Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 61, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 7, 2016, 4:23 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 7, 2016, 4:23 AM AKDT (12:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2016, 4:15 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
309 FZAK51 PAFG 071223 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 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. PKZ298-080200- 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OF 1040 MB OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL WEAKEN TO 1038 MB BY FRI MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. $$ PKZ225-080200- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 .TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-080200- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-080200- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ240-080200- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. $$ PKZ245-080200- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 423 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 40 KT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. $$ CF/DJH APR 16
1 follow-up statement
068 FZAK51 PAFG 072121 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 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. PKZ298-081215- 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... HIGH PRESSURE OF 1040 MB OVER THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA WILL WEAKEN TO 1038 MB BY FRI MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. $$ PKZ225-081215- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-081215- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ235-081215- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ240-081215- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ PKZ245-081215- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 121 PM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. .SUN...E WINDS 35 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. .MON...E WINDS 40 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ 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 7, 2:37 AM AKDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:37 AM AKDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 237 AM AKDT THU APR 7 2016 .DISCUSSION... MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 48 HOURS OR SO. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AS VERTICALLY STACKED LOW MOVES NORTHWARD TO THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE GULF OF ALASKA. BY LATE THU AFTERNOON...UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INLAND AND WEST OF ANCHORAGE AS SURFACE LOW MOVES TO NEAR NORTHWAY. SHORTWAVE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR LATE THU NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE SPREAD OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF MAINLAND ALASKA. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR MCGRATH LATE THU NIGHT WILL BRING IN SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST AND PUSH IF EASTWARD OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR WILL LIKELY BE LIGHT WITH ONLY A FEW INCHES HERE AND THERE. WINDS ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THE BLOWING SNOW OVER THIS AREA. THE NEXT POSSIBILITY FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ON THE WEST COAST...ABOUT THE Y-K DELTA IS PROBABLY ON SAT AS THE NEXT SURFACE LOW MOVES TO NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204-AKZ206. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230-PKZ235. && CF APR 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:23 AM 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.