Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2006
Gale Warning 177, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 16, 2006, 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
- Feb 16, 2006, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2006, 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 FZAK51 PAFC 171222 CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 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. PKZ197-180300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF FRIDAY NIGHT AND WEAKEN. $$ PKZ120-180300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-180300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-180300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-180300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-180300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ132-180300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-180300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-180300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ141-180300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 .TODAY...E TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK51 PAFC 180053 CWFAER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 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. PKZ197-181500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF FRI NIGHT AND WEAKEN OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT AFTERNOON. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF SUN. $$ PKZ120-181500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ121-181500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-181500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-181500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-181500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-181500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-181500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-181500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-181500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN WITH SNOW. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
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 Feb 16, 9:50 AM AKST, 13 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 9:50 AM AKST, 13 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 250 PM AST THU FEB 16 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. THEY ALL SHOW THE UPPER OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA SLOWLY BREAKING DOWN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND WILL BE REPLACED BY A STRONG ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE STATE EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPPER AIR...THE UPPER SHORT WAVE OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CANADA TONIGHT. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK INTO EASTERN ALASKA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA FRIDAY NIGHT THEN WEAKEN OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SATURDAY. SURFACE...THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CANADA FRIDAY NIGHT. A 996 MB LOW SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND MOVE INTO DEEPEN TO 982 MB OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA THE WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SIBERIA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR AND KODIAK ISLAND FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL WEAKEN OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER 996 MB LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS FRIDAY MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO NEAR SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND AND DEEPEN TO 987 MB SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE NORTH ALONG THE BERING SEA COAST INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE WEATHER FRONT LINKED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA SATURDAY AND THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...SEE MARINE FORECAST. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. NM FEB 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 16, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 17, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 17, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 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.