Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2007
Storm Warning 217, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 30, 2007, 11:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 19 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 30, 2007, 11:00 PM AKST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2007, 6:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 311242 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 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. PKZ197-010300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A STORM FORCE 978 MB LOW 750 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 550 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON AND DEEPEN TO 964 MB LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL THEN DRIFT TO 380 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AT 967 MB BY LATE TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-010300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT SHIFTING EAST THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 234FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-010300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-010300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-010300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY ENDING THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-010300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE TO SE 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY THIS MORNING. BARREN ISLANDS AND EAST...SE WINDS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 25 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .TUE...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-010300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 30 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-010300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-010300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WINDS 20 KT AND DIMINISHING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-010300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK51 PAFC 311317 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 CORRECTED ZONE 120 121 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. PKZ197-010300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A STORM FORCE 978 MB LOW 750 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 550 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON AND DEEPEN TO 964 MB LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL THEN DRIFT TO 380 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AT 967 MB BY LATE TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-010300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT SHIFTING EAST THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 26 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-010300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-010300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-010300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY ENDING THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-010300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING SE TO SE 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY THIS MORNING. BARREN ISLANDS AND EAST...SE WINDS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 25 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .TUE...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-010300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 30 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-010300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-010300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WINDS 20 KT AND DIMINISHING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-010300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 311324 CCB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 CORRECTED ZONE 130 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. PKZ197-010300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A STORM FORCE 978 MB LOW 750 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 550 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON AND DEEPEN TO 964 MB LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL THEN DRIFT TO 380 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AT 967 MB BY LATE TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-010300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT SHIFTING EAST THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 26 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-010300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS SOUTH OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-010300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-010300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY ENDING THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-010300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WINDS 30 KT BECOMING E TO SE 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY THIS MORNING. BARREN ISLANDS AND EAST...SE WINDS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 25 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .TUE...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-010300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 30 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-010300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-010300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WINDS 20 KT AND DIMINISHING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-010300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST MON DEC 31 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Dec 30, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 10:00 AM AKST, 13 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 PM AST SUN DEC 30 2007
.MODEL DISCUSSION...ESPECIALLY FOR AN ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN...THE
MODELS ARE IN VERY NICE AGREEMENT. THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT AREA THEY ARE
HAVING DIFFICULTY RESOLVING IS WHEN AND WHERE A TRIPLE POINT MIGHT
DEVELOP LONG THE FRONT IN THE BERING SEA. THE ECMWF WANTS TO DEVELOP
ONE IN THE ADAK AREA MONDAY NIGHT WHILE THE GFS AND NAM PLACE A WEAK
ONE WELL SOUTH OF NIKOLSKI AT THAT TIME. THIS WILL MAKE A LITTLE
DIFFERENCE IN THE PRECIPITATION AT THAT TIME FOR THE CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS BUT WILL BE BRIEF AND HAVE LITTLE OVERALL EFFECT AS ALL
MODELS DISSIPATE THEIR TRIPLE POINTS TUESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY THE MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE IN THE PLACEMENT OF A LOW
IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE GFS IS RATHER CONSISTENT IN ITS SOLUTION
WITH THIS LOW AND THIS SOLUTION LOOKS REASONABLE FOR THREE TO FIVE
DAYS OUT.
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...MAIN LOW EFFECTING THE WEATHER TODAY IS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WITH A FRONT EXTENDING OVER THE
PENINSULA. THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR THIS LOW IS WELL EAST OF THE
SURFACE LOW AND IS SEEN IN SATELLITE STARTING AROUND 40N AND HEADING
UP THE 155W MERIDIAN INTO THE EASTERN BRISTOL BAY ZONE.
THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA EXPERIENCED SOME SNOW THIS
MORNING AS A SHORT WAVE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WAVE IS NOW
EXITING THE COPPER RIVER BASIN TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL REMAIN OUT
OF THE AREA.
THE MAJORITY OF THE BERING SEA AREA IS UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW EXCEPT
FOR THE WESTERN BERING SEAS AND WESTERN ALEUTIANS WHICH ARE ALREADY
COMING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO THE WEST.
THE LOW IN THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT THE
WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA TONIGHT AND THEN
INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING TUESDAY
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
TONIGHT FOR THE ALASKA PENINSULA DUE TO THE LOW SOUTH OF THERE AND
THE WEATHER FRONT STATIONARY OVER THEM. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING 40 TO
60 MPH WITH SAND POINT AND COLD BAY BOTH EXPERIENCING VISIBILITIES TO
ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW IN THESE WINDS.
KODIAK...SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA...AND THE EASTERN BRISTOL BAY ZONE
WILL SEE SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AS THE MOISTURE OVERRIDES
THE COLD AIR IN PLACE. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE KODIAK ISLANDS
WHERE THE WARMER AIR IN THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE TO THE SNOW TO TURN TO
RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX AS IT HAS ALREADY DONE IN THE SOUTHERN PART
OF THE ISLAND.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...AFTER THE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA
DISSIPATES TUESDAY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK LOOK TO BE MOSTLY DRY
AND COLD WITH WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE AND A COLD
TROUGH ALOFT. AFTER THAT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME SNOW ALONG THE
NORTH GULF COAST AND INTO THE ANCHORAGE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK WITH
MODELS FORMING A PERSISTENT WEAK LOW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MIDDLETON
ISLAND AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WARNING 181.
MARINE...GALE 120 130 132 138 150 155 160 165 170 171 172.
STORM 175 176.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 130 140 155 160 165 180 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
DEC 07The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 4:17 PM AKST | Snow Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 30, 8:33 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 9 hr | |
| Dec 30, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Dec 30, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Dec 30, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 31 hr | |
| Dec 30, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 30, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 19 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.