Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2005
Gale Warning 572, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jun 17, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 17, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 181155 CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 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. PKZ197-190200- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1008 MB LOW NEAR KODIAK ISLAND DISSIPATES SATURDAY NIGHT AS IT MOVES NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND. A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF SATURDAY MORNING. A LOW FORMS OVER NORTHWEST CANADA SUNDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ120-190200- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-190200- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-190200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-190200- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-190200- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ132-190200- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-190200- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-190200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT OVERNIGHT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-190200- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT OVERNIGHT. .SUN THROUGH SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK51 PAFC 182313 CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 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. PKZ197-191400- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA MOVES TO NEAR SOUTHEAST ALASKA SUNDAY. $$ PKZ120-191400- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED AND THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-191400- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 15 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-191400- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-191400- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-191400- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED AND THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ132-191400- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-191400- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-191400- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-191400- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM ADT SAT JUN 18 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 191129 CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 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. PKZ197-200200- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILDING IN THE SOUTHERN GULF WHILE A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTH GULF COAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. $$ PKZ120-200200- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-200200- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-200200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-200200- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-200200- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-200200- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-200200- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-200200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-200200- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM ADT SUN JUN 19 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 Jun 17, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 500 PM ADT FRI JUN 17 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE PATTERN AFFECTING OUT GIGANTIC FORECAST AREA IS BEING CHANGED BY A STRONG SOUTHERLY JET OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA WITH THE EXIT THIS AFTERNOON OVER PABE. THIS IS ALREADY SHIFTING THE SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. ALL PROGS -WHICH ARE ACCEPTED- FORECAST THAT THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS AT 500 MB WILL BE OVER PACV BY 12Z SAT WITH THE FRONT OVER KODIAK. THE MAJOR UPPER LOW CENTER OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH. WITH A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY 12Z SAT. THE JET BECOMES SE OVER PAHO BY 00Z SUN BUT THE MODEL SURFACE PRES GRADIENTS SUSPICIOUSLY SHOW LITTLE WIND. THE GFS-190 FORECASTS AN UPPER RIDGE ALONG 165W OR SO BY 12Z MON THAT BUILDS FOR WNW FLOW ALOFT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SOUTHERLY REGIME OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALES 130 132 150 160 180. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. JC JUN 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jun 18, 11:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 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.