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Gale Warning 143, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 25, 2017, 4:29 AM AKST. It was in force for 47 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2017, 4:29 AM AKST (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2017, 3:56 AM AKST
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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282 FZAK52 PAFG 251329 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 429 AM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 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. PKZ299-260315- 429 AM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 977 mb low will move northward over far eastern Russia today and tonight. A front associated with this low will will move across the northern Bering and southern Chukchi Seas today and tonight. A 988 mb low southwest of Adak will move to just north a Adak by this evening at 953 mb. This low will move to just southwest of St. Paul Island by early Sunday Morning at 944 mb and to around 150 NM S of Nunivak Island by early Monday morning at 956 mb. $$ PKZ200-260315- Norton Sound- 429 AM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...E winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ210-260315- Dall Point to Wales- 429 AM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Snow and rain. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. .WED...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. $$ PKZ215-260315- Kotzebue Sound- 429 AM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ220-260315- Wales to Cape Thompson- 429 AM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 35 kt. Seas 9 ft building to 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .WED...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ Nov 17
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862 FZAK52 PAFG 252331 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 231 PM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 Northwestern Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. PKZ299-261530- 231 PM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 977 mb low will move northward over far eastern Russia tonight. A front associated with this low will will move across the Bering and Chukchi Seas tonight. A 948 mb low will move to St George Island Sun AM at 941 mb with low weakening to 966 mb near Nunivak Island early Mon AM. $$ PKZ200-261530- Norton Sound- 231 PM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...N winds 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ210-261530- Dall Point to Wales- 231 PM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Snow and rain. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ215-261530- Kotzebue Sound- 231 PM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ220-261530- Wales to Cape Thompson- 231 PM AKST Sat Nov 25 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt decreasing to 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ Nov 17
660 FZAK52 PAFG 261321 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 421 AM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 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. PKZ299-270315- 421 AM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A strong 943 mb low 125 NM SW of St. Paul Island will move to just south of St. Paul Island by this evening. The low will continue moving east, beginning to weaken, and will be 200 NM NW of Cold Bay by early Monday morning and into Bristol Bay by Monday afternoon. Another low looks to move across the western Aleutians on Monday and will strengthen significantly Monday evening over the central Aleutians. $$ PKZ200-270315- Norton Sound- 421 AM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 40 kt. Seas 8 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ210-270315- Dall Point to Wales- 421 AM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ215-270315- Kotzebue Sound- 421 AM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ220-270315- Wales to Cape Thompson- 421 AM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ Nov 17
440 FZAK52 PAFG 262248 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 148 PM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 Northwestern Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. PKZ299-271515- 148 PM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A strong 943 mb in Bristol Bay will move near Kodiak by Monday afternoon. Another strong low will track across the Aleutians Tuesday morning. $$ PKZ200-271515- Norton Sound- 148 PM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...E winds 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ210-271515- Dall Point to Wales- 148 PM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE winds 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI...E winds 40 kt. Seas 12 ft. $$ PKZ215-271515- Kotzebue Sound- 148 PM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .MON...NE winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .WED...NE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ220-271515- Wales to Cape Thompson- 148 PM AKST Sun Nov 26 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...E winds 30 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ Nov 17
978 FZAK52 PAFG 271256 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 356 AM AKST Mon Nov 27 2017 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. PKZ299-280315- 356 AM AKST Mon Nov 27 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 959 mb low currently over 125 NM NW of Cold Bay will move to 175 NM SW of Kodiak Island by this afternoon. A 976 mb low NW of Amchitka will move to 156 NM NE of Adak by this afternoon at 959 mb. By early Tuesday morning will this low will move to 125 NM N of Nikolski at 946 mb. $$ PKZ200-280315- Norton Sound- 356 AM AKST Mon Nov 27 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...S winds 15 kt. Seas 1 foot. .FRI...SE winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ210-280315- Dall Point to Wales- 356 AM AKST Mon Nov 27 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SE winds 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. $$ PKZ215-280315- Kotzebue Sound- 356 AM AKST Mon Nov 27 2017 .TODAY...E winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 35 kt. $$ PKZ220-280315- Wales to Cape Thompson- 356 AM AKST Mon Nov 27 2017 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...E winds 40 kt. Seas 11 ft. $$ Nov 17
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 Nov 24, 2:55 PM AKST, 13 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:55 PM AKST, 13 hours 34 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 255 PM AKST Fri Nov 24 2017 .DISCUSSION... Models...Models are fairly consistent through Sunday with the overall weather pattern with some differences creeping in around Sunday night into Monday. Overall the models general weather pattern is similar just exact timing or location of upper and surface low pressure features with variations from the GFS, ECMWF and NAM models. More divergence in models as move middle next week with exact location and strength of the upper level low pressure system off West Coast with ECMWF indicating an open wave trough and GFS closed low near Newtok. Aloft at 500 mb...A 512 dam low is Expect the winds to diminish by Monday.located northwest of Arctic village with an upper level ridge moving towards the West coast of Alaska by Saturday morning. A weak shortwave will move towards the Chukchi Sea and will get pushed northward as it moves into the upper level ridge by Saturday night. This ridge located over the Western Interior will slowly diminish as the other upper level low that moved from Arctic Village remains located near Fairbanks and will slowly push west on Sunday night. Meanwhile there will be another low moving across the Bering Sea toward the Pribilof Islands by Sunday. This system will bring in precipitation over St Lawrence island and coastal portions near the Yukon Delta on Sunday. This low will meander near the Pribilof Islands before moving towards Bristol Bay by Monday night. Surface...1009 mb south of Deadhorse will continue to move east and merge with low pressure over the Canadian Archipelago tonight. A 1023 mb high north of the Canadian Archipelago will move southwest to 800 nm north of Point Barrow by Saturday morning with high pressure extending south over the Central and Eastern Interior. A rapidly developing low pressure system will move to the Western Aleutians tomorrow morning at 978 mb and then move to the Pribilof Island by Sunday morning at around 950 mb and then meander through the area before moving to Bristol Bay. Leeside troughing will develop across the Alaska Range on Sunday thus can expect gusty winds to develop with the Tanana Valley Jet setting up across the Delta Junction area. Arctic Coast and Brooks Range...Low over the area has moved south of Deadhorse and continues to slowly move east and producing some upslope enhanced snows north of the Brooks Range. Areas of blowing snow with wind gusts up to 30 mph possible along the Dalton Highway over Atigun Pass should diminish in the early evening as the low weakens. Visibilities should improve along the passes early this evening with the diminished winds. Temperatures will continue to fall as the low moves east with clearing skies. West Coast and Western Interior...Continued quiet weather across the area as high pressure ridge moves into the area. There may be some localized areas with clouds and light snow or flurries, but generally less than 1 inch of snow. Winds generally less than 10 mph. Temperatures area expected to be cooler tonight, then warming a few degrees Saturday. There is a surface low pressure system moving across Bering Sea towards the Pribilof Islands by Sunday that will causing increased winds of 30 to 40 mph from east across St Lawrence Island with gusts up to 55 mph. Winds will shift to the northeast Sunday night into Monday across the area before diminishing which may cause high surf potential for areas along the northeast facing coastline of St Lawrence Island. Potential exists with 2-3 ft above high tide on Monday morning before dropping down with winds diminishing Monday night. Central and Eastern Interior...Cloud cover and light snow showers will continue diminish from north to south across Central Interior. Blue skies starting to break through with general clearing from north to south across the greater Fairbanks area. Expecting temperatures to drop with the clearing cloud cover tonight and Sunday morning. Leeside troughing will develop north of the Alaska Range Sunday so gusty Gap winds will develop on Sunday with the Tanana Valley Jet setting up through the Delta Junction area. Expect the winds to diminish Monday morning but could potentially see 45 mph in those areas areas mentioned. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...Have issued an Special Weather Statement for potential for high surf on Sunday night into Monday morning over St Lawrence Island as expect water levels to rise 2-3 ft above high tide on northeast facing coast, including Savoonga. Expecting winds to shift from east to northeast on Sunday with increase in speed ranging from 30 to 40 mph with wind gusts of 55 mph possible. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ200-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230- PKZ235. Small Craft Advisory for PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && MAK Nov 17
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 3:22 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 59 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:19 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:19 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Nov 25, 4:20 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:20 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:29 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 33 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:29 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Nov 25, 4:50 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 43 hr | |
| Nov 25, 5:37 AM AKST | High Surf Advisory | AFG | 43 hr |
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