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Gale Warning 49, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 19, 2023, 2:18 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
- Mar 19, 2023, 2:18 PM AKDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2023, 4:36 AM AKDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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907 FZAK51 PAFG 192218 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 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. PKZ298-201430- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... An weather front over the Brooks Range will move north over the Arctic Ocean tonight. A strong low will move northeast across the Bering Sea to near Gambell as a 960 mb low by 4pm Mon, and to the Chukotsk Peninsula as a 980 mb low by 4pm Tue. $$ PKZ811-201430- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .THU...NW winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ812-201430- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .MON...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...SE winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ813-201430- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ814-201430- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...S winds 20 kt. .MON...S winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ815-201430- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...W winds 5 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ857-201430- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort from 15 to 85 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .THU...NW winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ858-201430- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin from 15 to 85 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .MON...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ859-201430- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ860-201430- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island from 15 to 80 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 .TONIGHT...S winds 20 kt. .MON...S winds 20 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ861-201430- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point from 15 to 75 NM- 218 PM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE winds 35 kt becoming S 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .MON...S winds 15 kt. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .FRI...W winds 20 kt. $$ Mar 23
3 follow-up statements
072 FZAK51 PAFG 201259 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 Arctic Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. PKZ298-210215- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A weather front just north of the Arctic Coast of Alaska will move north today. A 952 mb low near St Matthew Island will move to 60 NM West of Gambell as a 956 mb low by 4pm Mon, to near Provideniya as a 965 mb low by 4am Tue, to 150 NM northwest of Cape Wales as a 976 mb low by 4pm Tue, and then weaken in place through Wed. $$ PKZ811-210215- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 40 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ812-210215- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...SE winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ813-210215- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TODAY...SE winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ814-210215- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TODAY...S winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ815-210215- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TODAY...S winds 15 kt becoming E. .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .TUE...W winds 5 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ857-210215- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort from 15 to 85 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ858-210215- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin from 15 to 85 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ859-210215- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...SE winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ860-210215- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island from 15 to 80 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ861-210215- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point from 15 to 75 NM- 459 AM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TODAY...S winds 15 kt becoming E. .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 25 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. $$ Mar 23
841 FZAK51 PAFG 202213 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 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. PKZ298-211415- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 960 mb low west of Gambell will move to near Provideniya as a 965 mb low by 4am Tue, to 150 NM northwest of Cape Wales as a 976 mb low by 4pm Tue, and then weaken over the Chukchi Sea through Wed. A weak trough will persist along the eastern Arctic coast through Wed. $$ PKZ811-211415- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 10 kt. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. .SAT...SE winds 40 kt. $$ PKZ812-211415- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...SE winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 25 kt. .SAT...S winds 30 kt. $$ PKZ813-211415- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. .SAT...S winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ814-211415- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 10 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...S winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ815-211415- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TONIGHT...E winds 20 kt becoming SE 10 kt. .TUE...W winds 5 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ857-211415- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort from 15 to 85 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E winds 35 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...SE winds 20 kt. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...W winds 10 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. .SAT...SE winds 35 kt. $$ PKZ858-211415- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin from 15 to 85 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .FRI...SW winds 25 kt. .SAT...SE winds 30 kt. $$ PKZ859-211415- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 15 kt. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. .SAT...S winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ860-211415- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island from 15 to 80 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E winds 25 kt decreasing to 15 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ861-211415- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point from 15 to 75 NM- 213 PM AKDT Mon Mar 20 2023 .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 15 kt. $$ Mar 23
873 FZAK51 PAFG 211236 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 Arctic Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. PKZ298-220200- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... High pressure pushing W across the Arctic will be pushed NE as a 965 mb low moves onto the Chukotsk Peninsula this morning. Wed morning the low over the Chukotsk Peninsula will move N into the Chukchi Sea at 989 mb, and Wed evening the low will move to Wrangel Island at 995 mb as troughing along the Arctic Coast lifts N over the nearshore waters. $$ PKZ811-220200- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...S winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...N winds 10 kt. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .FRI...S winds 20 kt. .SAT...SE winds 45 kt. $$ PKZ812-220200- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...SE winds 20 kt. .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. .SAT...SE winds 30 kt. $$ PKZ813-220200- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...SE winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ814-220200- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...S winds 10 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ815-220200- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...S winds 5 kt becoming E. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...E winds 15 kt. $$ PKZ857-220200- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort from 15 to 85 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .THU...N winds 15 kt. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 kt. .FRI...S winds 20 kt. .SAT...SE winds 40 kt. $$ PKZ858-220200- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin from 15 to 85 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...SE winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt. .WED...E winds 15 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .THU...NE winds 20 kt. .THU NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 20 kt. .SAT...SE winds 35 kt. $$ PKZ859-220200- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...E winds 15 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 20 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .FRI...SW winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 25 kt. $$ PKZ860-220200- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island from 15 to 80 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...SE winds 10 kt. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. .WED...E winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. .THU...E winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU NIGHT...S winds 15 kt. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 20 kt. $$ PKZ861-220200- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point from 15 to 75 NM- 436 AM AKDT Tue Mar 21 2023 .TODAY...SE winds 15 kt decreasing to 5 kt. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 kt. .WED...SE winds 10 kt. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. .THU...E winds 30 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Blowing snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. .FRI...W winds 15 kt. .SAT...SE winds 15 kt. $$ SDB Mar 23
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 19, 6:23 AM AKDT, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:23 AM AKDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
623 AM AKDT Sun Mar 19 2023
.SYNOPSIS...
Surface temperatures will be above normal over Northern AK today
and Monday, then remain near normal through mid-week, then cool
below normal late in the week.
An occluded front over the Southern Interior will move over the
Western Interior and Eastern North Slope by this afternoon then
north of the Arctic Coast tonight. This is causing winds through
the Alaska Range Passes and over Dalton Highway Summits this
morning that will decrease by this afternoon, while winds will
increase across the Brooks Range Passes and over the Eastern
Arctic Coast this afternoon.
A very strong storm moving northeast across the Bering Sea today
will move to near Gambell as a 960 mb low by 4pm Mon, and to the
Chukotsk Peninsula as a 980 mb low by 4pm Tue. This will bring
strong winds and blizzard conditions to St Lawrence Island and
the Yukon Delta late tonight, and to the Bering Strait and
Southern Seward Peninsula by early Mon. This will spread snow and
blowing snow with winds gusting to 40 mph to the remainder of the
West Coast and the Western Interior on Mon. Snow will continue
across the West Coast and Western Interior into Tue. Winds will
peak out Monday, then decrease slowly on Tue. Expect storm totals
of 2-6 inches Sun night through Tue southwest of Buckland to
Mcgrath, with the heaviest snow along south facing slopes such as
Nulato Hills and hills just north of Nome.
Aloft...
A long wave pattern consists of a strong ridge over the Western
CONUS, Western Canada and Eastern Canada, with a cut off low over
the Gulf of AK, another ridge over the Central Pacific and Eastern
Bering Sea, and a long wave trough over the Sea of Okhotsk and
Western Bering Sea.
A short wave trough over the Arctic Coast will move north today.
A second short wave trough over the Alaska Range will move north
to Galena to Bettles to Eagle today, over the Eastern North Slope
tonight and north of the Arctic Coast Mon. There are a few areas
of light snow north of this trough. Winds will increase along the
Alaska Range following this trough this AM then decrease this
afternoon. Winds over the Brooks Range will increase tonight as
the trough passes.
A strong short wave rotating through the long wave trough is now
south of Kamchatka and will move northeast into the Bering Sea
today, to the Northern and Eastern Being Sea on Mon, and then
start to move over Mainland AK on Tue. This strong short wave
will dig through the Bering Sea ridge and pull the long wave
trough east over Mainland Alaska later this week. This short wave
supports a very strong surface low that will become vertically
stacked under this feature by Mon. This will set up southerly
flow aloft over Alaska tonight that will last through the middle
of the week keeping temperatures warm. As the long wave moves
over AK in the second half of the week temperatures will fall.
Surface...
High pressure over Banks Island has a ridge that extends east over
the Beaufort Sea.
A 990 mb low near Illiamna will move south and weaken today.An
weather front over the Alaska Range will move over the Western
Interior and Eastern North Slope by this afternoon then north of
the Arctic Coast of Alaska tonight. There are areas of light snow
along this front that will spread north with the front. East winds
gusting to 40 mph over the Tanana Valley near Delta and of the
Elliott and Dalton Highway Summits will diminish today as this
front moves north. Gust south winds through Alaska Range Passes
will diminish this morning. As the front moves over the North
Slope this afternoon, east winds will increase to 25 mph near
Barter Island, and south winds will gust to 40 mph through Brooks
Range Passes. Those North Slope winds will diminish late tonight
as the front moves north of the coast.
A strong low southwest of Shemya will move to 80 NM west of St
Matthew Island as a 956 mb low by 4am Mon, to near Gambell as a
960 mb low by 4pm Mon, and to the Chukotsk Peninsula as a 980 mb
low by 4pm Tue. This will bring SE gales to most of the West
Coast tonight through Mon night. Could winds drop dramatically at
St Lawrence Island Mon afternoon as the low moves over the area,
then see strong SW gales over Mon night as the poison tail
portion of the occluded front moves over that area. See Synopsis
above for details.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Models initialize well aloft at 00Z. Models show similar
solutions aloft through 4AM Sun, then the NAM/ECMWF and Canadian
models take the low aloft over the Interior NE more quickly than
the GFS. Models are quite similar with deep low aloft moving NE
across the Bering Sea Sun, into the Northern Bering Sea on Mon,
and over the Chukotsk Peninsula on Tue. After that time the models
remain similar with the long wave pattern but start to deviate on
short wave movement. At this time favor a blend of the NAM/ECMWF
and Canadian aloft, and exclude the GFS since it differs from all
others in the low aloft over the Interior Sun and Mon.
At 850 MB, temperatures range from 0C over Eastern Alaska to -10C
over the West Coast of Alaska. Temperatures see little change
today, then cool 4-6C over Eastern Alaska tonight. Warming
accompanies the storm approaching the West Coast on Mon but
remains below freezing. Temperatures cool dramatically over the
West Coast mid-week, and over Eastern Alaska late in the week.
Surface temperatures will follow same general trends, with above
normal temps all of Northern AK today and Mon, then remaining
near normal through mid-week, then cooling below normal late in
the week.
With precipitation, models show similar solutions through Tue.
Will use a blend of models for precip location and amounts with
the following caveats: Definite snow moving into zones 213 and
214 by midnight tonight, spreading to zones 211 and 215 by 6am
Mon. Will see likely snow snow in SW portion of zones 210, 216 and
227 Mon PM. Likely or definite snow will continues all these
areas into Tue. Will see a chance of snow zone 207, 208, 209, 217
Mon night and Tue, and in zones 219, 221 on Tue. Expect storm
totals of 2-6 inches Sun night through Tue SW of Buckland to
Mcgrath, heaviest along south facing slopes such as Nulato Hills
and hills just north of Nome.
At the surface at 06Z, models verify well on most features,
except that the low near Anadyr is 2-3 mb deeper than models
indicate. Models have similar solutions at the surface through
4am Tue, with the NAM and ECMWF having similar solutions through
4PM Tue. Will use the NAM for surface wind speed details such as
through AK and Brooks Range Passes. Expect SE Gales over the
Northern Bering and zones 213 and 214 by midnight Sun night,
spreading over Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound/Southern Chukchi
Sea Mon, with gusts to 40 mph spreading to zones 208, 210, 215,
217 on Mon. Winds will max out Mon PM, decrease slightly late Mon
night, then continue to decrease on Tue.
East winds gusting to 40 mph near Finger Mtn will decrease this
morning. South winds gusting to 40 mph through AK Range passes
will decrease this afternoon, then increase to gust 40 mph again
on Mon. South winds gusting to 30 mph through Brooks Range Passes
Sun PM into Mon.
Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...SE Gales over the West
Coast of Alaska Mon and Mon Night will cause elevated sea levels
along the West Coast with water pushing up on top of ice near the
coast Mon and Tue.
&&
.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AK...Winter Storm Warning for AKZ211.
Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ212-215.
Winter Storm Warning for AKZ213-214.
Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ208-216-217.
Winter Weather Advisory for AKZ219-221.
Winter Storm Watch for AKZ207-209.
PK...Gale Warning for PKZ801-816-817-850-851-854.
Gale Warning for PKZ802-806-853.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ803.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ804-808-855.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ805-852.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ807-857.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ810.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ811.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ814.
Gale Warning for PKZ815.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ856.
Brisk Wind Advisory for PKZ860.
Gale Warning for PKZ861.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:13 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | 50 hr | |
| Mar 19, 5:13 AM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 45 hr | |
| Mar 19, 5:56 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Mar 19, 5:56 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 23 hr | |
| Mar 19, 6:03 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 8 hr | |
| Mar 19, 6:03 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 47 hr | |
| Mar 19, 2:01 PM AKDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 19, 2:04 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 19, 2:20 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 38 hr |
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