 AM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-180300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 329 AM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-180300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 329 AM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ SDB/DA JAN 16
278 FZAK52 PAFG 172358 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 258 PM AKST SUN JAN 17 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. PKZ299-181215- 258 PM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM ST MATTHEW ISLAND TO KIVALINA WILL MOVE WEST TO THE DATELINE TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN. A WEATHER FRONT IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE OVER INTERIOR ALASKA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND THEN WEAKEN WED. $$ PKZ200-181215- NORTON SOUND- 258 PM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-181215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 258 PM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-181215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 258 PM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-181215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 258 PM AKST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ JAN 16
368 FZAK52 PAFG 181205 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 305 AM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-190300- 305 AM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH WED THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH WED. $$ PKZ200-190300- NORTON SOUND- 305 AM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-190300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 305 AM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-190300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 305 AM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-190300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 305 AM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ SDB/DA JAN 16
303 FZAK52 PAFG 182308 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 208 PM AKST MON JAN 18 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. PKZ299-191215- 208 PM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST OF ALASKA WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THU. A WEATHER FRONT IN SOUTHERN ALASKA WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OVER INTERIOR ALASKA TUE AND WED. $$ PKZ200-191215- NORTON SOUND- 208 PM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DECREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-191215- DALL POINT TO WALES- 208 PM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-191215- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 208 PM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ220-191215- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 208 PM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. $$ JAN 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 Jan 15, 2:36 AM AKST, 12 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 2:36 AM AKST, 12 hours 58 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 236 AM AKST FRI JAN 15 2016 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...INITIALIZED WELL AGAIN TODAY AGAINST THE 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS AND ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH AROUND 24 HOURS BEFORE WE SEE DIFFERENCES IN THE MAJOR FEATURES. STILL HAVING TROUBLE HANDLING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE BROOKS RANGE...BUT NOT AS BAD AS THE SPAGHETTI YESTERDAY. THERE IS MUCH BETTER CONCENSUS ON THE LOW SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWEST OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS BY SUNDAY MORNING. PATTERN IS STILL PRETTY CONFUSED SO WILL CONTINUE TO USE A BLEND OF THE LATEST RUNS AND ONLY NUDGE THE CURRENT FORECAST DATABASE A BIT. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...A TROUGH WITH A 524 DAM LOW LIES OVER THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE WITH TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR THIS MORNING. A RIDGE LIE OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND WITH 538 DAM CENTERS OVER WESTERN COOK INLET AND SOUTHERN NORTON SOUND. THE LOW WOBBLES AROUND A BIT AND MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWEST OVER THE MIDDLE YUKON VALLEY BY LATE SATURDAY...AND CONTINUES OVER THE PRIBILOF ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIDGE WILL GET PINCHED OFF WITH A 541 DAM CENTER MOVING OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TONIGHT...THEN CONTINUING NORTHWEST INTO SIBERIA. THE EASTERN PART OF THE CUTOFF RIDGE WILL START BUILDING BACK OVER THE INTERIOR SATURDAY AND LIE FROM BURWASH LANDING YT TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT 850 HPA...SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR MOVES OVER THE ARCTIC NEXT COUPLE DAYS...THEN MODELS ARE INDICATING A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS MOVING OVER THE ARCTIC AND PARTS OF THE INTERIOR NEXT WEEK...BUT MODEL CONFIDENCE IS LOW SO WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT FOR NOW. SURFACE...WEAK NORTHEAST TO EAST FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A 1003 MB LOW LIES IN THE NORTHERN GULF. NO MAJOR FEATURES TO REALLY PICK OUT OF THE GUIDANCE. THERE WILL BE SOME GRADIENT PINCHING AS THE MAIN LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC MOVES NORTH A BIT...SO EXPECT SOME STRONGER WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER YUKON DELTA...THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE AND CHUKCHI SEA...AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR. SATELLITE...MODIS 24HR MICROPHYSICS FROM SPORT AT 15/0820Z SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF STRATUS NORTH AND EAST OF TANANA IN THE INTERIOR...OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND AND THE CHUKCHI SEA...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. HARD TO DETERMINE THE MOVEMENT OF ANY OF IT AT THIS TIME SINCE THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE IMAGES. ARCTIC COAST AND BROOKS RANGE...SATELLITE SHOWS THE STRATUS AND THE GOES IR FROM 15/1030 SHOWS A BIG PATCH OF STRATUS OVER THE CANADIAN ARCTIC MOVING WEST...SO DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IMPROVEMENT OR THE STRATUS GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE WITH SOME PATCHY FOG. EXPECT THE WINDS OVER THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE AND NORTHWEST COAST FROM POINT LAY SOUTH TO PICK UP AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 25 TO 40 MPH IN THOSE AREAS WITH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ELSEWHERE. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM WHAT THE MODELS INDICATED YESTERDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE BROOKS RANGE WILL KEEP SOME CLOUDS OVER THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE SOME FLURRIES. WINDS IN THE LOWER YUKON DELTA HAVE PICKED UP TO 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH IN SOME AREAS EAST OF ANVIK AND WILL DIMINISH A BIT SATURDAY MORNING. IN THE UPPER NOATAK AND KOBUK NEAR THE BROOKS RANGE WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY TO 20 TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALSO EXPECT WINDS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS OF ZONES 210...NORTHERN 212...AND NORTHERN 216 TO SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH SATURDAY. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...BIGGEST ISSUE HERE IS WHERE IS ALL THE STRATUS GOING TO GO. BIG PATCHES OF BLACK STRATUS DEVELOPED IN THE AREA YESTERDAY AND THE 24HR MICROPHYSICS FROM 15/0820Z SHOWS IT STILL FLOATING AROUND. HARD TO FIGURE ANY MOVEMENT ON IT AT THIS TIME WITH ONLY A COUPLE IMAGES...BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK TO BE MOVING ANYWHERE FAST SO EXPECT THAT IT WILL JUST DISSIPATE IN PLACE EVENTUALLY. OF COURSE MODELS DO NOT HANDLE THIS TYPE OF STRATUS AT ALL SO WILL JUST HAVE TO WATCH IT. WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT FROM THE NORTHEAST TO EAST TO 10 MPH THROUGH SATURDAY. NO CHANGE IN THE FORECAST FOR WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR NORTHWEST OF FAIRBANKS AS STILL EXPECT THEM TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH EXPECTED AT INDIAN MOUNTAIN...GOBBLERS KNOB AND FINGER MOUNTAIN AS WELL AS OTHER SUMMITS IN THE RAY MOUNTAINS...THE EXCEPTION HERE IS THEY MAY NOT GET THAT GUSTY IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND AROUND EAGLE SUMMIT. EXPECT THE TANANA JET TO KICK IN LATE TONIGHT ALSO WITH WINDS PICKING UP SATURDAY...SO GUSTY WINDS IN DELTA JUNCTION TO 45 MPH AND NENANA TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AROUND FAIRBANKS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWS NEAR 15 BELOW...BUT LOOK FOR WARMER CONDITIONS BEGINNING SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND LOWS AROUND ZERO. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && SDB JAN 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:08 PM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:34 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 71 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:27 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:27 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Jan 16, 2:53 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Jan 16, 12:57 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 62 hr | |
| Jan 16, 12:58 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 62 hr |
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