Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 153, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 4, 2009, 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
- Feb 4, 2009, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2009, 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 FZAK51 PAFC 041218 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-050300- 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 986 MB LOW 120 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT BY LATE THIS EVENING THEN TO 50 NM NORTHWEST OF GUSTAVUS THU AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING THU NIGHT. A 994 MB LOW OVER SHELIKOF STRAIT LATE THU MORNING WILL MOVE TO 40 NM WEST OF CAPE SUCKLING AT 998 MB BY LATE THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-050300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-050300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-050300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-050300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ130-050300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-050300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-050300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-050300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-050300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
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000 FZAK51 PAFC 050019 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-051500- 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW 120 NM EAST OF KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE TO 180 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 1000 MB WED NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE THU MORNING. A 1009 MB LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC WILL STRENGTHEN TO 989 MB NEAR 200 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-051500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-051500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ125-051500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-051500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-051500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-051500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT BECOMING W WIND 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-051500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-051500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-051500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 050126 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 CORRECTED 140 141 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-051500- 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW 120 NM EAST OF KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE TO 180 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AND WEAKEN TO 1000 MB WED NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE THU MORNING. A 1009 MB LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC WILL STRENGTHEN TO 989 MB NEAR 200 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-051500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-051500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ125-051500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-051500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-051500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-051500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT BECOMING W WIND 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-051500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-051500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-051500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST WED FEB 4 2009 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 051218 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-060300- 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1000 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF SITKA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. A 993 MB LOW NEAR CHIGNIK WILL MOVE TO SEWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND AND DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING. A 994 MB LOW 450 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK LATE THU NIGHT WILL MOVE TO 230 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK BY FRI AFTERNOON AND DEEPEN TO 982 MB. THIS LOW WILL FURTHER DEEPEN TO 973 MB BY LATE FRI NIGHT 60 NM SOUTHEAST OF CAPE SUCKLING. $$ PKZ120-060300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-060300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-060300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-060300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-060300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-060300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-060300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-060300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND TO 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-060300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 5 2009 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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 Feb 3, 2:00 PM AKST, 14 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 2:00 PM AKST, 14 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
200 PM AKST TUE FEB 3 2009
CORRECTED FOR WARNING TABLE
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IS LOCATED OVER INTERIOR ALASKA WITH A TROUGH
EXTENDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH WESTERN CANADA. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW
IS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST BERING. WEAK TRANSITORY RIDGING EXISTS
BETWEEN THESE UPPER LEVEL LOWS...CENTERED OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA.
AT THE SURFACE...A 961 MB LOW IS LOCATED NEAR SHEMYA. AN OCCLUDED
FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LOW THROUGH THE ALASKA PENINSULA. A TRIPLE
POINT LOW IS DEVELOPING 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT ALONG THE
AFOREMENTIONED OCCLUDED FRONT. ELSEWHERE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS
LOCATED OVER INTERIOR ALASKA.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY REGARDING
THE STRENGTH AND LOCATION OF THE TRIPLE POINT LOW FORMING IN THE
GULF. MODEL UNCERTAINTY ALSO ARISES CONCERNING THE LOW EVOLUTION IN
THE BERING SEA BY 36 HOURS...OR 00Z THURSDAY. THE 12Z GFS WAS USED
FOR CONSTRUCTING THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY...WITH A
FOCUS ON THE 12Z ECMWF AFTERWARD.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
.SOUTHCENTRAL...
THE AFOREMENTIONED TRIPLE POINT LOW WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYER ACROSS
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND KODIAK ISLAND THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. SNOW
WILL BEGIN OVERSPREADING KODIAK THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES
NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL GULF. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
MIXING WITH RAIN TOMORROW...BUT MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL BE OVERSPREADING COASTAL
AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BECOMING SCATTERED IN NATURE BY
LATE WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EVENTUAL
TRACK OF THE LOW...WITH A TRACK FURTHER SOUTH LIMITING ACCUMULATIONS
ALONG COASTAL AREAS. A FRONT WELL AHEAD OF THE BERING SEA LOW WILL
BEGIN SPREADING SNOW FURTHER INLAND ON THURSDAY.
.SOUTHWEST...
A SERIES OF FRONTS EXTENDING FROM THE LOW IN THE BERING SEA WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CHANCES FOR SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALASKA THROUGH
THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE INCREASING NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES AS WELL.
THE TRIPLE POINT LOW FORMING EAST OF SAND POINT WILL BRING A RAIN
SNOW MIX FOR THE ALASKA PENINSULA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BEFORE CHANGING
BACK TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY.
.ALEUTIANS AND BERING SEA...
SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WITH WITH STRONG WINDS...WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ALEUTIANS AND PRIBILOFS THROUGH THURSDAY. AS
THE LOW MOVES TOWARD THE EAST THROUGH THURSDAY...COLD AIR ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE LOW WILL CHANGE PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AMPLIFIED AGAIN LATER IN THE
WEEK...WITH A TROUGH SETTLING OVER ALASKA. DETAILS ON THE EVOLUTION
OF THIS TROUGH ARE QUESTIONABLE...AS MODEL GUIDANCE DISAGREES ON HOW
LONG THE TROUGH MAY STAY ENTRENCHED. GENERALLY EXPECT SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES WITH PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO PERSIST ACROSS THE
REGION AS WE MOVE INTO NEXT WEEK.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE 150 155 160 165 170 185
STORM 172 175 176
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 130 140 141
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
NRH FEB 09The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | ||
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Feb 4, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 4, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Feb 4, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 37 hr | |
| Feb 4, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 6 days | |
| Feb 4, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr |
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