Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2008
Gale Warning 796, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 29, 2008, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 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 29, 2008, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK62 PAFC 291305 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-300300- 400 AM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ411-300300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ412-300300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ413-300300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ414-300300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
914 FZAK62 PAFC 300022 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-301500- 400 PM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. $$ PKZ411-301500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ412-301500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ413-301500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ414-301500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKST MON DEC 29 2008 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
000 FZAK62 PAFC 301259 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 30 2008 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-310300- 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 30 2008 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA THROUGH WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ411-310300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TONIGHT AND WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ412-310300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 30 2008 .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ413-310300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 30 2008 .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ414-310300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 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 Dec 28, 2:00 PM AKST, 14 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:00 PM AKST, 14 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 200 PM AKST SUN DEC 28 2008 .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODEL INITIALIZATIONS AND FORECAST TRENDS THROUGH FRI MORNING ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AND REASONABLE. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...OMEGA BLOCK WITH RIDGE POSITION OVER THE BERING SEA LIKELY TO HOLD THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEAK. HOWEVER...THE TROUGH AXIS THE GULF AND MAINLAND WILL SHIFT EAST SOME AS CUT-OFF OVER THE GULF LIFTS NORTH AND EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW THE NORTHERLY JET OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA TO SHIFT OVER THE MAINLAND TUE. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... .EAST...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MAINLAND AND LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS OVER THE GULF. THE NET RESULT WILL BE TO CONTINUE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL THROUGH MON AND THE NORTH GULF THROUGH TUE. UPPER SUPPORT INTENSIFIES AS SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT/TUE INCREASES NORTH/NE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. GRADIENTS SHOULD RELAX SOME OVER SOUTHCENTRAL MON NIGHT AND ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST TUE AFTERNOON THROUGH WED. SO WILL SEE WINDS FALL BELOW WARNING LEVELS IN ZONE 111 MON NIGHT AND TUE AFTERNOON ALONG THE NORTH GULF. HOWEVER STRONG WIND HEADLINES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE COPPER RIVER DELTA INTO WED. COLD TEMPS OVER THE EASTERN MAINLAND COMBINED WITH GAP FLOWS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES THROUGH TUE AFTERNOON FOR ZONES 141 AND 145. .WEST...BRISK AND GENERALLY DRY NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SW MAINLAND THROUGH MON NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH MON NIGHT AND TUE AS JET CORE SHIFTS EAST AND RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE MAINLAND. COLD TEMPS WILL HOLD INLAND THROUGH MID WEEK. LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE AK PEN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS SHORT WAVE MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN BERING SEA APPROACHES THE AK PEN. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE SOME LATER THIS EVENING AFTER WAVES MOVES SOUTH OF THE AK PEN. STRONG SE TO EAST WINDS LIKELY TO HOLD OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THROUGH WED WITH BERING SEA RIDGE AND STRENGTHENING TROUGH SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...WIND WARNINGS 111 131 AND 135. BLIZZARD WARNING 181. MARINE...GALE 121 130 132 150 155 165 175 176 FIRE WEATHER...NONE. RMC DEC 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:35 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Dec 28, 10:15 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 18 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 62 hr | |
| Dec 29, 5:20 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 10 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.