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Gale Warning 233, NWS Anchorage, AK

March 5, 2010

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Mar 5, 2010, 4:00 PM 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: Mar 5, 2010, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2010, 4:00 PM AKST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, 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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 5, 1:00 PM AKST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 1:00 PM AKST, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
100 PM AKST FRI MAR 5 2010

.MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON SYSTEM LOCATED OVER
COOK INLET THIS AFTERNOON. ALL MODELS ALSO SHOW A SERIES OF WEEK LOWS
MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING THIS WEEKEND.

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...JETSTREAM ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT SYSTEM
IS IN EASTERN GULF AND WILL EXTEND ON SHORE OVER NORTHERN PANHANDLE
TO NIGHT AND SAT MORNING AS IT WEAKENS.  MODEST WEST WINDS IN UPPER
TROPOSPHERE THIS WEEKEND OVER ALEUTIANS AND SOUTH.
WIDESPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON WITH
MIXED SNOW AND RAIN ALONG THE COAST IN THE GULF. SOUTHEAST WINDS
TAPERING OFF THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER AK PENINSULA SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF THIS
EVENING AS WELL AS OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST.

.SHORT TERM FORECAST...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS COOK
INLET THROUGH LATE SAT MORNING AS LOW CENTER MOVES UP COOK INLET WITH
GOOD COLD ADVECTION TONIGHT. CONDITIONS REMAINING UNSETTLED THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHWEST ZONES THIS
EVENING IN ADDITION TO DIMINISHING SNOW SHOWERS.  CONTINUED CLOUDY
WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF THE BERING REGION WITH A WEAK
FRONT MOVING INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS SAT AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM FORECAST...MODELS PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT LOW IN THE WESTERN
GULF MON BUT THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON POSITION...LOOKS HOWEVER THAT
IT MAY MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND MON EVENING. THIS SHOULD BE
ANOTHER SNOW MAKER FOR SOUTHCENTRAL IF MODELS VERIFY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...BLIZZARD: 161 181 121 125 131
         HIGH WIND: 135
         WWA FOR SNOW: 155 145
MARINE...GALES: 150 155 170 171 172 138 132 130 120 125 141S
FIRE WEATHER...NADA

JMP MAR 10

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 2:28 PM AKST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
228 PM AKST FRI MAR 05 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     HEAVY SNOW       HOMER                   59.64N 151.52W
03/05/2010  M18.0 INCH                          AK   PUBLIC

            EIGHTEEN INCHES OF SNOW IN THE HOMER AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT

&&

ALBANESE

Local storm report, Mar 5, 2:31 PM AKST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
231 PM AKST FRI MAR 05 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     HEAVY SNOW       25 SE ANCHORAGE         60.96N 149.35W
03/05/2010  M19.0 INCH                          AK   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            NINETEEN INCHES OF SNOW AT ALYESKA SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

ALBANESE

Local storm report, Mar 5, 2:36 PM AKST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
236 PM AKST FRI MAR 05 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 AM     HEAVY SNOW       CORDOVA                 60.55N 145.75W
03/05/2010  M12.0 INCH                          AK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW IN CORDOVA SINCE 230 AM.

&&

ALBANESE

Local storm report, Mar 5, 2:38 PM AKST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
238 PM AKST FRI MAR 05 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     HEAVY SNOW       HOMER                   59.64N 151.52W
03/05/2010  M18.0 INCH                          AK   PUBLIC

            EIGHTEEN INCHES OF SNOW IN THE HOMER AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT

1230 AM     HEAVY SNOW       25 SE ANCHORAGE         60.96N 149.35W
03/05/2010  M19.0 INCH                          AK   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            NINETEEN INCHES OF SNOW AT ALYESKA SINCE MIDNIGHT.

0230 AM     HEAVY SNOW       CORDOVA                 60.55N 145.75W
03/05/2010  M12.0 INCH                          AK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW IN CORDOVA SINCE 230 AM.

&&

ALBANESE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Mar 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	36 hr
Mar 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	36 hr
Mar 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Mar 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Mar 5, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	48 hr
Mar 5, 9:50 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	6 hr
Mar 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	15 hr
Mar 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Mar 6, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	36 hr

Nearby

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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.