Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2021
Gale Warning 150, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 23, 2021, 5:35 AM AKST. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2021, 5:35 AM AKST (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2021, 3:33 PM AKST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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126 FZAK51 PAFG 231435 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 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. PKZ298-240330- 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1000 mb low 400 NM northeast of Kaktovik will move east and weaken through Friday morning. A 1012 mb low will move to 500 NM north of Utqiagvik by Friday afternoon. High pressure across the Arctic Plain will build to 1035 mb over the Eastern Brooks Range by Friday afternoon. $$ PKZ225-240330- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .TODAY...NW winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 10 kt. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NE winds 30 kt. .MON...NE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ230-240330- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .TODAY...NW winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...NE winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NE winds 35 kt. .MON...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ235-240330- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .TODAY...NW winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...W winds 20 kt. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. .MON...S winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ240-240330- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. .MON...NW winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ245-240330- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 535 AM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...W winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...W winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .SAT...S winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. $$ Dec 21
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769 FZAK51 PAFG 232353 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 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. PKZ298-241515- 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1000 mb low 400 NM northeast of Kaktovik will move east and weaken through Friday morning. A 1012 mb low will move to 500 NM north of Utqiagvik by Friday afternoon. High pressure across the Arctic Plain will build to 1035 mb over the Eastern Brooks Range by Friday afternoon. $$ PKZ225-241515- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...S winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...NE winds 15 kt. .TUE...NE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ230-241515- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. .MON...E winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-241515- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .FRI...W winds 20 kt. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. .MON...S winds 10 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ240-241515- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .MON...NW winds 10 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ245-241515- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 253 PM AKST Thu Dec 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...W winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .SAT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. $$ Dec 21
393 FZAK51 PAFG 241439 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 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. PKZ298-250315- 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1010 mb low will move to 500 NM north of Utqiagvik by Friday afternoon. High pressure across the Arctic Plain will build to 1030 mb over the Eastern Brooks Range through tonight. $$ PKZ225-250315- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .TODAY...E winds 10 kt. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...N winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .MON...N winds 15 kt. .TUE...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-250315- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .TODAY...SW winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...N winds 15 kt. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 10 kt. .TUE...NE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ235-250315- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .TODAY...W winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ240-250315- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...W winds 25 kt. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ245-250315- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 539 AM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING... .TODAY...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SW winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...W winds 40 kt. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. $$ Dec 21
396 FZAK51 PAFG 250033 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 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. PKZ298-251530- 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1010 mb low will move to 500 NM north of Utqiagvik will drift west. A low in the Western Bering Sea will move into the southern Chukchi Sea as a 1003 mb low by 3pm Sat, and to near Demarcation Point as a 986 mb low by 3pm Sun. $$ PKZ225-251530- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...N winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .MON...NW winds 10 kt. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .TUE...NE winds 20 kt. .WED...NW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ230-251530- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt becoming NE. .SAT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...N winds 15 kt. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. .TUE...NE winds 25 kt. .WED...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ235-251530- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...E winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Snow. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .MON...W winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. .WED...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ240-251530- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...E winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .WED...NE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ245-251530- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 333 PM AKST Fri Dec 24 2021 .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...E winds 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...W winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...W winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 20 kt. $$ Dec 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 10:11 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Dec 22, 10:11 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 35 hr | |
| Dec 23, 5:43 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 61 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:29 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 42 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:49 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 hr |
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