Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 1011, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 29, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 50 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, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2009, 6:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFC 300006 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-301500- 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 983 MB LOW 50 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL BERING WED MORNING. A 983 MB LOW 575 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 445 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA WED NIGHT AT 972 MB AND THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ON THU. $$ PKZ150-301500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ155-301500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ160-301500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ165-301500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ180-301500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-301500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...BERING SIDE...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PACIFIC SIDE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ171-301500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-301500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. E OF SEGUAM ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ175-301500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. $$ PKZ176-301500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. $$ PKZ185-301500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ179-301500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$
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000 FZAK52 PAFC 301238 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-310300- 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 988 MB LOW 100 NM WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 270 NM NORTHEAST OF SHEMYA THIS AFTERNOON AT 993 MB THEN DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A 980 MB LOW 500 NM SOUTH OF ADAK THIS EVENING WILL MOVE TO 350 NM SOUTH OF ADAK AT 974 MB LATE THU MORNING. THIS LOW WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND WEAKEN TO 979 MB BY LATE THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-310300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ155-310300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ160-310300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ165-310300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-310300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TONIGHT AND THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-310300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ171-310300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT GUSTING 25 KT DIMINISHING TO S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ172-310300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. E OF SEGUAM ISLAND...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ175-310300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ176-310300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT AND THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ185-310300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ179-310300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$
951 FZAK52 PAFC 310027 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-311500- 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 994 MB LOW 225 NM NORTH OF AMCHITKA WILL DISSIPATE 200 NM NORTH OF SHEMYA TONIGHT. A COMPLEX 982 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTH OF AMCHITKA TONIGHT WILL WEAKEN TO 990 MB FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-311500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ155-311500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. $$ PKZ160-311500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ165-311500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU AND THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ180-311500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-311500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. $$ PKZ171-311500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-311500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ175-311500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ176-311500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ185-311500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 12 FT. .MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 14 FT. $$ PKZ179-311500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 30 2009 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 311253 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-010300- 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A STATIONARY 985 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA WILL BE ABSORBED INTO A 982 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTHWEST OF ADAK THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL THEN DRIFT WEST TO 400 NM WEST OF SHEMYA BY LATE FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-010300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ155-010300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ160-010300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN AND MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ165-010300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ180-010300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ170-010300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ171-010300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-010300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-010300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRI... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ176-010300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ185-010300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. .MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 15 FT. $$ PKZ179-010300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST THU DEC 31 2009 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$
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 29, 1:30 PM AKST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 1:30 PM AKST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 130 PM AKST TUE DEC 29 2009 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...UPPER RIDGE IS NOW CENTERED OVER MAINLAND ALASKA AND IS ABOUT TO BE CUT-OFF AT ITS BASE AS BERING TROUGH DIGS EASTWARD TOWARD BRITISH COLUMBIA. A VERTICALLY STACKED LOW IS JUST SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR IS SLOWLY FILLING AS IT TRACKS OFF TO THE NORTHWEST. A WARM AIR MASS ON THE NORTH TO EAST SIDE OF THE STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AREAS OF RAIN OVER THE EASTERN BERING AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA COAST...WITH STRONG SOUTHEAST FLOW SERVING TO MINIMIZE THE PRECIP OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA. .MODEL DISCUSSION...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN POSITION AND STRENGTH OF LOWS...THESE ARE MINOR AND MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT THAN THEY HAVE BEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE LARGEST DIFFERENCES IN THE SHORT-TERM LIE WITH THE SYSTEM TRACKING SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT THE SYSTEM IS FAR ENOUGH SOUTH THAT DIFFERENCES HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE FORECAST FOR THE ALEUTIANS. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH STRENGTHENS FROM THE YUKON INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. THEREFORE...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL. SURFACE BASED INVERSION IN PLACE WILL KEEP WIND FROM REACHING THE SURFACE IN MOST PLACES. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE SOME LOCALIZED WINDS THROUGH MOUNTAIN GAPS AND PASSES...MOST NOTABLY THE MATANUSKA RIVER VALLEY...THOMPSON PASS...AND THE COPPER RIVER DELTA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES ACROSS A SMALL AREA OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY...WITH WINDY AREAS REMAINING IN THE 20S WHILE NON-WINDY AREAS DROP THROUGH THE SINGLE DIGITS. THE WIND WILL PREVENT FORMATION OF ANY WIDESPREAD FOG AND WILL LEAD TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COPPER BASIN WHERE FOG AND STRATUS ARE CURRENTLY SETTLED. THE FRONT WILL STALL NEAR KODIAK ISLAND WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS IT FROM PROGRESSING ANY FURTHER....AND THEN DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. FOG WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE OF A THREAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE GRADIENT LOOSENS...ESPECIALLY IN THE COOK INLET REGION. HEADING TO THE END OF THE WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE WESTWARD AND ALLOW A SHORT-WAVE TO DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE...USHERING ARCTIC AIR SOUTHWARD ALONG WITH IT. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE A MINOR NORTHERLY WIND EVENT...BUT MODEL CONSISTENCY IN DETAILS OF THIS HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD...SO WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR. SOUTHWEST ALASKA...REMNANTS OF THE FRONT OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING SPREADING A LITTLE MORE PRECIP ONSHORE...BUT STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MANY AREAS DRY. THE FRONT WILL THEN DISSIPATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE STRONG WINDS AND COOLING TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN CLOSER TO NORMALS. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...UPPER CENTER WILL OUTRUN SURFACE LOW AS IT TRACKS NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING TONIGHT...RESULTING IN FORMATION OF A NEW SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL BERING...WHICH WILL TRACK WESTWARD UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE BUILDING TO THE NORTH WHILE THE ORIGINAL LOW RAPIDLY DISSIPATES. THE NEXT SYSTEM TRACKING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN AS IT TRACKS SLOWLY EASTWARD MID TO LATE WEEK...ALTHOUGH A GALE FORCE FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CHAIN AND INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING. MEANWHILE THE EASTERN BERING REGION WILL DRY OUT BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. .LONG TERM FORECAST...THE SHORT-WAVE THAT IS EXPECTED TO BRING ARCTIC AIR TO SOUTHCENTRAL AT WEEKS END NOW LOOKS AS IF IT WILL SWING EASTWARD INTO CANADA OVER THE WEEKEND. THUS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. HOWEVER...BEYOND THIS POINT THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS DIVERGE AND NEITHER MODEL SHOWS GREAT RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY...SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW. GENERALLY THOUGH...IT APPEARS LIKE MAINLAND ALASKA WILL REMAIN DRY...WITH MORE UNCERTAINTY IN WHETHER ANOTHER ARCTIC SURGE WILL TAKE PLACE...WHILE A LARGE CYCLONIC VORTEX SETS UP OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC PROVIDING ARCTIC WEATHER FROM THE GULF WESTWARD TO THE ALEUTIANS. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...130 132 138 160 172 175 180. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. SEB DEC 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 50 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 30, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 17 hr |
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