Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2021
Gale Warning 63, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 22, 2021, 4:09 AM AKDT. It was in force for 50 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Mar 22, 2021, 4:09 AM AKDT (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 6:15 AM AKDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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919 FZAK52 PAFG 221209 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 409 AM AKDT Mon Mar 22 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. PKZ299-230230- 409 AM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1010 mb low over the Seward Peninsula this morning will move northeast to the Chukchi Sea coast weakening to a 1015 mb low by this afternoon. The system is followed by a ridge from the Bering Sea and settles along the West Coast. Winds will begin to increase early Tuesday in the western Bering Sea from a 980 mb low entering Anadyr and tracking east. $$ PKZ200-230230- Norton Sound- 409 AM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .TODAY...W winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .TUE...S winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 5 kt. $$ PKZ210-230230- Dall Point to Wales- 409 AM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .TUE...S winds 40 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 45 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ215-230230- Kotzebue Sound- 409 AM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .TODAY...W winds 10 kt. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...S winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ220-230230- Wales to Cape Thompson- 409 AM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .TUE...S winds 25 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...S winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. .THU...NW winds 20 kt. .FRI...N winds 20 kt. $$ Mar 21
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512 FZAK52 PAFG 222200 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 200 PM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 Northwestern Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. PKZ299-231415- 200 PM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A weak low will be exiting the West Coast and traveling eastward as a brief ridge will move over the coast ahead of a 983 mb low in the Bering Sea late this evening. $$ PKZ200-231415- Norton Sound- 200 PM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 kt becoming W 10 kt. .TUE...S winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 5 kt. .SAT...W winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ210-231415- Dall Point to Wales- 200 PM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 kt becoming S 25 kt. .TUE...S winds 40 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 40 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .THU...W winds 10 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. .SAT...NW winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ215-231415- Kotzebue Sound- 200 PM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 .TONIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...S winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 10 kt. .SAT...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ220-231415- Wales to Cape Thompson- 200 PM AKDT Mon Mar 22 2021 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .TUE...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .THU...W winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .FRI...N winds 20 kt. .SAT...NW winds 20 kt. $$ Mar 21
116 FZAK52 PAFG 231359 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 559 AM AKDT Tue Mar 23 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. PKZ299-240215- 559 AM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A strong low over Northern Kamchatka will move to near Anadyr as a 982 mb low by 4pm Tue, to near Cape Lisburne as a 997 mb low by 4pm Wed, then to 100 NM northeast of Barter Island as a 1001 mb low by 4pm Thu. $$ PKZ200-240215- Norton Sound- 559 AM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S winds 15 kt becoming SE 30 kt. Snow. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. .THU...W winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 10 kt. .SAT...NW winds 10 kt. $$ PKZ210-240215- Dall Point to Wales- 559 AM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S winds 45 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 45 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. .SAT...NW winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ215-240215- Kotzebue Sound- 559 AM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 10 kt increasing to 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 10 kt. .SAT...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ220-240215- Wales to Cape Thompson- 559 AM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S winds 25 kt becoming SE 35 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SW winds 30 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .THU...W winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 kt. .FRI...N winds 20 kt. .SAT...NW winds 20 kt. $$ Mar 21
866 FZAK52 PAFG 232252 CWFWCZ Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 252 PM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 Northwestern Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. PKZ299-241415- 252 PM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 983 mb low in the Gulf of Anadyr will continue to weaken and drift east through the Bering Strait tonight and will continue to weaken as it moves northeast over Point Hope Wednesday and the eastern North Slope on Thursday. $$ PKZ200-241415- Norton Sound- 252 PM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...S winds 35 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 10 kt. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. .SAT...NW winds 10 kt. .SUN...E winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ210-241415- Dall Point to Wales- 252 PM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW winds 40 kt decreasing to 25 kt. Blowing snow and freezing fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SW winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .THU...W winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. .SAT...NW winds 15 kt. .SUN...E winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ215-241415- Kotzebue Sound- 252 PM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...SE winds 25 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. Freezing fog. .THU...W winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 10 kt. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .SAT...W winds 15 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ220-241415- Wales to Cape Thompson- 252 PM AKDT Tue Mar 23 2021 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE winds 40 kt. Freezing fog. Snow. .WED...SW winds 30 kt. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 kt. .THU...NW winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. .FRI...N winds 15 kt. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. .SAT...NW winds 20 kt. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. $$ Mar 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:00 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | 51 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:00 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:00 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 63 hr | |
| Mar 22, 2:01 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 16 hr |
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