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Gale Warning 841, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 21, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT. 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
- Oct 21, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 212343 CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 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. PKZ197-221400- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 970 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND FILL TO A 982 MB LOW BY SUN AFTERNOON. A FAST MOVING 988 MB LOW 60 NM WEST OF THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE TO A 974 MB LOW 60 NM EAST OF KODIAK BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN MERGE WITH THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOW SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-221400- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 45 KT EAST OF CAPE CLEARE...ELSEWHERE EAST WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT EAST OF CAPE CLEAR...ELSEWHERE SEAS 9 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-221400- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-221400- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-221400- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-221400- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NW WIND 30 KT TOWARD MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-221400- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 12 FT TOWARD MORNING. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-221400- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...N3 WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-221400- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-221400- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS AND SHOWERS. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 FZAK51 PAFC 220042 CCA CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 440 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 CORRECTED AREAS 132 AND 138 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. PKZ197-221400- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 970 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND FILL TO A 982 MB LOW BY SUN AFTERNOON. A FAST MOVING 988 MB LOW 60 NM WEST OF THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE TO A 974 MB LOW 60 NM EAST OF KODIAK BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN MERGE WITH THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOW SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-221400- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 45 KT EAST OF CAPE CLEARE...ELSEWHERE EAST WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT EAST OF CAPE CLEAR...ELSEWHERE SEAS 9 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-221400- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-221400- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-221400- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-221400- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NW WIND 30 KT TOWARD MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-221400- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 440 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 12 FT TOWARD MORNING. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-221400- SHELIKOF STRAIT 440 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-221400- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-221400- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS AND SHOWERS. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 220334 AAA CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 730 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 UPDATED AREAS 120 129 130 132 AND 138 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. PKZ197-221400- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 970 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND FILL TO A 982 MB LOW BY SUN AFTERNOON. A FAST MOVING 988 MB LOW 60 NM WEST OF THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE TO A 974 MB LOW 60 NM EAST OF KODIAK BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN MERGE WITH THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOW SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-221400- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 730 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 45 KT EAST OF CAPE CLEARE...ELSEWHERE EAST WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-221400- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-221400- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-221400- PASSAGE CANAL 730 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-221400- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 730 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NW WIND 30 KT TOWARD MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT...HIGHEST SEAS SOUTHEAST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SHOWERS. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-221400- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 730 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 12 FT TOWARD MORNING. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-221400- SHELIKOF STRAIT 730 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-221400- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-221400- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS AND SHOWERS. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 221135 CWFAER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 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. PKZ197-230200- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST + KODIAK ISLAND WATERS + COOK INLET... A 974 MB LOW 250 NM SOUTHEAST OF SEWARD MOVES 100 NM SOUTHEAST OF SEWARD SUNDAY MORNING. A 978 MB LOW 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF GAMBELL WEAKENS TO 982 MB AND CROSSES THE ALASKA PENINSULA SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO 240 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK MONDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ120-230200- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 BECOMING NE WIND 20. SEAS 13 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-230200- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-230200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-230200- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING W WIND 15 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-230200- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-230200- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-230200- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-230200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT EXCEPT SEAS 3 FT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT EXCEPT SEAS 3 FT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT EXCEPT SEAS 3 FT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT EXCEPT SEAS 3 FT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-230200- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM ADT SAT OCT 22 2005 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W WIND 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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 Oct 21, 10:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 10:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 PM ADT FRI OCT 21 2005
.DISCUSSION...
ALOFT.
AN UPPER LOW OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND A SECOND UPPER LOW OVER THE
CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA WILL MERGE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
AND FORM A LARGE UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WITH A
TROUGH EXTENDING NORTH TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN BY SUN. A HIGH AMPLITUDE
UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA ON SUN.
SURFACE.
A STRONG LOW OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MOVE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
SATURDAY AND BECOME STATIONARY. A SECOND LOW NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND
WILL MOVE TO NUNIVAK ISLAND SATURDAY AND THEN TO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR
SUN. A SMALL BUT INTENSE LOW NEAR THE PRIBILOFS WILL MOVE TO EAST OF
KODIAK SATURDAY AND THEN MERGE WITH THE PRINCE WILLIAM LOW SAT NIGHT.
WEATHER.
RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE
NORTH GULF WITH THE GULF LOW. SOUTH CENTRAL WILL LIKELY GET THE
FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON SAT NIGHT AND SUN DUE TO LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF LOW AND COOLER AIR MOVING IN
FROM THE NORTHWEST.
SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA
TONIGHT AND SAT AS THE BERING SEA LOW MOVES INLAND OVER THE AREA.
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE BERING SEA...THE
ALEUTIANS AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND SAT BEHIND THE FAST
MOVING CENTRAL BERING LOW. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS...THE PRIBILOFS AND THE ALASKA
PENINSULA. WIND GUSTS OF 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ALASKA
PENINSULA.
THE STRONG WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BERING WILL BECOME
NORTHWESTERLY SAT NIGHT AND SUN AS THE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHT
BETWEEN THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOW AND THE BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE
WESTERN BERING.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WATCH ZONE 181
MARINE...STORM ZONES 150 155 160 165 170 171 410
GALE ZONES 120 130 132 138 172 175 176 179 180 185 350
RHH OCT 05The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 11:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Oct 20, 11:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Oct 20, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Oct 20, 11:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Oct 21, 11:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Oct 21, 11:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:30 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 21 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:50 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 8 hr |
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