Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 64, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 9, 2016, 4:42 AM AKDT. It was in force for 10 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 9, 2016, 4:42 AM AKDT (12:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 2:51 PM AKDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
891 FZAK52 PAFG 091242 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 442 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 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. PKZ299-100400- 442 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW ABOUT 100 NM S OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND UNCHANGED IN CENTRAL PRESSURE THOUGH SUN EVENING. A 985 MB LOW NEAR SAND POINT WILL MOVE TO ABOUT 100 NM SW OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 987 MB BY SUN EVENING. $$ PKZ200-100400- NORTON SOUND- 442 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT BY NOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS BUILDING TO 4 FT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ210-100400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 442 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-100400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 442 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W WINDS 15 KT SOUTH OF CAPE ESPENBERG INCREASING TO 25 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-100400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 442 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY NOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ CF/DJH APR 16
1 follow-up statement
281 FZAK52 PAFG 092251 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 251 PM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101400- 251 PM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A LOW WITH TWO CENTERS NEAR 984 MB IS CURRENTLY NEAR DUTCH HARBOR AND THE AK PENINSULA. THE FORMER CENTER WILL STAY ROUGHLY IN PLACE...HOWEVER...THE SECOND CENTER WILL MOVE TO 100 NM WEST OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 985 MB BY SUN AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH BY MON AFTERNOON AS A NEW LOW STRENGTHENS AND MOVES NORTH TO 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT. $$ PKZ200-101400- NORTON SOUND- 251 PM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS CALM. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS CALM. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...E WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ210-101400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 251 PM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG...SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG...SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. .MON...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-101400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 251 PM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...E WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-101400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 251 PM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ ET/CCC 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 9, 4:09 AM AKDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:09 AM AKDT, 33 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 409 AM AKDT SAT APR 9 2016 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN INTERIOR AND THEN CONTINUING TO PUSH NORTHWARD WHILE UPPER LOW IN THE BERING EXPANDS AND ITS FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY AND SPREAD SNOW AND RAIN OVER THAT REGION BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE OCCLUDED FRONT THAT MOVES NORTH OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY WILL MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND MUCH OF IT COULD BE RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. THUS WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ZONES 223 AND 226. THE ARCTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MODERATELY STRONG WINDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BE MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE EASTERN ARCTIC COAST. THE EASTERN ARCTIC COASTAL ZONES IN THE ARCTIC WILL LIKELY SEE WINDS REDEVELOP LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING WHILE THE WESTERN SECTION CONTINUES TO HOLD STEADY. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ203-AKZ204. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- 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 9, 4:30 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 58 hr | |
| Apr 9, 4:30 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 6 days | |
| Apr 9, 4:42 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Apr 9, 5:14 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 44 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.