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Gale Warning 194, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 8, 2007, 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 8, 2007, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2007, 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 FZAK52 PAFC 091237 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 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. PKZ199-100300- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 978 MB LOW 350 NM NORTHWEST OF SHEMYA MOVES OVER KAMCHATKA FRI EVENING. SEVERAL NORTH PACIFIC LOWS MERGE INTO A 981 MB LOW WHICH MOVES TO 225 NM SOUTH OF ATKA SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-100300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-100300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-100300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-100300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON AND TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ180-100300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-100300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON AND TUE...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ171-100300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-100300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ175-100300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ176-100300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ185-100300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. $$ PKZ179-100300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 FZAK52 PAFC 100030 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-101500- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 984 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTH OF ATKA SAT AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTH OF ATKA AT 974 MB SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON AND TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ160-101500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ165-101500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ180-101500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ170-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON AND TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ171-101500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ175-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ176-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ185-101500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ179-101500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AST FRI FEB 9 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
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 8, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours before
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 FEB 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Feb 9, 4:13 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 17 hr | |
| Feb 9, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days |
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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.