Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 50, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 8, 2017, 2:38 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 8, 2017, 2:38 PM AKST (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2017, 3:07 AM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted.
896 FZAK51 PAFG 082338 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 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. PKZ298-091500- 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1045 MB HIGH OVER NORTHERN ALASKA WILL PERSIST INTO FRI BUT WEAKEN TO 1037 MB BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT IN THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL MOVE TO BARROW WED EVENING AND TO DEMARCATION POINT BY 3PM FRI. A SECOND WEATHER FRONT IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA FRI. $$ PKZ225-091500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU...S WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING FOG. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SW WINDS 5 KT. .MON...N WINDS 5 KT. $$ PKZ230-091500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .THU...SW WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-091500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .THU...SW WINDS 30 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-091500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. FREEZING FOG. .THU...SW WINDS 25 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-091500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 238 PM AKST WED MAR 8 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .THU...SW WINDS 25 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ MAR 17
3 follow-up statements
220 FZAK51 PAFG 091247 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 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. PKZ298-100300- 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1045 MB HIGH OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL WEAKEN AND DRIFT S. A 996 MB LOW OVER SIBERIA WILL MOVE N INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC AND A WEATHER FRONT MOVE E ACROSS THE ARCTIC AND OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH EARLY SUN. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC INTO NEXT WEEK. $$ PKZ225-100300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 KT. BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING FOG. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-100300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 35 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...S WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-100300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 30 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-100300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. FREEZING FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-100300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 347 AM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...S WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ SDB MAR 17
689 FZAK51 PAFG 092321 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 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. PKZ298-101500- 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1051 MB HIGH OVER MAINLAND ALASKA WILL WEAKEN AND DRIFT S THROUGH SATURDAY. A 996 MB LOW OVER SIBERIA WILL MOVE N INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC AND A WEATHER FRONT MOVE E ACROSS THE ARCTIC AND OVER THE ARCTIC COAST THROUGH EARLY SUN. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ARCTIC INTO NEXT WEEK. $$ PKZ225-101500- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-101500- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI...SW WINDS 35 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ235-101500- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ240-101500- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT DECREASING TO 15 KT. FREEZING FOG. .FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-101500- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 221 PM AKST THU MAR 9 2017 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. FREEZING FOG. SNOW. .FRI...W WINDS 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 25 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ MAR 17
920 FZAK51 PAFG 101207 CWFNSB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR ARCTIC ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 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. PKZ298-110300- 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1040 MB HIGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL WEAKEN AND DRIFT W THROUGH SAT. A 991 MB LOW OVER SIBERIA WILL MOVE N INTO THE HIGH ARCTIC WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ARCTIC AS A SERIES OF WEATHER FRONTS MOVES E ACROSS THE ARCTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD E OVER THE ARCTIC COAST SUN. $$ PKZ225-110300- CAPE THOMPSON TO CAPE BEAUFORT- 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...S WINDS 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ230-110300- CAPE BEAUFORT TO POINT FRANKLIN- 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SW WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. .MON...W WINDS 10 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ235-110300- POINT FRANKLIN TO CAPE HALKETT- 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT...SW WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ240-110300- CAPE HALKETT TO FLAXMAN ISLAND- 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 .TODAY...SW WINDS 15 KT. FREEZING FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ245-110300- FLAXMAN ISLAND TO DEMARCATION POINT- 307 AM AKST FRI MAR 10 2017 .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING S. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. .MON...W WINDS 15 KT. .TUE...W WINDS 20 KT. $$ SDB MAR 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 Mar 8, 2:28 PM AKST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:28 PM AKST, 10 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 228 PM AKST Wed Mar 8 2017 .DISCUSSION... Models in decent agreement through 60 hours. Upper level ridge continues to build in over the West Coast and the Bering Sea through Thursday. A vertically stacked low just west of the Kamchatka Peninsula will move northeast around the ridge and combine with another upper low moving eastward in the Russian Arctic by Saturday. This will squash the ridge down and develop a long wave trough over the Eastern half of Alaska by late Sunday and into Monday. Surface high pressure over northern Alaska continues will persist through the weekend although it will gradually weaken over time. The low moving out of Eastern Russia will continue to tighten the pressure gradient along the northwest Arctic Coast which will keep the area from about Point Lay westward very windy, hence the High Wind Warning. The upper level trough with the associated warm front will push an area of light snow into Northern Alaska from the Brooks Range north and east of Point Lay beginning Thursday afternoon. Conditions will likely deteriorate in the western Arctic and spread eastward through Thursday night. Winds will continue to be moderately strong over the Bering Sea and West Coast through Thursday night. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning for AKZ201. Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ201-AKZ202. Gale Warning for PKZ225-PKZ230. Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && MAR 17
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:18 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Mar 7, 3:18 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 7, 3:19 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Mar 8, 5:18 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 70 hr | |
| Mar 8, 5:33 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Mar 8, 5:33 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 52 hr | |
| Mar 8, 2:38 PM AKST | 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.