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Gale Warning 967, NWS Anchorage, AK

November 23, 2010

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 23, 2010, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2010, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2010, 4:00 AM AKST
In force
5 days
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 Nov 23, 3:05 AM AKST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 3:05 AM AKST, 55 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
305 AM AKST TUE NOV 23 2010

.MODEL DISCUSSION...NAM GFS AND ECMWF IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON SURFACE
FEATURES.

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...MAIN SYSTEM IS LOW OVER EASTERN
ALEUTIANS WITH AN EXTEND N-S FRONT THAT BRUSHES ALONG SIDE THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE GULF OF ALASKA RIDGE. THIS IS A WARM MOIST
SYSTEM.

.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
BERING...LOW CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE WEST OF 175W WITH MODERATE SOUTH
WINDS AND PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE EAST.

SOUTHWEST...WET AND WARM TODAY CHANGING OVER TO SHOWERS WED. COOLER
TEMPS STARTING ON WED.

SOUTHCENTRAL...WET AND WARM TODAY STARTING TO COOL WED PM WITH
CONTINUED COOLING INTO THU. SHOWERS WED WITH REASONABLE CHANCE OF
SNOW BEGINNING WED PM AND EXTENDING THROUGH THU NIGHT.

.LONG TERM FORECAST...ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE BERING. MODELS HINTING AT
SEVERAL STRONG LOWS MOVING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA STARTING EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...FRZ RAIN 145
MARINE...GALES 170 172
FIRE WEATHER...

JMP NOV 10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC39 hr
Nov 22, 4:00 PM AKSTGale WarningAFC4 days
Nov 22, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Nov 22, 4:00 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC5 days
Nov 23, 4:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC4 days
Nov 23, 4:00 AM AKSTGale WarningAFC24 hr
Nov 23, 4:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Nov 23, 4:00 AM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 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.