Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 18, 2016, 2:08 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
- Jan 18, 2016, 2:08 PM AKST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2016, 3:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
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 18, 1:29 PM AKST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 1:29 PM AKST, 39 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 129 PM AKST MON JAN 18 2016 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... LONG WAVE PATTERN CONSISTS OF A TROUGH OVER MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WITH RIDGE OVER WESTERN CANADA. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI AND THEN RETROGRADE WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING NORTHWEST OVER ALASKA OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WILL ROTATE NW OVER MAINLAND ALASKA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND BRING LIGHT SNOW WITH THEM ALONG WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL OVER THE NORTH SLOPE AND WEST COAST THROUGH THE WEEK WHILE THE INTERIOR WILL SEE TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE INCREASING CLOUDS. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE NORMAL ON THE WEEKEND UNDER THE BUILDING RIDGE. 850 MB TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM -2C IN THE SW INTERIOR TO -22C OVER THE NORTH SLOPE. LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH WED. SURFACE.... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUE THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THU. THIS WILL CAUSE NE WINDS 10 KT AND AREAS OF FLURRIES AND FOG ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH SLOPE FROM BARROW EAST. THIS IS ALSO CAUSING NE WINDS 40KT ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE AND ALONG POINT HOPE TO GAMBELL AREA THAT WILL LAST THROUGH TUE. AN OCCLUDED WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING FROM GLENNALLEN TO DAWSON WILL MOVE TO DENALI TO EAGLE BY 3AM TUE...TO MCGRATH TO OLD CROW BY 3PM TUE...BY HOLY CROSS TO OLD CROW BY 3AM WED...TO ANVIK TO OLD CROW BY 3PM WED AND THEN DISSIPATING. LIGHT SNOW IS OCCURING WITH THIS NOW OVER THE SE INTERIOR AND WILL SPREAD NORTH AND WEST ALONG THE FRONT. EXPECT 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE AREAS THAT DO GET SNOW. SNOW PROBABILITY WILL DECREASE TO CHANCE WED. EXPECT EAST WINDS OVER UPLAND AREA TO INCREASE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND TIGHTENS THE GRADIENT WITH BLOWING SNOW OVER INTERIOR SUMMITS. THOSE WINDS WILL DECREASE TUE NIGHT AS THE FRONT WEAKENS. A SECOND FRONT NOW OVER SE ALASKA WILL MOVE TO THE SE INTERIOR BY WED AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW WITH IT. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH 3AM TUE. AFTER THAT THE NAM TAKES MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION FURTHER NW THAN THE GFS DOES. PREFER THE GFS SOLUTION AS MOST OF THE DYNAMIC ENERGY COMING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA NOW IS MOVING NORTHWEST AND EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE MOVING NW UNTIL IT REACHES THE STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT LIES FROM BARTER ISLAND TO THE BERING STRAIT. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ213-AKZ217- AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && JB JAN 16
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.