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Gale Warning 67, NWS Juneau, AK

February 6, 2008

NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 6, 2008, 11:00 AM 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: Feb 6, 2008, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 11:00 PM AKST
In force: 12 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 Feb 6, 6:00 AM AKST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:00 AM AKST, 5 hours before

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
1100 AM AST WED FEB 6 2008

.SHORT RANGE...SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING IN REVEALING
EXTENSIVE DEEP CLOUD COVER OVER A MAJORITY OF THE PANHANDLE. A
NOTABLE EXCEPTION IS ZONE 18 WHICH IS NEARLY CLOUD FREE THIS
MORNING. THE UPPER FLOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVER A LOWER LEVEL
SOUTHERLY FLOW THAT IS EVIDENT FROM CLOUD EMERGING FROM
UNDERNEATH THE BAROCLINIC LEAF AND COMING ASHORE OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF ZONE 17. A LOW IN THE CENTRAL GULF THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AND COME ASHORE ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF THE PANHANDLE TONIGHT. A BROAD WARM FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THIS
LOW HAS BROUGHT STEADY PRECIP IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
PANHANDLE SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT HAS BEGUN TO SLOWLY TAPER
OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. INITIALLY THIS HAS BEEN
SNOW...BUT KETCHIKAN HAS BEGUN TO RECEIVE SOME MIXED PRECIP AFTER
A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW MID MORNING AS WARM AIR ADVECTION MOVED
INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES CURRENTLY RANGE
FROM 32 NEAR HYDER TO 36 IN COASTAL LOCATIONS. SHOULD SEE A
LITTLE MIXED PRECIP IN ZONE 26 LATER TODAY AND POSSIBLY EARLY
THIS EVENING BEFORE THE RAIN SNOW LINE MOVES SOUTH TO THE DIXON
ENTRANCE AGAIN.

EXPECT A DRYING TREND TONIGHT WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THAT WILL
EXTEND INTO THE LONG RANGE FORECAST PERIOD AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
WILL KEEP ALL THE ACTION TO THE SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLE AFTER THE
LOW TRACKS INLAND INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA AND BEGINS TO FILL.
ELSEWHERE IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AM BEGINNING TO SEE THE END OF AN
OMEGA BLOCK THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED OVER THE BERING SEA FOR
QUITE SOME TIME. HOWEVER...UPPER LEVEL PATTERNS INSOFAR AS THEY
AFFECT PANHANDLE WEATHER WILL NOT BEGIN TO CHANGE UNTIL WELL INTO
THE LONG RANGE FORECAST PERIOD.

APART FROM A BRIEF SHOT OF WARMER AIR IN THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE...THE ARCTIC FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH.
TEMPERATURES LAST NIGHT ALONG THE KLONDIKE HIGHWAY GOT DOWN TO 21
DEGREES BELOW ZERO. COMBINED WITH THE ONGOING STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS...WIND CHILL IS NOW A SERIOUS ISSUE AND HAS PROMPTED THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SKAGWAY WITH A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH WIND AND WIND CHILL.
TEMPERATURES ALONG THE HAINES HIGHWAY ARE NOT AS SEVERE...SO HAVE
LEFT THE WIND ADVISORY AS IS FOR NOW. ELSEWHERE...AM EXPECTING TO
SEE AN INCREASE IN NORTHERLY WINDS TO ADVISORY LEVELS DOWN TO
ABOUT FREDERICK SOUND DURING THE SHORT RANGE FORECAST PERIOD AND
HAVE ADVISORIES IN PLACE. THE MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
EAST OF YAKUTAT AND NORTH OF CAPE SPENCER WHERE OUTFLOW WINDS
SHOULD REACH SUSTAINED 45 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

IN THE MARINE ZONES...AM EXPECTING GALES FROM CAPE EDGECUMBE
NORTH TO ICY BAY TONIGHT AND NORTH OF FREDERICK SOUND OVER THE
INNER CHANNELS. COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE FREEZING SPRAY IN THESE AREAS. FCF

.LONG RANGE...
BY THU EVENING MAJOR UPR LOW CENTER IS SURE TO BE OVER THE NW
TERRITORIES WITH AN UPR TROF ALONG 126W OR SO. THE UPR RIDGE OVR
WESTERN AK INTO THE WESTERN GULF PLUS NW FLOW ALF OVR SE ALASKA
SHOULD BODE DRY AND COLDER THRU FRI. FRI NITE IS TRANSITION TO
SOUTH FLOW ALOFT. ON SAT THE 12Z AK-GFS-40 HAS CHANGED THE TRACK
OF A DEVELOPING STORM TO MORE EAST. UNFORTUNATELY THE ENSEMBLES
ARE WIDELY SPREAD AND DO NOT HELP. CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUT AN SPS
FOR A WINTER STORM FRI NIGHT INTO SAT FOR ALL ZONES. 12Z AK-GFS
HAS THE LOW 972 MB NEAR 52N 145W AT 12Z SAT MOVG ONTO OUR COAST
AT CAPE DECISION AROUND 06Z SUN. THIS MORE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
TRACK STILL CAUSES LOTS OF WIND AND HELPS TO ENSURE SNOW. WILL
ADJUST POPS AND TWEAK OUTFLOW WIND SOMEWHAT FOR THE WEEKEND...BUT
STORM FORECAST CONTINUES. CONFIDENCE HIGH FOR FRI...MODERATE
SAT...LOW SUN AND BEYOND.

.AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...WINTER WX ADVSRY AKZ018
         WIND ADVSRY AKZ017-019>025
         SPS OUTLOOK FOR SAT.

MARINE...STORM PKZ051
         GALE PKZ-011>013-021>022-031>034-042>043-052
         SMALL CRAFT ELSEWHERE

FCF/JC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 6, 9:06 AM AKST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 11:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	24 hr
Feb 5, 11:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	36 hr
Feb 5, 11:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AJK	12 hr
Feb 6, 4:49 AM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AJK	71 hr
Feb 6, 8:44 AM AKST	Snow Advisory	AJK	20 hr
Feb 6, 8:44 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AJK	20 hr
Feb 6, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	36 hr
Feb 6, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	36 hr
Feb 6, 11:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	24 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AJK	17 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	59 hr
Feb 6, 12:30 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AJK	17 hr
Feb 6, 12:30 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AJK	17 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.