Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 65, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Apr 10, 2016, 2:23 PM 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 10, 2016, 2:23 PM AKDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2016, 2:25 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
474 FZAK51 PAFG 102223 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 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. PKZ298-111330- 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH IN THE HIGH ARCTIC EXTENDING TO BANKS ISLAND TO EASTERN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. ELSEWHERE...A BROAD LOW NEAR 985 MB STRETCHES FROM THE NORTHEAST BERING SEA TO THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH BY MON AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A WEAK LOW AT 995 MB WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE SEWARD PENINSULA OVERNIGHT SUN AND MOVE TO 150 NM NORTHWEST OF CAPE THOMPSON BY MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ225-111330- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ230-111330- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .MON...E WINDS 30 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ235-111330- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-111330- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ245-111330- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 223 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ ET/CCC APR 16
2 follow-up statements
211 FZAK51 PAFG 111154 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 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. PKZ298-120300- 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... THE 1040 MB HIGH EXTENDING FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC TO BANKS ISLAND TO THE EASTERN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MON. ELSEWHERE...A WEAK LOW AT 996 MB NEAR SHISHMAREF WILL MOVE TO 150 NM NORTHWEST OF CAPE THOMPSON BY MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ225-120300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 .TODAY...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-120300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. FOG. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. FOG. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-120300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. $$ PKZ240-120300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ245-120300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 354 AM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E WINDS 45 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FOG. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. $$ CF/DJH APR 16
052 FZAK51 PAFG 112225 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 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. PKZ298-121330- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... THE 1040 MB HIGH EXTENDING FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC TO THE EASTERN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WILL PERSIST AND DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN BEAUFORT SEA BY WED. ELSEWHERE...A WEAK LOW AT 999 MB NEAR POINT HOPE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND MOVE NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND BY 4 AM TUE. $$ PKZ225-121330- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-121330- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-121330- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU...E WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-121330- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-121330- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 225 PM AKDT MON APR 11 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...E WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU...E WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...E WINDS 30 KT. .SAT...E WINDS 25 KT. $$ NTS/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 10, 1:48 PM AKDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:48 PM AKDT, 35 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 148 PM AKDT SUN APR 10 2016 .DISCUSSION... THE 12 MODEL SUITE INITIALIZED MUCH BETTER TODAY AGAINST THE 12Z ANALYSIS AS WELL AS VERIFYING MUCH BETTER TODAY AGAINST THE 18Z ANALYSIS. MODEL SPREAD BETWEEN MODEL FAMILIES AS WELL AS FROM THE 00Z MODEL RUN WAS REASONABLE IN THE SHORT RANGE AND MID TERM AS WELL AS THE LONG RANGE. ALOFT AT 500 HPA...THE 513 DAM LOW OVER EASTERN SIBERIA CONTINUES TO RETREAT TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH AXIS CURRENTLY ALONG A BARROW TO WHITEHORSE LINE WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTHEAST TO A DEMARCATION POINT TO NORTHERN BRITISH COLOMBIA LINE MONDAY MORNING. A 510 DAM LOW NEAR THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WEAKENS TO 513 AND DRIFTS NORTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA MONDAY AND WEAKENS FURTHER TO AROUND 524 TUESDAY. A SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN COAST WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE NORTH AND WEST TODAY AND WILL INCREASE WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND BRING LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR TO THE NORTH OF FAIRBANKS. SOUTH OF FAIRBANKS PRECIP WILL BE MINIMAL WITH MODERATE CHINOOK FLOW. ON THE SURFACE...WINDS IN THE ALASKA RANGE HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BRIEFLY BETWEEN SHORTWAVES...HOWEVER EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AS SHORTWAVE ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST MOVES NORTH OVER THE ALASKA RANGE TONIGHT. ONGOING WIND ADVISORIES WERE EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ON ACCOUNT OF NEXT SHORTWAVE TIMING. LIMITED PRECIP EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR SOUTH OF FAIRBANKS WITH ONGOING MODERATE CHINOOK FLOW. NORTH OF FAIRBANKS...SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED IN THE BROOKS RANGE WITH FAVORABLE UP SLOPE FLOW. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR MOSTLY NORTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. TO THE SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA OVER THE WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN AND LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ON THE NORTH SLOPE A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN A 1040 MB HIGH NEAR 75 N AND 150W CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AS THE 984 MB LOW IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA MOVES NORTH. UPGRADED ONGOING WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR BLOWING SNOW ON THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE TO BLIZZARD WARNINGS WITH ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN WINDS TONIGHT AND FALLING SNOW STARTING TOMORROW AS THE SHORTWAVE OVER THE INTERIOR MOVES NORTH OVER THE NORTH SLOPE MONDAY. WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH SOME OVER THE NORTH SLOPE MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON HOWEVER FALLING SNOW WILL LIKELY COMBINE WITH THE STILL STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING OVER THE EASTERN NORTH SLOPE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ203-AKZ204. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ202-AK205. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ230. && CCC APR 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:12 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 37 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.