Gale Warning 559, NWS Anchorage, AK

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FZAK51 PAFC 041149
CWFAER
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST
UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND
AND COOK INLET

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.

PKZ197-050200-
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+
COOK INLET...
A 1007 MB LOW NEAR CAPE SUCKLING WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN IN THE EASTERN
GULF THEN DISSIPATE BY SUN AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ALONG
THE NORTH AND EAST GULF COAST SUN NIGHT AS A 1011 MB LOW DEVELOPS IN
THE CENTRAL GULF.
$$

PKZ120-050200-
CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SUNDAY...

.TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.MON THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
$$

PKZ121-050200-
RESURRECTION BAY
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

.TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE AND WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
$$

PKZ125-050200-
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

.TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
$$

PKZ129-050200-
PASSAGE CANAL
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

.TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OFF THE GLACIER. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. HIGHER GUSTS OFF THE GLACIER. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
$$

PKZ130-050200-
BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  
$$

PKZ132-050200-
SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY...

.TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  
$$

PKZ138-050200-
SHELIKOF STRAIT
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

.TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT AND SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
$$

PKZ140-050200-
COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT THIS MORNING BECOMING NW WIND 15 KT
THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE AND WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
$$

PKZ141-050200-
KACHEMAK BAY
400 AM ADT SAT JUN 4 2005

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING W WIND 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT AND SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.TUE AND WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
100 PM ADT FRI JUN 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE MAINLAND INTO THE NORTH
PACIFIC NEAR 150W. THREE LOW CENTERS ALONG THIS AXIS. ONE IN THE
CHUKCHI SEA...ONE OVER THE ANCHORAGE AREA...AND THE MAIN LOW NEAR
50N. HIGH PRESSURE RESIDES OVER THE EASTERN BERING INTO CHUKOTSK
PENINSULA. A CLOSE LOW OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIAN CHAIN. THE MOVEMENT
OF THESE PROPERTIES IS HANDLED SIMILARLY BY NCEP MODELS AND THE
UKMET.

THE LOW OVER THE ANCHORAGE AREA TO MEANDER INTO THE SOUND BY TOMORROW
AND REMAIN THERE INTO SUNDAY. COLD POCKET ALOFT WITH THIS LOW WILL BE
A GOOD SOURCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THE LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA TO SLIDE INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA WILL
MOVE TOWARD THE SEWARD PENINSULA BY SUNDAY. EVENTUALLY...THIS LOW
WILL DRAW THE LOW NEAR ANCHORAGE INLAND. IN ADDITION...AN EASTERLY
WAVE WILL BE CAUGHT IN THIS FLOW OVER EASTERN ALASKA SUNDAY. THE
INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL MEAN MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OVER EASTERN
ALASKA SUNDAY. THE LOW OVER THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN TO PROGRESS EAST OVER
THE WEEKEND. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH THE LOW IN THE GULF MOVING
EAST...WILL AMPLIFY A RIDGE NEAR 160W SATURDAY AND MOVE TO 150W
SUNDAY.

AS THE LOW IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC MOVES INLAND OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...THE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE GULF INTO SOUTHCENTRAL. THE LOW
IN THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN BECOMES STACKED BY MONDAY MORNING OVER THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS WITH A MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHWEST
ALASKA INTO SOUTHCENTRAL. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER
EASTERN ALASKA KEEPING MOISTURE MOST LIKELY OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA
WESTWARD.

IN THE DETAILS...THE LOW IN THE NORTH PACIFIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE
UPPER LOW OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIAN CHAIN WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST
OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REACH THE
WESTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT AND STRETCH INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
FRONT ALONG WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF MOISTURE. AS THE LOW BECOMES
STACKED WITH THE UPPER LOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...IT WEAKENS.
PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE
EXCEPT ALONG THE DISSIPATING FRONT OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA MONDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE 172 175
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

JN JUN 05

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
358 PM ADT FRI JUN 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HAIL             10 N PALMER             61.74N 149.11W
06/03/2005  0.25 INCH                           AK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TRAINED SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF PALMER REPORTED 1/4 INCH
            HAIL BEGINNING AT 345PM. HAIL WAS STILL FALLING AT THE
            TIME OF THE OBSERVATION.

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