Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2006
Gale Warning 32, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 1, 2006, 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
- Jan 1, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2006, 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 020043 CWFALU SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 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. PKZ199-021500- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 973 MB LOW 100 NM S OF KODIAK WILL WEAKEN TO 979 MB NEAR PORT HEIDEN MON AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE NEAR COLD BAY BY TUE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA TUE. $$ PKZ150-021500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ155-021500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-021500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ165-021500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-021500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ170-021500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED AND THU...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ171-021500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-021500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ175-021500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ176-021500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SE WIND 55 KT. SEAS 26 FT. .THU...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ185-021500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. $$ PKZ179-021500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK52 PAFC 021239 CWFALU SOUTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-030300- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 975 MB LOW 80 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK WILL DISSIPATE TUESDAY. A FRONT FROM A DEVELOPING LOW 400 NM SOUTH OF KAMCHATKA WILL MOVE OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS EARLY THURSDAY. $$ PKZ150-030300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ155-030300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-030300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU AND FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ165-030300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU AND FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ180-030300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...N WIND 15 KT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-030300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ171-030300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE THROUGH WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU AND FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-030300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND TUE...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ175-030300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED AND THU...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ176-030300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...SE WIND 60 KT. SEAS 28 FT. .THU...SE WIND 55 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ185-030300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. $$ PKZ179-030300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AST MON JAN 2 2006 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
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 Jan 1, 12:00 AM AKST, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:00 AM AKST, 11 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 500 AM AST SUN JAN 1 2006 .DISCUSSION...HEMISPHERIC PATTERN FINALLY SHOWING SIGNS OF CHANGE. SIGNIFICANT BUCKLING OF THE JET FORECAST LATE MONDAY WITH THE JET CURVING UP OVER THE WESTERN BERING SEA AND SEVERAL BUCKLES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. WHAT THIS MEANS TO US IS A LONG WAVE TROFF MOVING BACK OVER ALASKA AND A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE BERING SEA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AT THE SURFACE THIS WILL BRING AN SERIES OF EASTERLY WAVES INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MID WEEK. THE ARCTIC FRONT REMAINS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. LATE IN THE WEEK A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WHERE THEY SHOULD SEE SOME STORM FORCE WINDS. TIMING TRICKY THIS FAR OUT BUT THE IDEA IS REASONABLE. AT LEAST THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT A RETURN TO MORE NORMAL...LESS ZONAL FLOW. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALES 172 175. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 179 185. AFC JAN 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | 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.