Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 112, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 1, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 1, 6:00 AM AKST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 6:00 AM AKST, 5 hours before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION 1100 AM AST THU MAR 1 2007 .SHORT RANGE... UPDATE - 18Z SURFACE ANALYSES DIFFER FROM MODEL 18Z MSLP PROGS BASED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY. REALITY PLACES THE GULF SURFACE LOW CENTER TO THE NORTH BY ABOUT 100 NM. THIS MEANS THAT THE WARM AIR ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL ALSO BE FURTHER TO THE NORTH. THE TRIPLE POINT IS ALSO JUST OFF THE COAST AND WILL MERGE OR MAY BECOME THE MAIN SURFACE LOW. HAVE NEVER SEEN ENTIRE WEB SITE MAP INDICATING CURRENT WARNINGS IN ALL ZONES. THE RARE BLIZZARD WARNINGS ISSUED INDICATE A BAD COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW FOR LOCAL WHITE OUT CONDITIONS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO FRONTS BOTH OF WHICH COULD CLAIM TO BE ARCTIC AIR. ONE ALONG THE NORTH COAST AND ANOTHER SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A 995 MB SFC LOW IS IN THE EASTERN GULF AS OF 18Z THESE AND THE UPPER FLOW ARE CAUSING OVERRUNNING MOISTURE OVER ENTIRE PANHANDLE. A 1040 HIGH CELL OVER THE ALCAN AND YUKON HAS SET UP A STRONG OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT KEEPING COLD AIR FLOWING UNDER THE OVERRUNNING. WARNINGS RANGE FROM BLIZZARD TO WIND AND HEAVY SNOW PLUS FREEZING SPRAY. RELUCTANT TO GET OFF THE HORSE IN MIDSTREAM. WILL USE THE NAM-40 FOR DETAILS BUT WITH FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GRIDS IN THE SHORT TERM. PREFER NAM SOLUTION CAUSE IT KEEPS BETTER TRACK OF TWO LOW CENTERS AS SECOND CENTER DEVELOPS ON FRONT WELL TO SOUTH EARLY FRI. TWO LOWS MERGE INTO ONE CENTER OVER CRAIG 00Z SAT THEN MOVES ONSHORE FRI NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL HAPPEN WITH THESE TWO LOWS. .LONG RANGE...LOOKS LIKE THE POSSIBILITY FOR BAD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. OVER THE WEEKEND A SECOND LOW WILL FORM NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT AND MOVE ONSHORE IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL MOST LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN...HOWEVER TO THE NORTH COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE SO THE PRECIP UP THAT DIRECTION WILL BE ALL SNOW. GFS 40 IS CURRENTLY THE PREFERRED SOLUTION AS IT KEEPS THE CENTRAL PRESSURE LOWER FOR A LONGER DURATION...WHERE ETA SEEMS TO FILL THE LOW RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. HOWEVER FOR THE MOST PART DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS FOR THIS TIMEFRAME ARE NOT EXTREME. FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...ALL MODELS ARE CURRENTLY FORECASTING THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO REMAIN ENTRENCHED IN THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD...ALLOWING A FULL BLOWN UPPER LEVEL LOW TO MOVE INTO THE GULF ON THE MONDAY TIME FRAME. THIS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MEANS THAT THE CURRENT TREND OF SURFACE LOWS MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLE WILL NOT GO AWAY ANYTIME SOON. MODELS ARE DIFFERING A BIT ON WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE SURFACE DURING THIS TIME FRAME...BUT THE TREND FOR GENERALIZED LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF DEFINITELY CONTINUES. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH REMAINS STRONG THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME...SO GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND COLD AIR ADVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. .AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES PUBLIC...17 WIND WARNING. 18 19 WINTER STORM. 20 21 BLIZZARD. 22 23 WINTER STORM. 25 BLIZZARD. 26 27 28 29 WINTER STORM. MARINE...STORM 11 12 13 22 43 51. ALL OTHERS GALE. LF/JC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 1, 9:48 AM AKST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 36 hr | |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AJK | 24 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.