Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 2, 2016, 4:01 AM AKST. It was in force for 11 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
- Jan 2, 2016, 4:01 AM AKST (13:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2016, 2:41 PM AKST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
462 FZAK52 PAFG 021301 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 401 AM AKST SAT JAN 2 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. PKZ299-030030- 401 AM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 960 MB LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE NORTH TO BE INLAND SOUTHEAST OF BETHEL AT 3 PM SAT...WEAKENING TO BE 980 MB NEAR TELLER AT 3 AM SUN. $$ PKZ200-030030- NORTON SOUND- 401 AM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-030030- DALL POINT TO WALES- 401 AM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT...EXCEPT N 40 KT WEST OF SLEDGE ISLAND. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT N WINDS 35 KT FROM THE BERING STRAIT TO SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AND SOUTHWARD. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-030030- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 401 AM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 25 KT BY NOON. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-030030- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 401 AM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT BY NOON...EXCEPT NE WINDS 20 KT NEAR SHORE FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN TO CAPE THOMPSON. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ CCC/DJH JAN 16
1 follow-up statement
038 FZAK52 PAFG 022341 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 241 PM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-031445- 241 PM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 970 MB LOW CURRENTLY NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO 982 MB WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING TO POINT HOPE BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN BE ABSORBED BY A 965 MB LOW JUST SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC BY SUN AFTERNOON. A RIDGE WILL PERSIST NORTH OF THE BEAUFORT AND CHUKCHI SEAS THROUGH SUN. $$ PKZ200-031445- NORTON SOUND- 241 PM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...S WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-031445- DALL POINT TO WALES- 241 PM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 KT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ215-031445- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 241 PM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ220-031445- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 241 PM AKST SAT JAN 2 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/ET JAN 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 7:49 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 2, 12:37 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 18 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:49 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Jan 2, 3:49 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:01 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:33 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 30 hr | |
| Jan 2, 2:41 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.