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Gale Warning 108, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 15, 2021

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 15, 2021, 3:23 PM AKDT. It was in force for 38 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Oct 15, 2021, 3:23 PM AKDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2021, 5:18 AM AKDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

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937 
FZAK52 PAFG 152323
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
323 PM AKDT Fri Oct 15 2021

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.

PKZ299-161415-
323 PM AKDT Fri Oct 15 2021

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
Low pressure in the area will weaken tonight. A 980 mb low in the
Western Bering Sea will strengthen to 968 mb as it moves east to 
near St Matthew Island by Saturday afternoon.

$$

PKZ200-161415-
Norton Sound-
323 PM AKDT Fri Oct 15 2021

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Fog and freezing fog. 
.SAT...S winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Fog and freezing fog. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
.WED...W winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.  

$$

PKZ210-161415-
Dall Point to Wales-
323 PM AKDT Fri Oct 15 2021

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt becoming E 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Fog and
freezing fog. 
.SAT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 11 ft. Fog and freezing fog. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 45 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...N winds 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Snow and rain. Freezing
spray. 
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. 
.WED...NW winds 15 kt. Seas 9 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-161415-
Kotzebue Sound-
323 PM AKDT Fri Oct 15 2021

.TONIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas building to 3 ft. Freezing fog. 
.SAT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
.WED...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.  

$$

PKZ220-161415-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
323 PM AKDT Fri Oct 15 2021

.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray. 
.SAT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray. 
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...N winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray.
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
.WED...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft.  

$$

Oct 21
3 follow-up statements
119 
FZAK52 PAFG 161157
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
357 AM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

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.

PKZ299-170200-
357 AM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 1011 mb low in Norton Sound will merge with a 969 mb low that
will move to St Matthew Island Sat afternoon. A strong weather
front and pressure gradient will move to the Lower Yukon Delta 
and NE Bering Sea Sat evening. The low will move to Bristol Bay 
Sun morning, then SE across the Alaska Peninsula. High pressure 
will move to the Central Bering Sea Sun and to the Bering Strait 
Mon morning.

$$

PKZ200-170200-
Norton Sound-
357 AM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...SW winds 10 kt becoming E 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft.
Freezing fog and fog. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. 
.WED...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.  

$$

PKZ210-170200-
Dall Point to Wales-
357 AM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 35 kt increasing to 45 kt. Seas 7 ft building to
12 ft. Fog and freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 45 kt. Seas 15 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Freezing spray.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain. Freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. 
.WED...W winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-170200-
Kotzebue Sound-
357 AM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

.TODAY...E winds 15 kt. Seas building to 3 ft. Freezing fog. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. 
.WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.  

$$

PKZ220-170200-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
357 AM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. NE winds 25 kt near the Bering Strait. 
Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray.
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
.WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft.  

$$

SDB Oct 21
962 
FZAK52 PAFG 162202
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
202 PM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

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.

PKZ299-171430-
202 PM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 969 mb low 200 NM W of St Matthew Island will move SE to Bristol
Bay Sun morning, then SE across the Alaska Peninsula. A strong 
weather front and pressure gradient will move to the Lower Yukon 
Delta and NE Bering Sea this evening. High pressure will move to 
the Central Bering Sea Sun and to the Bering Strait Mon morning.

$$

PKZ200-171430-
Norton Sound-
202 PM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. Freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
.WED...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft.  

$$

PKZ210-171430-
Dall Point to Wales-
202 PM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN...NE winds 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray. 
.MON...E winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Snow and rain. Freezing
spray. 
.TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
.WED...W winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
.THU...S winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-171430-
Kotzebue Sound-
202 PM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

.TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft.  

$$

PKZ220-171430-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
202 PM AKDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray. 
.SUN...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray. 
.MON...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.  

$$

Oct 21
951 
FZAK52 PAFG 171318
CWFWCZ

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
518 AM AKDT Sun Oct 17 2021

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.

PKZ299-180200-
518 AM AKDT Sun Oct 17 2021

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 970 mb low in Bristol Bay will dive SE across Kodiak Island 
into the NE Pacific Sun. High pressure will move over the 
Dateline extending N from a 1026 mb high in the N Pacific to a 
1019 mb high over the Chukotsk Peninsula. A 974 mb low will move 
into the NW Bering Sea Sun evening. High pressure will move over
the Norton Sound region and W Brooks Range Mon. A low in the Sea 
of Ohkotsk will merge with the low in the NW Bering Sea Mon as it
deepens to 968 mb and a weather front moves to the Central Bering
Sea near the Dateline.

$$

PKZ200-180200-
Norton Sound-
518 AM AKDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
Freezing spray.
.MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Fog, rain. Freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. 
.WED...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.  

$$

PKZ210-180200-
Dall Point to Wales-
518 AM AKDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Strongest winds S of St Lawrence Island.
Seas 13 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.MON...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Snow and rain. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain and snow. Freezing
spray. 
.TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
.WED...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. 
.THU...E winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft.  

$$

PKZ215-180200-
Kotzebue Sound-
518 AM AKDT Sun Oct 17 2021

.TODAY...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. 
.WED...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.  

$$

PKZ220-180200-
Wales to Cape Thompson-
518 AM AKDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...N winds 25 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing 
fog. Freezing spray.
.TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing
spray. 
.MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray.
.TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing spray. 
.WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.  

$$

SDB Oct 21

The office that day

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

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Oct 15, 3:16 PM AKDTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG38 hr

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