Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 979, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 10, 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
- Dec 10, 2007, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 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 FZAK51 PAFC 111302 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 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. PKZ197-120300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 989 MB LOW 85 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO YAKUTAT BAY AT 997 MB TUE AFTERNOON. A 991 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY LATE WED MORNING THEN TO 60 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1004 MB LATE WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-120300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-120300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-120300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-120300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-120300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ132-120300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-120300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E WIND 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-120300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-120300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
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000 FZAK51 PAFC 111322 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 CORRECTED 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. PKZ197-120300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 989 MB LOW 85 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO YAKUTAT BAY AT 997 MB TUE AFTERNOON. A 991 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY LATE WED MORNING THEN TO 60 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1004 MB LATE WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-120300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-120300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-120300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-120300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-120300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ132-120300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-120300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E WIND 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-120300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-120300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 111545 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 UPDATED ZONE 120 121 125 130 138 140 141 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. PKZ197-120300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 989 MB LOW 85 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO YAKUTAT BAY AT 997 MB TUE AFTERNOON. A 991 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY LATE WED MORNING THEN TO 60 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1004 MB LATE WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-120300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E OF CAPE CLEARE...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. W OF CAPE CLEARE...NW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-120300- RESURRECTION BAY 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-120300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-120300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-120300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ132-120300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-120300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. LOCAL AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E WIND 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-120300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-120300- KACHEMAK BAY 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 111746 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 845 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 CORRECTED ZONE 141 HEADLINE 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. PKZ197-120300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 989 MB LOW 85 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO YAKUTAT BAY AT 997 MB TUE AFTERNOON. A 991 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY LATE WED MORNING THEN TO 60 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1004 MB LATE WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-120300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E OF CAPE CLEARE...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. W OF CAPE CLEARE...NW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-120300- RESURRECTION BAY 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-120300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-120300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-120300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ132-120300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-120300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. LOCAL AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E WIND 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-120300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 645 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-120300- KACHEMAK BAY 845 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 120057 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 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. PKZ197-121500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... AN ALEUTIAN LOW WILL TRACK TO 56N 155W WED MORNING AT 993 MB AND THEN WEAKEN TO 1004 MB AS IT MOVES TO 58N 150W THU MORNING. $$ PKZ120-121500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-121500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-121500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-121500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-121500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-121500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-121500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E WIND 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU THROUGH FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-121500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-121500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 Dec 10, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007
.MODEL DISCUSSION...FOR SUCH AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THE MODELS ARE
DOING FAIRLY WELL. THE IMMEDIATE WEATHER CONCERN IS THE LOW NEAR
KODIAK ISLAND. THIS LOW IS CURRENTLY JUST EAST NORTHEAST OF KODIAK
ISLAND AND ABOUT TO MAKE ITS TURN TOWARD THE RIGHT. THIS TURN HAS
BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION THE LAST FEW DAYS AS THE MODELS HAD A
RADICAL SHIFT IN THE LOWS MOVEMENT A FEW DAYS AGO AND HAVE NOW CALMED
DOWN ON LITTLE ON IT. THE LOW IS INITIALIZED WELL BY THE GFS AND THE
18Z POSITION ON IT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING LOOKS GOOD. HOWEVER THE
GFS SEEMS TO MOVE IT TOO FAR SOUTH IN BRINGING IT SOUTH OF MIDDLETON
ISLAND TOMORROW. THE NAM ACTUALLY LOOKS TO HAVE A MORE FAVORABLE
POSITIONING ON IT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER FEATURE UNIQUE TO
THE NAM IS IT HAS A RESIDUAL LOW IN THE NORTH GULF COAST AND WESTERN
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A FEATURE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING TO FORM IN THIS AREA AROUND THAT TIME DUE
TO THE STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR ADVECTION THROUGH THE KAMISHAK GAP
THAT WILL FLOW INTO THE NORTH GULF COAST. THIS FEATURE IS NOW BEING
HINTED AT BY THE NAM WITH ITS HIGH RESOLUTION.
IN THE BERING SEA AREA...THE LOW IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA IS
HANDLED WELL BY ALL MODELS AND THE FOUR MAJOR MODELS HAVE A COMMON
AGREEMENT ON THE PATH OF THE LOW THAT IS SOUTH OF KISKA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE GOOD NEWS ON THIS LOW IS THAT THE PATH LOOKS TO BE
WHERE THE GFS WAS PUTTING IT FROM YESTERDAYS MODEL RUNS WHICH IS THE
PATH THAT WAS USED IN THE FORECASTS. IT SHOULD END UP IN SHELIKOF
STRAIT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN HEAD TOWARD MIDDLETON ISLAND. AT
THIS POINT THE MODELS BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN WITH EACH OTHER AND ALSO
INTERNALLY. THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN MSL PRESSURE AND THE OPERATIONAL
RUN BEGIN TO DIVERGE THURSDAY AND THIS JUST GETS WORSE AS WE HEAD
TOWARD THE WEEKEND.
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...THE LOW EAST NORTHEAST OF KODIAK ISLAND
WILL BEAR WATCHING FOR ITS EXACT COURSE AS IT MOVES INTO THE NORTH
GULF COAST THIS EVENING. THE OTHER FACTOR THAT WILL BE A BIG PART OF
THE FORECAST WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF COLD ADVECTION OUT OF THE SUSITNA
VALLEY THAT WILL COME INTO THE ANCHORAGE AREA ND KENAI PENINSULA. SO
FAR TODAY THE WARM ADVECTION THROUGH THE CHUGACH MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN
SOMEWHAT MITIGATED BY THE COLDER AIR WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING BELOW
FREEZING FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY THE CENTRAL KENAI
PENINSULA AREA. HOW FAR EAST AND HOW FAST THE LOW MOVES WILL BE THE
MAIN FACTOR IN WHETHER THE WARM AIR IS ABLE TO MOVE WEST OF THE
CHUGACH MOUNTAINS. WARMER AIR IS MOVING THOUGH TURNAGAIN ARM BUT THE
STRONG LOW TO THE SOUTH IS MAKING THE TURNAGAIN ARM JET MAKE A SHARP
LEFT HAND TURN DOWN COOK INLET WHERE IT IS MIXING WITH THE COOLER AIR
MOVING DOWN THE INLET OUT OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN RAIN ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE NORTH GULF COAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. VALDEZ WILL PROBABLY
MIX IN WITH RAIN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BUT BY TOMORROW ALL PRECIPITATION
SHOULD TURN TO SNOW.
BRISTOL BAY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN OR RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EASTERN
PART OF THE ZONE TURNING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE WESTERN PART OF THE
ZONE WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION REMAIN SNOW. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL
SLOWLY SHUT OFF OVERNIGHT FROM THE WEST.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
UPPER LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO EVOLVE INTO A MORE ZONAL PATTERN
ALLOWING A FEW MORE SYSTEMS TO TRAVEL QUICKLY THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA WITHIN THE WEEK.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 120 125 138 140 141 150 155 160 165 170 172 175.
STORM 130 132.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
EZ DEC 07The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 10:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 25 hr | |
| Dec 10, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 days | |
| Dec 10, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 11, 1:09 AM AKST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AFC | 9 hr | |
| Dec 11, 1:45 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 9 hr | |
| Dec 11, 2:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 9 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:45 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 hr | |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 11, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 days |
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