Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2018
Gale Warning 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 5, 2018, 1:38 PM AKST. It was in force for 62 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Jan 5, 2018, 1:38 PM AKST (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2018, 4:02 AM AKST
- In force
- 62 hr
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- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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424 FZAK51 PAFG 052238 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 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. PKZ298-061515- 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A ridge of high pressure stretches from 1020 mb center 200 NE of Wrangel Island to the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska. This ridge will slowly move to the east tonight and Saturday. Low pressure over the Bering Sea will create a strong pressure gradient over the Chukchi Sea tonight into Mon. $$ PKZ225-061515- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-061515- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-061515- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-061515- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 30 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ245-061515- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 138 PM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 25 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. $$ Jan 18
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375 FZAK51 PAFG 061255 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 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. PKZ298-070300- 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1028 mb high 400 nm N of Wrangel Island has ridging extending SE to MacKenzie Bay. The high will move NE to 80N 160W at 1037 mb with ridging extending SE over the Eastern Arctic Coast tonight. Ridging will persist over the Eastern Arctic Coast as the high moves SE to 500 nm NE of Barrow at 1043 mb. The high will weaken and move SE into the Northwest Territories Tuesday night. A decaying weather front will move over the Western Arctic Mon. $$ PKZ225-070300- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .TUE...NE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-070300- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-070300- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-070300- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-070300- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 355 AM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .SUN...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ SDB Jan 18
655 FZAK51 PAFG 062336 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 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. PKZ298-070315- 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A ridge stretching from a 1028 mb high 400 nm N of Wrangel Island to the Beaufort Sea Coast will slowly move east the next few days. By Sunday afternoon the high will be 500 nm NE of Barrow at 1043 mb and by Monday evening the high will be 300 NM NE of Demarcation Point. A trough of low pressure will develop on the north side of the Brooks Range on Monday. $$ PKZ225-070315- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-070315- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-070315- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-070315- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-070315- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 236 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .SUN...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ Jan 18
976 FZAK51 PAFG 062337 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 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. PKZ298-071515- 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A ridge stretching from a 1028 mb high 400 nm N of Wrangel Island to the Beaufort Sea Coast will slowly move east the next few days. By Sunday afternoon the high will be 500 nm NE of Barrow at 1043 mb and by Monday evening the high will be 300 NM NE of Demarcation Point. A trough of low pressure will develop on the north side of the Brooks Range on Monday. $$ PKZ225-071515- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-071515- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-071515- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-071515- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-071515- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 237 PM AKST Sat Jan 6 2018 .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .SUN...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ Jan 18
853 FZAK51 PAFG 071241 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 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. PKZ298-080300- 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... High pressure will persist over the Arctic as a 1039 mb high 500 nm N of Point Barrow moves to 400 nm N of Prudhoe Bay Mon morning, and 200 nm N of MacKenzie Bay Tue morning. A trough of low pressure will build east across the Arctic Plains and Coast starting Mon. $$ PKZ225-080300- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .WED...NE winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-080300- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-080300- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-080300- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-080300- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 341 AM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. $$ SDB Jan 18
229 FZAK51 PAFG 072314 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 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. PKZ298-081515- 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... High pressure will persist over the Arctic as a 1040 mb high 500 nm N of Point Barrow moves to 400 nm N of Prudhoe Bay Mon morning, and 200 nm N of MacKenzie Bay Tue morning. A trough of low pressure will build east across the Arctic Plains and Coast starting Mon. $$ PKZ225-081515- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-081515- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 25 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-081515- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .WED...NE winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-081515- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...S winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ245-081515- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 214 PM AKST Sun Jan 7 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 10 kt. $$ Jan 18
847 FZAK51 PAFG 081302 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 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. PKZ298-090300- 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... High pressure remains over the Arctic with a 1042 mb high 400 nm N of Kaktovik. By Tue morning it moves to the Central Beaufort Sea at 1038 mb, then SE into the Northwest Territories Wed morning with ridging extending N over the Beaufort Sea. A weak trough will move over the Western Arctic tonight, and a 1023 mb low will develop over Point Barrow. The trough will move over the Central Arctic by Wed morning and the low over Point Barrow will move NE. $$ PKZ225-090300- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-090300- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .WED...NE winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-090300- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .WED...NE winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-090300- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...S winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-090300- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 402 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. VSBY 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. $$ SDB 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 5, 3:21 AM AKST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:21 AM AKST, 10 hours 17 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 321 AM AKST Fri Jan 5 2018 .DISCUSSION... Models...Models are in very good agreement on the short term solutions. Surface solutions from the 05/00Z run initialized well against the 05/12Z surface analysis. Pretty quiet over the forecast area, and will models in good agreement, will use a blend of the solutions for this short term forecast cycle. Aloft...At 500 hpa...Ridging extends north from the northeast Pacific over Cook Inlet to a 538 dam center over Denali, then northwest over the Seward and Chukotsk Peninsulas. The high will cutoff and the closed center will move over the Central Interior at 536 dam tonight with the ridging extending northwest over the Chukchi Sea and Siberian Arctic Coast. By Saturday morning the high will be over the Upper Kobuk Basin with ridging extending northwest over Wrangel Island, and southeast over Eagle and British Columbia. And by Sunday morning the high will be over the Northwest Arctic Coast with ridging extending northwest over the Arctic, and southwest over the Panhandle. A 490 dam low over the Dateline in the BEring Sea will be pushing the ridge north as it moves northwest and a strong shortwave swinging around it moves to the Western Alaska Peninsula this afternoon, Bristol Bay tonight, and over the southwest Mainland and northern Gulf of Alaska by Saturday morning. The shortwave stalls out and weakens there through Sunday morning. A second shortwave will swing around the low Sunday as the low is absorbed into a 499 dam low over the Sea of Ohkotsk. The shortwave will move over Bristol Bay Sunday morning, and moves to lie from over the Gulf of Anadyr to King Salmon by Sunday evening, and continues to move north along the western flank of the Ridge. Troughing associated with a low over the Canadian Archipelago digs in to the east of the ridge over Canada pulling cold air south. At 850 hpa...Temperatures generally below zero to around -15 over the Arctic Coast this morning. Some patches of above zero temperatures moving over the southwest mainland as the low pulls some warm air north today. The slightly warmer temperatures will persist into Sunday morning. Much colder air is being pulled south over Canada, and into the eastern areas of the state. Models are significantly divided on how much cold air will actually move into the state with the GFS keeping the -20 isotherm over the Yukon Territory, and the NAM, ECMWF, and Canadian models pulling the cold air as far west as Anaktuvuk Pass to Central to Dot Lake to Beaver Creek YT by Monday afternoon. Will lean toward the colder temperatures for the end of the short term forecast. Surface...Broad area of cyclonic flow around a pair of 960 mb lows along the Aleutians will spin a weather front north over the southwest coast, the lower Yukon Delta, Norton Sound, and St Lawrence Island. High pressure over the Eastern Interior with a 1020 mb center over the Upper Yukon Flats will slide north and east the next 24 hours to lie from a 1029 mb center near 78N 180 to Demarcation Point, then south over the Yukon Territory with rigging poking in over the Cooper River Basin. The lows over the Aleutians will merge over the Western Bering Sea near 57N 175E into a 948 dam low tonight. The low will move northeast to 60N 180 by Saturday afternoon at 968 mb, and into the Gulf of Anadyr by Sunday afternoon at 985 mb. The pressure gradient will tighten up over St lawrence Island, Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, most of the Western Interior, and the Western Brooks Range tonight as the low moves north. The gradient will relax late Saturday morning as the low weakens. Leeside troughing north of the Alaska Range will develop tonight as a 998 mb low develops south of Nenana. This will also enhance the Tanana Valley jet as high pressure strengthens over the Upper Yukon and Tanana Valleys. A weaker high will build over the Upper Tanana Flats, but expect the gradient to tighten up a bit over the Ray Mountains as well. Leeside troughing north of the Brooks Range will develop Monday as trough builds east across the area, and high pressure builds west over the south slopes over the Eastern Brooks Range. Arctic Coast and Brooks Range...Relatively quiet, though the stratus is being a pain. GOES MVFR/IFR Probability Product at 05/1015Z indicates a wide swath of MVFR conditions over the area from Point Lay to Anaktuvuk Pass and east this morning and is moving very slowly to the northeast. A few flurries are occurring and will continue through the day with minor accumulations. Winds generally east at 5 to 15 mph this morning, but they will slowly increase from west to east as the gradient tightens with the low in the Bering Sea moving to the Gulf of Anadyr, then over the Eastern Arctic Coast tonight as the trough builds east over the Arctic Plains. West Coast and Western Interior...Pressure gradient continues tighten across the area today with increasing winds. The strongest winds will be over St Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait, but strong winds will cover most of the area including the Western Interior. Expect the strongest winds will be gusts to around 50 mph today and tonight before things settle down. Precipitation will be limited over the area as the front stretches out and dissipates. Some snow on St Lawrence Island and the Lower Yukon Delta today and tonight spreading to Norton Sound, the Seward Peninsula, and Bering Strait Coast Saturday night. The front continues to stretch out and reorient to north-south with some spotty precipitation continuing over the Seward Peninsula and Chukchi Sea Coast through Monday. Slightly warmer temperatures the next couple days. Central and Eastern Interior...Some gusting winds to 55 mph around Delta Junction as the Tanana Valley jet sets up, Gap winds in the Alaska Range to 45 mph, and gusty winds along the Elliott and Dalton Highways to 35 mph. Winds will increase this evening and diminish late Saturday morning. Some spotty stratus around the interior this morning will continue to hang around with nothing to push it out of the area. So temperature forecasts will be difficult as the stratus keeps areas warmer. No precipitation in the interior through the weekend. && Coastal Hazards for days 3 and 4...None. && Extended Forecast for days 4 to 7...Models vary on the amount of cold air that will filter in from Canada so temperatures over the Eastern Interior will need to be refined as the model solutions figure it out. A low moving to the Central Aleutians midweek will send another round of precipitation to the lower Yukon Delta and St Lawrence Island, but it doesn't look like it will make it much farther north than that. Expect periods of gusty winds in the Alaska Range and around Delta Junction when the leeside trough strengthens. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory for AKZ223. Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ201-AKZ205-AKZ221. Heavy Freezing Spray Warning for PKZ210. Gale Warning for PKZ210. Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ200-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230. && SDB JAN 18
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Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 5, 3:44 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Jan 5, 3:59 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 5 days | |
| Jan 5, 4:05 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Jan 5, 4:07 AM AKST | Wind Advisory | AFG | 29 hr | |
| Jan 5, 1:38 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
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