Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2021
Gale Warning 115, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 31, 2021, 4:15 AM AKDT. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2021, 4:15 AM AKDT (12:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2021, 3:02 AM AKDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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977 FZAK51 PAFG 311215 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 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. PKZ298-010215- 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 989 mb low over Norton Sound this morning will move to Cape Lisburne this afternoon, moving to 200 NM NE of Wrangel Island and deepening to 980 mb by Monday morning, continuing NW through Monday. $$ PKZ225-010215- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N winds 35 kt. Seas 6 ft building to 10 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...W winds 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...W winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...N winds 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. .THU...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ230-010215- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...SW winds 35 kt. Seas 8 ft. Blowing snow. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ235-010215- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...SW winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ240-010215- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ245-010215- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 415 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 .TODAY...SE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .MON NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 45 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. $$ Oct 21
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553 FZAK51 PAFG 312251 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 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. PKZ298-011400- 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 987 mb low has moved near Point Lay and will continue NW to 200 nm NW of Point Lay by Mon morning as it strengthens to 982 mb. A trough of low pressure extending E over the Arctic Coast will move over the offshore waters Mon morning and weak high pressure will develop over the coast. The low will continue NW and by Tue morning will be 300 nm NW of Wrangel Island as high pressure builds over the Eastern Arctic with a 1018 mb high near Kaktovik. $$ PKZ225-011400- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W winds 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...W winds 35 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ230-011400- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt becoming SW 40 kt. Seas 6 ft building to 8 ft. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...SW winds 35 kt. Seas 8 ft. Blowing snow. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ235-011400- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt becoming S. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .MON...SW winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ240-011400- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 .TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...NE winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ245-011400- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 251 PM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 .TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .MON NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ SDB Oct 21
022 FZAK51 PAFG 011102 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 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. PKZ298-020230- 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 982 mb low 200 NM NW of Point Lay will move to 150 NM NE of Wrangel Island by this afternoon as it deepens to 974 mb. A trough of low pressure extending E over the offshore waters will lift NE through this afternoon towards Banks Island. Behind the trough high pressure will build over the Eastern Arctic with a 1018 mb high near Kaktovik. $$ PKZ225-020230- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W winds 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing fog. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Snow. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...N winds 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. $$ PKZ230-020230- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...SW winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...N winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ235-020230- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW winds 30 kt decreasing to 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Heavy freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...N winds 25 kt. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. .FRI...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-020230- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 .TODAY...W winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ245-020230- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 302 AM AKDT Mon Nov 1 2021 .TODAY...SW winds 15 kt becoming NW. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 25 kt. $$ Nov 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Oct 30, 4:01 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Oct 30, 4:01 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Oct 30, 4:01 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 46 hr | |
| Oct 30, 4:02 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Oct 31, 12:07 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 27 hr | |
| Oct 31, 4:15 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Oct 31, 4:15 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Oct 31, 4:15 AM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 6 days |
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