Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 29, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 25, 2016, 4:03 PM AKST. It was in force for 60 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 25, 2016, 4:03 PM AKST (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2016, 4:12 AM AKST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
919 FZAK51 PAFG 260103 AAA CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 UPDATED AND CORRECTED ALL ZONES 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. PKZ298-261500- 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH A 1025 MB CENTER NEAR 78N 145W WILL SLIDE N WITH THE CENTER NEAR 80N 160 MON MORNING...THEN REMAINS STATIONARY. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA. $$ PKZ225-261500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ230-261500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-261500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-261500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT TOWARD MORNING. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-261500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 403 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ SDB JAN 16
5 follow-up statements
008 FZAK51 PAFG 261301 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 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. PKZ298-270030- 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH A 1025 MB CENTER NEAR 80N 145W WILL SLIDE W WITH THE CENTER NEAR 80N 160 MON MORNING...THEN REMAINS STATIONARY. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER MAINLAND ALASKA AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA. $$ PKZ225-270030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-270030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-270030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-270030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-270030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 401 AM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ CCC/DJH JAN 16
840 FZAK51 PAFG 262309 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 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. PKZ298-271415- 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM BARTER ISLAND EASTWARD INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY. $$ PKZ225-271415- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-271415- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-271415- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-271415- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-271415- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 209 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ RF/DA JAN 16
801 FZAK51 PAFG 271316 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 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. PKZ298-280030- 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM BARTER ISLAND EASTWARD INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY. $$ PKZ225-280030- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-280030- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-280030- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-280030- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ245-280030- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 416 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 40 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ CCC/DJH JAN 16
718 FZAK51 PAFG 272352 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 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. PKZ298-281500- 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COAST WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. $$ PKZ225-281500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-281500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI...N WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-281500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-281500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 KT. .SAT...S WINDS 5 KT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-281500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 252 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 5 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ RF/NS JAN 16
951 FZAK51 PAFG 281312 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 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. PKZ298-290415- 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN LATER TONIGHT. $$ PKZ225-290415- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ230-290415- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT. WINDS STRONGEST WELL OFFSHORE. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 KT. FOG. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-290415- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SUN...E WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-290415- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. WINDS STRONGEST WELL OFFSHORE. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. WINDS STRONGEST WELL OFFSHORE. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-290415- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 412 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. FOG. .SUN...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/DJH 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 25, 1:32 PM AKST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 1:32 PM AKST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 132 PM AKST MON JAN 25 2016 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH AROUND 42 HOURS...THEN FAIR AGREEMENT THE NEXT 42 HOURS OR SO...THEN MODELS ARE A MESS FOR ABOUT 30 HOURS...THEN THEY ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT BEYOND THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID THE NAM HAS NOT BEEN GOOD AT ALL IN THE SHORT TERM SO WILL LEAN AWAY FROM ITS SOLUTION FOR THE MOST PART. BIG CHANGE IN THE MODELS SINCE YESTERDAY AS THEY NOW HAVE THE STRONG GRADIENT SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE SO NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR AREA. THEY ALL INITIALIZED WELL AGAINST THE 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS...BUT THE MAIN LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WAS ABOUT 3 MB LOWER THAN ANY OF THE MODELS HAD IT. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FORECAST METHODOLOGY USED THE LAST FEW DAYS AND ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST BY NUDGING THE CURRENT FORECAST DATABASE. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...RIDGING CONTINUES OVER THE MAINLAND...BUT IT DOES GET PUSHED BACK TO THE EAST A BIT TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES INTO BRISTOL BAY...THEN PUSHES BACK OVER THE WEST COAST...BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK EAST AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A 503 DAM LOW NORTH OF THE CHUKCHI SEA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST. A 504 DAM LOW OVER ST MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST TO 200 NM NORTH OF KISKA BY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN SOUTHEAST OVER ATKA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 497 DAM. A 497 DAM LOW OVER SAND POINT WILL MOVE NORTHWEST INTO BRISTOL BAY THIS EVENING AND OVER NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 501 DAM...THEN BE ABSORBED BY THE LOW OVER ATKA. A 498 DAM LOW SOUTH OF NIKOLSKI WILL DISSIPATE LATE THIS EVENING. A 497 DAM LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO 400 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN TO 150 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MERGES WITH THE LOW OVER ATKA OVER DUTCH HARBOR EARLY THURSDAY. AT 850 HPA...SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES AND THAT MEANS WARM AIR ADVECTION. TEMPERATURES ROSE FROM AROUND 3 BELOW CELSIUS YESTERDAY TO AROUND 1 BELOW CELSIUS THIS MORNING AND WILL HOVER AROUND THE ZERO CELSIUS MARK THROUGH FRIDAY. SURFACE...BROAD CYCLONIC PATTERN AROUND 953 MB LOW NEAR CHIGNIK THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE 50 NM SOUTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 967 MB...THEN DRIFTS TO THE PRIBILOF ISLAND AND DISSIPATES. A 945 MB LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHIGNIK BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST AND CHUKCHI SEA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SOME INDICATION A WEAK LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 1025 MB HIGH NEAR 78N 150W WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE WEST THEN NORTH INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC. RIDGING WILL PERSIST TO THE NORTH OF 75N INTO FRIDAY. TROUGH WILL ALSO PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND PLAIN THROUGH THE WEEK WITH INDICATIONS OF A WEAK LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN BROOKS RANGE TUESDAY EVENING. WITH THE LOW DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER THE BARTER ISLAND AREA LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 1025 MB HIGH PERSISTS OVER SIBERIA THROUGH THE FORECAST AND AS THE LOWS MOVE NORTH INTO THE BERING SEA THE GRADIENT OVER THE BERING STRAIT TIGHTENS UP AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AND NEAR THE STRAIT. ARCTIC COAST AND BROOKS RANGE...TROUGH OVER THE COAST WITH RIDGING OFFSHORE. A LITTLE PINCH IN THE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER MAY BE ENOUGH TO BRING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE BARTER ISLAND...PORT THOMSON AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...STRATUS...FOG...SOME BLOWING SNOW...JUST ANOTHER FORECAST FOR THE ARCTIC. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE SLOW RISE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BE EASTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH EXCEPT AROUND BARTER ISLAND WHERE THEY WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE GUSTING TO 45 MPH. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...INVERTED TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...SO EXPECT SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SHOWERS WEST OF THE YUKON RIVER WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER THE BERING STRAIT AND ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WITH UP TO 3 MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY THEN LEVEL OF FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE BERING STRAIT AND ON ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 55 MPH WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST WEDNESDAY BEFORE THINGS SETTLE DOWN. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE EASTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH NEAR THE COAST AND IN THE LOWER YUKON DELTA AND LIGHT INLAND. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...SCRAPS OF CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. NO PRECIPITATION IN THE INTERIOR UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER AND OVER THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL NOT DEVELOP AS EXPECTED IN THE ALASKA RANGE...THE MODELS HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY THE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS...THOUGH SOME STRONG GUSTS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE TANANA JET IS HOWEVER STILL SET UP SO SOME STRONG WINDS AROUND DELTA JUNCTION TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...WINDS NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE GENERALLY EAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. WARMING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY THEN A SLOW COOLING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ204-AKZ213. WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ225-PKZ235. && SDB JAN 16
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Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 25, 4:03 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Jan 26, 3:20 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Jan 26, 4:01 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Jan 26, 4:01 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 71 hr |
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