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Gale Warning 1077, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 19, 2005, 11:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2005, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFC 201257 CWFALU SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-210300- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 976 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP 70 NM NORTHEAST OF ATKA TUE AFTERNOON AND MOVE TO 115 NM NORTHWEST OF ATKA BEFORE DISSIPATING WED EVENING. A 967 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 315 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR WED EVENING. $$ PKZ150-210300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ155-210300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ160-210300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ165-210300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-210300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND WED...NE WIND 20 KT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ170-210300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ171-210300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ172-210300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. $$ PKZ175-210300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ176-210300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. $$ PKZ185-210300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. $$ PKZ179-210300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. .WED AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK52 PAFC 210018 CWFALU SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-211500- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 973 MB LOW 580 NM SOUTH OF ATKA WILL STRENGTHEN TO 963 MB AS IT MOVES TO 400 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WED AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN WEAKEN TO 973 MB 450 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-211500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-211500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT AND SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ160-211500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ165-211500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-211500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. STRONGEST WINDS NORTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ170-211500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 23 FT. $$ PKZ171-211500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-211500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 28 FT. $$ PKZ175-211500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...S WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ176-211500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ185-211500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 18 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 17 FT. $$ PKZ179-211500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$
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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 19, 11:00 PM AKST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 11:00 PM AKST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 400 AM AST TUE DEC 20 2005 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON BROAD SPECTRUM ANALYSIS. HOWEVER THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DETAILS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOME HEADACHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS MAINLY FOR SOUTHCENTRAL. SOUTHCENTRAL. THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM THIS MORNING IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG AND STRATUS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS THE UPCOMING LOW THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF TONIGHT. MODELS HAVE IT NEAR SEWARD BY WED NIGHT. EXACT POSITIONING ON FUTURE MODEL RUNS WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH SNOW THE AREA IS LIKELY TO SEE. UKMET WANTS TO BRING IT FARTHER NORTH CLOSER TO PWS WHILE GFS IS STILL KEEPING IT FARTHER SOUTH AND EVENTUALLY BRINGING IT UP THE INLET. WILL NEED TO WATCH HOW THE MODELS RESOLVE THIS. ONCE THE MORNING FOG CLEARS THE DAY SHOULD BE QUIET BUT A LITTLE COLDER THAN IT HAS BEEN NOW THAT THE ONSHORE SOUTHERN FLOW IS GIVING WAY TO SURFACE NORTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE UPCOMING LOW. EXPECT GUSTY NORTH WINDS THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN TODAY. MUCH THE SAME SCENARIO FOR THE REST OF THE MAINLAND AOR. IN THE WEST. A FEW WEAK TROUGHS IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL BERING THROUGH WED NIGHT..OTHERWISE THE JET CONTINUES TO KEEP THE STRONGER LOWS SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. A STRONG PROJECTED 945 MB LOW MOVING SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS THIS WEEKEND WILL BE A KEY PLAYER BRINGING STORMS OUT WEST IF MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD THE SAME GUIDANCE. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...SEE MARINE PACKAGES. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. RW DEC 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 31 hr | |
| Dec 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 20, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.