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Gale Warning 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 21, 2021, 3:48 PM AKST. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Jan 21, 2021, 3:48 PM AKST (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2021, 4:11 AM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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931 FZAK51 PAFG 220048 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 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. PKZ298-221545- 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 985 mb low near Provideniya will move to 200 NM west of Cape Lisburne as a 997 mb low by 3pm Fri, then to 200 NM north of Wrangel Island as a 1005 mb low by 3pm Sat, then continue moving northwest. A second low now in the southeast Bering Sea will move to the Seward Peninsula as a 1001 mb low by 3pm Fri then persist into Sat. A third low will move into the southeast Bering Sea on Fri, then move to the Yukon Delta as a 989 mb low by 3pm Sat. $$ PKZ225-221545- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 35 kt decreasing to 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .MON...NE winds 20 kt. .TUE...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-221545- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .SAT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .MON...NE winds 25 kt. .TUE...NE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-221545- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ240-221545- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ245-221545- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 348 PM AKST Thu Jan 21 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...E winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ Jan 21
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935 FZAK51 PAFG 221309 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 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. PKZ298-230315- 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 997 mb low 200 NM west of Cape Lisburne will move to then to 200 NM north of Wrangel Island as a 1005 mb low by Sat afternoon, then continue moving northwest. A second low now in the southeast Bering Sea will move to the Seward Peninsula as a 1001 mb low by 3pm Fri then persist into Sat. $$ PKZ225-230315- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 .TODAY...SE winds 10 kt becoming W. Snow. .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...N winds 20 kt. .TUE...N winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-230315- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .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...NE winds 25 kt. .TUE...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-230315- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...W winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ240-230315- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-230315- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 409 AM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. $$ Jan 21
054 FZAK51 PAFG 230102 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 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. PKZ298-231600- 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 997 mb near Wrangel Island will move to 200 NM northwest of Wrangel Island as a 1003 mb low by 3pm Sat, then continue moving northwest. A weather front stretching from this low to Cape Lisburne to the Yukon Delta will persist through Sun. A low in the southeast Sering Sea will move to the Yukon Delta as a 1000 MB low by 3pm Sat, then move to Norton SOund as a 1007 mb low by 3pm Sun. This low will weaken on Mon. $$ PKZ225-231600- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...E winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. .TUE...N winds 20 kt. .WED...N winds 30 kt. $$ PKZ230-231600- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt becoming W 20 kt. Freezing fog. .SAT...N winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .SAT NIGHT...N 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 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. .TUE...NE winds 20 kt. .WED...N winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-231600- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...W winds 10 kt. .WED...N winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-231600- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .MON...NE winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...E winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ245-231600- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 402 PM AKST Fri Jan 22 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .MON...NE winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. $$ Jan 21
566 FZAK51 PAFG 231311 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 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. PKZ298-240315- 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1003 mb near Wrangel Island will move to 200 NM northwest of Wrangel Island as low by this evening, then continue moving northwest. A weather front stretching from this low to Cape Lisburne to the Yukon Delta will persist through Sun. A low in the southeast Bering Sea will move to the Yukon Delta as a 1000 MB low by this evening, then move to Norton Sound as a 1007 mb low by Sun evening. This low will weaken on Mon. $$ PKZ225-240315- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...NE winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...N winds 20 kt. .WED...NE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ230-240315- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...NE winds 15 kt. .WED...NE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-240315- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE...NE winds 10 kt. .WED...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ240-240315- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E 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. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .MON...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE...N winds 5 kt. .WED...N winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ245-240315- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 411 AM AKST Sat Jan 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .MON...NE winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .TUE...NW winds 10 kt. .WED...NW winds 10 kt. $$ Jan 21
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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 21, 3:51 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Jan 22, 4:14 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 12 hr |
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