Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 44, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 15, 2007, 7:20 AM AKST. It was in force for 16 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
- Jan 15, 2007, 7:20 AM AKST (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2007, 11:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 16 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 Jan 15, 6:00 AM AKST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 6:00 AM AKST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION 1100 AM AST MON JAN 15 2007 .SYNOPSIS... .SHORT RANGE...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A LOW AROUND 991 MB JUST OFF THE COAST OF SITKA AROUND 18Z. A DRY SLOT IS EXTENDING OVER THE PANHANDLE AS FAR NORTH AS THE NORTHEAST PANHANDLE (SKAGWAY AND HAINES AREA). A DEFORMATION BAND NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST YUKON OVER THE FAIRWEATHER REGION INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF. THE UKMET IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WEAKENS THE LOW AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN YUKON BY 00Z. WIND ADVISORY GUSTS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WILL THEREFORE DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON WHILE WIND ADVISORY GUSTS DEVELOP OVER THE LYNN CANAL-SKAGWAY REGION AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE LOW REMAINS TO THE NORTH. WINDS IN THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS WILL DIMINISH TO SMALL CRAFT OR LESS WHILE GALES DEVELOP IN LYNN CANAL AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. THE DEFORMATION BAND WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIP TYPE IS GOING TO BE TRICKY BECAUSE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP AS THIS BAND MOVES ACROSS AND WILL LIKELY KEEP PRECIP RAIN OR RAIN-SNOW MIX AT AT TIMES AT SEA LEVEL. HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONE 19 (HAINES) TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ADD A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ZONE 18 (SKAGWAY). OTHER AREAS WILL SEE RAIN MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW INTO THE EVENING BUT DO NOT EXPECTED A LOT OF ACCUMULATION. HYDER IN ZONE 29 WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SNOW THIS MORNING BUT A SOUTHERLY PUSH DOES LOOK LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON SO ENDING THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING THIS AFTERNOON LOOKS GOOD. A COLDER AIRMASS MOVING IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AT ALL LEVELS LATE TONIGHT AND TUE WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO ALL AREAS. A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH GOOD PVA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUE AND POSSIBLY ENHANCE THE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY. A BRIEF RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE PANHANDLE LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SHOWERS TAPERING OFF. THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES LATE TUE NIGHT AND SPREADS RAIN AND SNOW ALONG THE COAST AND SNOW INLAND. GALES WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WITH SMALL CRAFT WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF. .LONG RANGE...LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL LONGWAVE PATTERN. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF AK MOVES EAST OF THE PANHANDLE DURING THE DAY WED AND PERSISTS IN THAT LOCATION INTO THE WEEKEND. MEANWHILE THE UPPER LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NEAR THE DATELINE DIGS DEEPER IN THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK AND THEN PROGRESSES SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS COMBINATION RESULTS IN A PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY FETCH OVER THE GULF OF AK WITH A NUMBER OF SHORTWAVES THAT MOVE INTO THE GULF AND THOUGH SOUTHEAST ALASKA FROM MID WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ENSEMBLES SHOW CONSIDERABLE SPREAD WITH INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES SO THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF WIND EPISODES IN THE EXTENDED WILL HAVE SOME UNCERTAINTY BUT ONSHORE FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP A HIGH LIKELYHOOD OF PRECIPITATION IN MOST SECTIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES PUBLIC...SNOW ADV 19 20 WND ADV 23 25 26-29 HVY SNOW 29 MARINE...GALES 31 33-36 41-43 SCA 12 13 21 22 51 52 TAR/CFD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 15, 2:44 AM AKST, 4 hours 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 14, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 36 hr | |
| Jan 15, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 60 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.