Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2005
Gale Warning 366, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 14, 2005, 11:00 AM 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
- Mar 14, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2005, 11:00 PM 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 142340 CWFALU SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 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. PKZ199-151500- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 975 MB LOW 450 NM NORTH OF ATTU WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SIBERIA TONIGHT AND WEAKEN TO 991 MB TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WEATHER FRONT JUST EAST OF THE PRIBILOFS AND THROUGH THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA, BRISTOL BAY AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA TONIGHT. $$ PKZ150-151500- AREA 5A. COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ155-151500- AREA 5B. COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ160-151500- AREA 6A. BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW WITH RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED AND WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI AND SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-151500- AREA 6B. PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ180-151500- AREA 8. SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ170-151500- AREA 12A. EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ171-151500- AREA 12A1. UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ172-151500- AREA 12B. EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ175-151500- AREA 13A. WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED AND WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-151500- AREA 13B. WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ185-151500- AREA 14. ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU...SW WIND 25 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ179-151500- AREA 15. PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AST MON MAR 14 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK52 PAFC 151209 CWFALU SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-160300- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN BERING MOVES INTO WESTERN ALASKA BY TUE AFTERNOON. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW PERSISTS ACROSS THE BERING THROUGH WED NIGHT. A WEATHER FRONT FROM A NORTH PACIFIC LOW APPROACHES THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-160300- AREA 5A. COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ155-160300- AREA 5B. COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ160-160300- AREA 6A. BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-160300- AREA 6B. PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ180-160300- AREA 8. SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 30 KT NEAR HEADLANDS IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING WEST 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ170-160300- AREA 12A. EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ171-160300- AREA 12A1. UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ172-160300- AREA 12B. EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-160300- AREA 13A. WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT BECOMING W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 19 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ176-160300- AREA 13B. WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 15 FT. SNOW. .WED...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ185-160300- AREA 14. ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ179-160300- AREA 15. PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AST TUE MAR 15 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
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 Mar 13, 12:00 PM AKST, 23 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 12:00 PM AKST, 23 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM AST SUN MAR 13 2005
.DISCUSSION...
ODELS ARE GOOD AGREEMENT THIS MORNING AND EITHER WILL WORK FOR THE
EAST AND WEST DOMAIN.
AN UPPER TROUGH OVER WESTERN ALASKA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SUSITNA
VALLEY AND KENAI PENINSULA TONIGHT AND COPPER RIVER BASIN MONDAY.
A 1041 MB OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER THE CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT AND WEAKEN TO 1022 MB
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A 966 MB LOW 300 MILES WEST OF ATTU WILL MOVE TO 450 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ATTU AMD WEAKEN TO 975 MB MONDAY AFTERNOON THEN MOVE INLAND OVER
SIBERIA MONDAY NIGHT. THE WEATHER FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS
NEAR AMCHITKA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TONIGHT,
THROUGH THE PRIBILOFS AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS MONDAY AND INTO THE
KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA MONDAY NIGHT.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...STORM 13AB.
GALE 12AB, 14 AND 15.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
NM MAR 05The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Mar 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Mar 14, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 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.