Gale Warning
NWS Fairbanks AK ยท US
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Details
Gale Warning In Effect From Late Tonight Through Thursday Afternoon
- Event
- Gale Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
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. .TONIGHT...SE winds 20 kt becoming E 35 kt. Seas 5 ft building to 8 ft. .THU...E winds 40 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain showers. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. .FRI...E winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...NW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...NW winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft.
Affected areas
- Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~59s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38AT5GVFZAST19C4C3BE606
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b543575c09c5ff91a6c92dfa750182f5776cde98.013.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFG
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9301
- WMO heading
- XOAK52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CWFWCZ |
| WMOidentifier | FZAK52 PAFG 232349 |
| NWSheadline | GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFG.GL.W.3032.260924T0100Z-260925T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T17:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058850 |
| UGC | PKZ850 |