Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 186, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 6, 2007, 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
- Feb 6, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2007, 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 FZAK51 PAFC 070005 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 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. PKZ197-071500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1000 MB LOW 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL WEAKEN TO 1007 MB WED AFTERNOON WITHIN 50 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN FURTHER TO 1011 MB THU AFTERNOON 200 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...WEST OF CAPE CLEARE...NE WIND 35 KT SEAS 10 FT. EAST OF CAPE CLEAR...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .WED AND WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 FZAK51 PAFC 070047 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 CORRECTED PUNCTUATION ZONE 120 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. PKZ197-071500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1000 MB LOW 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL WEAKEN TO 1007 MB WED AFTERNOON WITHIN 50 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN FURTHER TO 1011 MB THU AFTERNOON 200 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...WEST OF CAPE CLEARE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. EAST OF CAPE CLEAR...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .WED AND WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 070122 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 430 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 UPDATED ZONE 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. PKZ197-071500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1000 MB LOW 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL WEAKEN TO 1007 MB WED AFTERNOON WITHIN 50 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN FURTHER TO 1011 MB THU AFTERNOON 200 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...WEST OF CAPE CLEARE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. EAST OF CAPE CLEAR...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .WED AND WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 430 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 071256 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 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. PKZ197-080300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1006 MB LOW 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL WEAKEN TO 1008 MB THIS AFTERNOON 50 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN FURTHER TO 1011 MB THU MORNING 120 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ PKZ120-080300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-080300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. $$ PKZ125-080300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-080300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-080300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN WITH SNOW. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-080300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-080300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-080300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-080300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST WED FEB 7 2007 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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 Feb 6, 9:00 AM AKST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:00 AM AKST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 200 PM AST TUE FEB 6 2007 .DISCUSSION... LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING STILL THE DOMINANT FEATURE FOR MUCH OF ALASKA. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT IS STRETCHING FROM EASTERN SIBERIA INTO THE WESTERN GULF. THE LOW OVER THE BERING TO WEAKEN ALONG WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WRAPPING BACK INTO THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. A WEAK LOW WILL REMAIN IN THE GULF FROM THIS FRONT BUT DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE TO SHIFT FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN INTO THE YUKON THURSDAY. MODELS... MODELS INITIALIZED OK THIS MORNING. SEEMS THE GFS HAS HANDLED THE MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE FIELDS BETTER. ALL MODELS SEEMED TO MISS THE MORE NORTHERN LOW IN THE NORTHWEST BERING SEA. THE MODELS ALL INITIALIZED THESE TOO FAR SOUTH. HOWEVER...THE FRONTAL STRUCTURE OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WAS OK. THE PROGRESSION OF THE SURFACE FEATURES WERE ALL HANDLED VERY SIMILAR BY THE EUROPEAN AND NCEP MODELS THROUGH FRIDAY. AFTER THAT TIME FRAME...EVEN THE ENSEMBLE MEAN IS QUITE DIFFERENT OVER THE BERING THAN THE OPERATIONAL RUN OF THE GFS. UPPER AIR... LARGE TROUGH TO REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN BERING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE BIGGEST CHANGES WILL OCCUR OVER THE MAINLAND WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RIDGE A BIT. THE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA TO BE CUT OFF FROM THE RIDGE ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE LOWER 48 WEDNESDAY. A WEAK CLOSED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MAINLAND. THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK LATE IN THE WEEK PUSHING THE LOW TO THE BROOKS RANGE BY SATURDAY. THE RIDGE AXIS IS THEN SPREAD FROM THE WEST TO THE CHUKCHI SEA. SURFACE EAST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BEAUFORT SEA WITH A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVER KODIAK ISLAND. THE TROUGH TO DISSIPATE WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH WILL BE DRAWN NORTH AS THE RIDGE AXIS IS PUSHED NORTH. BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASE TOMORROW WITH SOME CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION SPREADING INLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. THE DYNAMICS OF THE SITUATION ARE RATHER WEAK...SO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT IN MOST AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAVE THE AREA AS THE RIDGE REBUILDS IN THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. WEST OF THE ALASKA RANGE...LOW OVER THE WESTERN BERING WITH A DISSIPATING FRONT ALONG THE WESTERN COAST. THE FRONT TO TEAR APART TONIGHT AS A SHORT WAVE RIDES NORTH ALONG IT. THE LOW TO DISSIPATE AS WELL AS IT SETTLES UNDERNEATH THE PARENT LOW. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL FEATURE TO RIDE NORTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL BERING TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A WEAK SURFACE REFLECTION OF PRECIPITATION AND WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS IS DUE TO ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE DOMINANT LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING PUSHING TO THE CENTRAL BERING AS WELL. THE SHORT WAVE IS PRECEDES A LARGE LOW INTO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PUSHES TO THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA THURSDAY NIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE BERING THURSDAY AND TO THE BERING STRAIT FRIDAY. THE FRONT ALSO PUSHES THE CENTRAL BERING FEATURE INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA FRIDAY NIGHT. BY THIS TIME...THE ENTIRE BERING IS IN AN AREA OF BROAD LOW PRESSURE WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...GALE 120 130 170 171 172 175 176 179 FIRE WEATHER...NONE JN FEB 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 5, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 5, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Feb 6, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 6, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 11:30 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 2:35 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 8 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.