Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 23, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2016, 3:47 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2016, 3:47 AM AKST (12:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 3:30 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
579 FZAK52 PAFG 201247 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 347 AM AKST WED JAN 20 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. PKZ299-210400- 347 AM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A NARROW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN VERY SLOWLY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN SIBERIA. $$ PKZ200-210400- NORTON SOUND- 347 AM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-210400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 347 AM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ215-210400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 347 AM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-210400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 347 AM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS 35 KT OVER THE OUTER WATERS...ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT OVER THE OUTER WATERS...ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/NTS JAN 16
2 follow-up statements
940 FZAK52 PAFG 202310 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-211230- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE ARCTIC SLOPE WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY...AND DRIFT NORTH AND OFFSHORE INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN SATURDAY. $$ PKZ200-211230- NORTON SOUND- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-211230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING LATE. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-211230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-211230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT OVER THE OUTER WATERS...ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ EWP/BJB JAN 16
275 FZAK52 PAFG 202310 CCA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 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. PKZ299-211230- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS ISLANDS THROUGH SATURDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE ARCTIC SLOPE AND BEAUFORT SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ PKZ200-211230- NORTON SOUND- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ210-211230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING LATE. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 30 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ215-211230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ220-211230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 210 PM AKST WED JAN 20 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 35 KT OVER THE OUTER WATERS...ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ EWP/BJB 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 19, 2:21 PM AKST, 13 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:21 PM AKST, 13 hours 26 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AKST TUE JAN 19 2016 .SYNOPSIS... ALOFT... THE LONG WAVE PATTERN CONSISTS OF A TROUGH OVER MAINLAND ALASKA THE NORTHERN PACIFIC WITH A RIDGE OVER WESTERN CANADA. THIS PATTERN PERSISTS THROUGH FRI THEN RETROGRADES OVER THE WEEKEND. THE RIDGE THEN BUILDS NW OVER MAINLAND ALASKA FROM THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE ARE SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGHS/SURFACE WEATHER FRONTS THAT WILL MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE INTERIOR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IN THIS FLOW CAUSING LIGHT SNOW OVER THE INTERIOR. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH FRI WITH A WARM UP TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL SOUTH OF THE BROOKS RANGE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM ARCTIC VILLAGE TO THE BERING STRAIT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THU. THIS WILL SERVE AS A NORTHERN LIMIT TO CLOUDS AND ANY POTENTIAL PRECIPITATION. 850 MB TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM -4C IN THE YUKON DELTA TO -19C OVER THE NORTH SLOPE. LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH THU. SURFACE... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA EAST ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH OF THE COAST THU. THIS IS CAUSING AREAS OF FLURRIES AND FOG OVER THE NORTH SLOPE. LIGHT N-NW WINDS FROM BARROW EAST...AND EAST WINDS WEST OF BARROW. AN OCCLUDED FRONT ALOFT STRETCHING FROM MCGRATH TO DAWSON WILL MOVE TO ANVIK TO TANANA TO EAGLE BY 3AM WED...TO THE YUKON DELTA TO OLD CROW BY 3PM WED...TO NORTON SOUND TO OLD CROW BY 3AM THU...AND THEN DISSIPATE ALONG A NOME TO OLD CROW LINE BY 3PM THU. SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS THIS FRONT WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY WED AND TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS BY WED NIGHT. STRONG NE WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE OCCURING NORTH OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE...THE INTERIOR UPLANDS AND FROM POINT HOPE TO GAMBELL. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOUTH OF THE FRONT. A SECOND AND WEAKER WEATHER FRONT OVER SE ALASKA WILL MOVE TO GLENNALLEN TO DESTRUCTION BAY BY 3AM WED...TO DENALI TO CHICKEN BY 3PM WED...TO MCGRATH TO EAGLE BY 3AM THU...AND TO ANIAK TO EAGLE BY 3PM THU. THIS WILL CAUSE ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR THROUGH THU. A THIRD WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TO EXTREME SE INTERIOR BY 3PM THU...AND THEN TO DENALI TO OLD CROW BY FRI. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE SE INTERIOR THU AND SPREAD A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE REMAINDER OF THE INTERIOR FRI. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW SIMILAR SOLUTIONS THROUGH THU ON MOST FIELDS. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN PRECIPITATION FIELDS. FAVOR THE GFS SOLUTION WHICH IS MORES CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS SEEN YESTERDAY. START TO SEE DIVERGENCES IN SHORT WAVE SPEED AND STRENGTH STARTING THIS WEEKEND...BUT LONG WAVE PATTERNS REMAIN SIMILAR INTO NEXT WEEK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ211-AKZ213-AKZ217- AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200. && JB JAN 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:13 PM AKST | Wind Chill Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Jan 20, 3:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 52 min | |
| Jan 20, 3:47 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 20, 4:36 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 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.