Gale Warning 192, NWS Anchorage, AK

Issued

Feb 8, 2007, 11:01 AM AKST (20:01 UTC)

Expired

Feb 8, 2007, 11:01 AM AKST

In force

Issued by

NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
FZAK52 PAFC 090102 CCA
CWFALU

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
401 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

ADDED MISSING SYNOPSIS

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.

PKZ199-091500-
.SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA
PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...

A 978 MB LOW 80 NM NORTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL WEAKEN TO 982 MB AND MOVE
TO THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA FRI AFTERNOON. A 991 MB LOW 400 NM
SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR FRI NIGHT WILL MOVE TO 140 NM SOUTH OF
SEGUAM ISLAND AT 985 MB SAT AFTERNOON.
$$

PKZ150-091500-
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE
CAPE
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

.TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 

$$

PKZ155-091500-
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE
SARICHEF
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT.  

$$

PKZ160-091500-
BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

.TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ165-091500-
PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ180-091500-
SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

.TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT.  
.FRI...E WIND 20 KT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT.  
.SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT.  
.SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. 
.MON...NE WIND 25 KT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. 

$$

PKZ170-091500-
EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN.
.FRI...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 
9 FT. RAIN.
.FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

PKZ171-091500-
UNALASKA BAY
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
SEAS 3 FT. RAIN.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ172-091500-
EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN
SHOWERS. 
.FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SNOW.
.SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT.  

$$

PKZ175-091500-
WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN SHOWERS.
.FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT.  

$$

PKZ176-091500-
WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRI NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. 
.FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW SHOWERS.
.SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT.  

$$

PKZ185-091500-
ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. SNOW.
.FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT.
SNOW.
.SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. 

$$

PKZ179-091500-
PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS
400 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 7 FT. 
.SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 

$$

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 8, 10:00 AM AKST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 PM AST THU FEB 8 2007

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
HIGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN THIS RIDGE
WEAKENS AS A TROUGH ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST BEGINS TO DESCEND INTO THE
INTERIOR OF THE STATE.

THE UPPER LEVELS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE ARE INFLUENCED BY
BOTH THE RIDGE IN THE GULF AND A LOW OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA.
THIS IS BRINGING WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR THE MAINLAND SECTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW OVER THE
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. THE KAMCHATKA LOW WILL BECOME A TROUGH THAT DIG
OVER THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS THIS WEEKEND AND THAT WILL CAUSE THE UPPER
FLOW IN THAT AREA TO WEAKEN AND BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST.

NEAR THE SURFACE IN THE EAST...A WEAK TROUGH WITH A WEDGE OF WARM AIR
JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE HAS CAUSED SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE NEAR COOK
INLET THIS MORNING. WHILE THE FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS LIKELY STOPPED
CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA FOR ANOTHER DAY OR
TWO.

IN THE WEST...THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS ALSO HAD A BOUT OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. THIS AREA HAS MOVED THROUGH AND LEFT FOG BEHIND
IT. A WEAK FRONT JUST WEST OF BRISTOL BAY AND THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA
WILL BRING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE BETHEL AREA AND NEAR THE
BRISTOL BAY COAST OVERNIGHT BUT THEN SHOULD DISSIPATE FRIDAY MORNING.
A WEATHER FONT NEAR ADAK IS ALSO MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD BUT IT WILL
ELONGATE AND QUICKLY WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW CENTRAL
MOVES NORTHWESTWARD FROM NEAR ATTU TO KAMCHATKA.

MODELS ARE IN GOOD ALIGNMENT FROM THE 12Z RUN THROUGH 48 HOURS. AFTER
THAT THERE IS A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT AS TO THE MOVEMENT OF A LOW
DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR. SOLUTIONS ARE NOT DRASTICALLY
DIFFERENT BUT ENOUGH TO GIVE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY TO THE FORECAST FOR
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEKEND.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 176.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

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