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Gale Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

January 4, 2018

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 4, 2018, 5:04 AM AKST. It was in force for 58 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2018, 5:04 AM AKST (14:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 2018, 2:44 PM AKST
In force
58 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted.

469 
FZAK52 PAFG 041404
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
504 AM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

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.

PKZ299-050330-
504 AM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A deep low pressure system will enter the central Bering Sea
tonight. This will cause an increase in wind speeds Friday. This 
low will deepen to 952 mb by Friday evening and track northward 
into Siberia through Sunday.

$$

PKZ200-050330-
Norton Sound-
504 AM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...S winds 15 kt. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.FRI...E winds 30 kt. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT...E winds 25 kt. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. 
.SUN...SE winds 15 kt. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt.  

$$

PKZ210-050330-
Dall Point to Wales-
504 AM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NE winds 20 kt becoming SE. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing
spray. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.FRI...E winds 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. Freezing spray. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SAT...SE winds 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...S winds 20 kt. Seas 11 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-050330-
Kotzebue Sound-
504 AM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

.TODAY...SE winds 10 kt. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.FRI...E winds 25 kt. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.SUN...E winds 20 kt. 
.MON...SE winds 15 kt.  

$$

PKZ220-050330-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
504 AM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

.TODAY...S winds 10 kt. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.FRI...E winds 30 kt. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. 
.SUN...SE winds 20 kt. 
.MON...S winds 15 kt.  

$$

Jan 18
5 follow-up statements
712 
FZAK52 PAFG 042300
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
200 PM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

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.

PKZ299-051515-
200 PM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A deep low pressure system currently over the central Aleutians will
move north into the southern Bering Sea tonight and the western
Bering Sea Friday. This low will deepen to 950 mb by Friday 
evening and track northwestward into Siberia through Sunday.

$$

PKZ200-051515-
Norton Sound-
200 PM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.FRI...E winds 30 kt. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.SUN...SE winds 15 kt. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ210-051515-
Dall Point to Wales-
200 PM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...

.TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 8 ft building to 14 ft. Heavy
freezing spray. 
.FRI...E winds 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM
or less. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SAT...E winds 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 15 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-051515-
Kotzebue Sound-
200 PM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.FRI...E winds 25 kt. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.MON...SE winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ220-051515-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
200 PM AKST Thu Jan 4 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.FRI...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. 
.MON...S winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

CCC Jan 18
596 
FZAK52 PAFG 051256
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
356 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

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.

PKZ299-060300-
356 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A broad area of low pressure around a pair of 960 mb lows along 
the Aleutians will spin a weather front N over the SW coast, the 
lower Yukon Delta, Norton Sound, and St Lawrence Island today. The
lows will merge and move to 300 nm N of Shemya by Sat afternoon 
at 968 mb, and into the Gulf of Anadyr by Sun afternoon at 985 
mb. A 1020 mb center 200 NE of Wrangel Island will move to 400 nm
N of Wrangel Island then to 400 nm N of Point Barrow by Sun 
night.

$$

PKZ200-060300-
Norton Sound-
356 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 30 kt. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.SUN...SE winds 15 kt. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ210-060300-
Dall Point to Wales-
356 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Heavy freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or
less. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SUN...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 15 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-060300-
Kotzebue Sound-
356 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. 
.SAT...E winds 25 kt. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ220-060300-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
356 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. 
.MON...SE winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

SDB Jan 18
140 
FZAK52 PAFG 052246
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
146 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

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.

PKZ299-061530-
146 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 947 mb low in the western Bering Sea will spin a front north
through the Bering Sea tonight into Saturday. The low will
gradually weaken on Saturday and will move north into the Chukotsk
Peninsula on Sunday. 

$$

PKZ200-061530-
Norton Sound-
146 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SAT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...SE winds 15 kt. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ210-061530-
Dall Point to Wales-
146 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy
freezing spray. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing
spray. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SUN...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. 
.WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 13 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-061530-
Kotzebue Sound-
146 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SAT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON...E winds 20 kt. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ220-061530-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
146 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SAT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON...SE winds 20 kt. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

Jan 18
776 
FZAK52 PAFG 061249
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
349 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

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.

PKZ299-070300-
349 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
Broad area of low pressure over the Bering Sea and adjacent areas
around a 957 mb low 300 nm N of Shemya. The low will move N along
the Dateline to 300 nm west of St Matthew Island Sun morning, and
by Mon morning will move N into Siberian and dissipate. A 1028 mb
high 400 nm N of Wrangel Island will move NE to 80N 160W at 1037 
mb with the ridging over the Eastern Arctic Coast. A decaying
weather front will move N over the Bering Strait tonight.

$$

PKZ200-070300-
Norton Sound-
349 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...E winds 15 kt. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ210-070300-
Dall Point to Wales-
349 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING...
...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 35 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Blowing 
snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SUN...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. 
.WED...E winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-070300-
Kotzebue Sound-
349 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ220-070300-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
349 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TUE...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

SDB Jan 18
676 
FZAK52 PAFG 062344
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
244 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

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.

PKZ299-071515-
244 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 967 mb low 350 NM west of St. Matthew Island will weaken and 
move to the north tonight. By Sunday afternoon this low will be 
over the Chukotsk Peninsula at 984 mb. A 1028 mb high 400 nm N of 
Wrangel Island will move slowly move E tonight. A decaying weather
front will move N over the Bering Strait tonight. A 950 mb low 
will move north to near Amchitka on Monday.

$$

PKZ200-071515-
Norton Sound-
244 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt. 
.THU...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ210-071515-
Dall Point to Wales-
244 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.SUN...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. 
.MON...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy
freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.WED...E winds 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. 
.THU...E winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-071515-
Kotzebue Sound-
244 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt. 
.THU...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

PKZ220-071515-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
244 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018

...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. 
.MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. 
.WED...E winds 20 kt. 
.THU...E winds 20 kt.  

$$

Jan 18

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 Jan 3, 1:12 PM AKST, 15 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 1:12 PM AKST, 15 hours 52 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
112 PM AKST Wed Jan 3 2018

.DISCUSSION...
Quiet pattern continues for northern Alaska.

Aloft at 500 mb the persistent high pressure ridge that extends
form Baja California to the Beaufort Sea will slightly retrograde
over the Yukon as a shortwave low currently over south central
Alaska will move north over the interior tonight and over the
Brooks Range Thursday. An upper level ridge builds rapidly north
over the central interior Friday as a powerful upper level low
moves north into the southern Aleutians.

Expect light snow with generally less than an inch to fall over
the central and western interior tonight and Thursday morning as
the upper level low moves north out of the interior Thursday.
Mostly cloudy skies tomorrow will diminish and become partly
cloudy over much of the southern interior Friday morning and over
much of the central and eastern interior Friday night and into
Saturday. The ridge will continue to build north and east and will
move over northeast Alaska Saturday.

A deep low pressure system is anticipated to move into the
central Bering Sea Thursday night and Friday. Models continue to
struggle on a solution for the storm track and strength. At this
time we can expect southerly flow and a northward progressing
front to impact St Lawrence Island beginning Friday morning and
the Y-K Delta and Southern Seward Peninsula Friday afternoon.
Blowing snow on the Seward Peninsula and mixed precipitation is
possible for the Y-K Delta. St. Lawrence Island could also see
wind gusts in excess of 50 mph.

Southerly winds are expected to pick up over the northern
foothills of the Alaska Range and through the Alaska Range passes
late Friday and Saturday as the front wrapping around the low in
the Bering sea moves north over the Alaska Range. Winds are
expected to remain sub advisory at this time.

The 12z model suite initialized well against the 12z surface
analysis and verified well against the 18z surface analysis. Model
spread is reasonable in the short range but increases substantially
in the middle range as well as the long range.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ210.

Small Craft Advisory for PKZ210.
&&

CCC JAN 18

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 5:04 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG9 hr
Jan 4, 2:00 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG6 days
Jan 4, 2:12 PM AKSTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG23 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.