Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 58, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 3, 2016, 4:06 AM AKDT. 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
- Apr 3, 2016, 4:06 AM AKDT (12:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2016, 4:03 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
755 FZAK51 PAFG 031206 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 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. PKZ298-040315- 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1034 MB HIGH 250 NM N OF BARROW WILL SLIDE SE TO 200 NM N OF MACKENZIE BAY BY MON MORNING...THEN STARTS DRIFTING N. A 1004 MB LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED IN KOTZEBUE SOUND WILL MOVE NW ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA AND DISSIPATE NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND MON. $$ PKZ225-040315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ230-040315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-040315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-040315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-040315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 406 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ CCC/ET APR 16
2 follow-up statements
490 FZAK51 PAFG 032133 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 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. PKZ298-041245- 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1034 MB HIGH 300 NM N OF NUIQSUT WILL SLIDE SE TO 250 NM N OF MACKENZIE BAY BY MON MORNING...THEN STARTS DRIFTING N. A 1005 MB LOW NEAR POINT HOPE WILL MOVE NW ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA AND DISSIPATE NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND MON. $$ PKZ225-041245- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 KT. .THU...N WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ230-041245- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-041245- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-041245- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-041245- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 133 PM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ SDB/BJB APR 16
257 FZAK51 PAFG 041203 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 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. PKZ298-050315- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1033 MB HIGH 280 NM N OF DEMARCATION POINT WILL DRIFT NORTH INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC CENTERED AROUND 79N BY 4AM WED. AN INVERTED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ225-050315- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 2016 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 KT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...W WINDS 5 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-050315- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-050315- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-050315- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ245-050315- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 403 AM AKDT MON APR 4 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .WED...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ NS/RM APR 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 Apr 3, 2:32 AM AKDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:32 AM AKDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 232 AM AKDT SUN APR 3 2016 .DISCUSSION... MODELS...REASONABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MODEL FAMILIES AND FROM RUN TO RUN IN THE SHORT RANGE AS WELL AS THE MID TERM MODELS. CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN MODEL FAMILIES AND FROM YESTERDAYS MODEL RUNS EXIST ON FEATURE LOCATION AND STRENGTH. THE 00Z MODELS INITIALIZED WELL AGAINST THE 00Z ANALYSIS AND THE 06Z MODELS VERIFIED WELL AGAINST THE 06Z ANALYSIS. ALOFT...AT 500 HPA...A 518 DAM LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY MERGE WITH AN 516 DAM LOW MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA. THE ELONGATED LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY WEST AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH AXIS FROM KOTZEBUE TO JUNEAU WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO BE ALONG A WAINWRIGHT TO YAKUTAT LINE MONDAY MORNING AND ALONG A BARROW TO WHITEHORSE LINE TUESDAY MORNING. SURFACE...A 1004 MB LOW CURRENTLY OVER KOTZEBUE SOUND WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWEST TO BE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA AS A 1007 MB LOW THIS EVENING AND MERGE WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH NORTHWEST OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA MONDAY MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TROUGH IN THE BERING SEA AND BERING STRAIT AND A 1034 MB HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED 250 NM NORTH OF BARROW WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS ALONG THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SLOPE TODAY AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST TO BE LOCATED 200 NM NORTH OF THE MCKENZIE DELTA BY MONDAY MORNING. WEST COAST...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA AS A WEAK FRONT RETREATS WEST INTO NORTON SOUND. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY NORTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE. INTERIOR...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS NORTH. A FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE ALASKA RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH TODAY AND WITH SNOW DIMINISHING OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR THIS EVENING. NORTH SLOPE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUING FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202-AKZ203-AKZ205-AKZ206- AKZ207-AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ213-AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219-AKZ221. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ230. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && CCC APR 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:06 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Apr 3, 1:33 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 39 hr | |
| Apr 3, 1:34 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 24 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.