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Gale Warning 1028, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 28, 2011, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 7 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 28, 2011, 9:00 AM AKST (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023 FZAK51 PAFC 281802 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 900 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 UPDATED ZONE 121 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. PKZ197-290300- 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 968 MB LOW 360 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT WILL MOVE INLAND NEAR SITKA THIS AFTERNOON. A 983 MB LOW 40 NM NORTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO 990 MB LATE THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-290300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-290300- RESURRECTION BAY 900 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-290300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ129-290300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-290300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-290300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-290300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-290300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-290300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
366 FZAK51 PAFC 281838 AAB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 938 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 UPDATED ZONE 138 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. PKZ197-290300- 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 968 MB LOW 360 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT WILL MOVE INLAND NEAR SITKA THIS AFTERNOON. A 983 MB LOW 40 NM NORTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO 990 MB LATE THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-290300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-290300- RESURRECTION BAY 900 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-290300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ129-290300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-290300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-290300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-290300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 938 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-290300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-290300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
537 FZAK51 PAFC 290030 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 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. PKZ197-291500- 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 980 MB LOW IN THE VICINITY OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON WHILE WEAKENING TO 993 MB. $$ PKZ120-291500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-291500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-291500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-291500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-291500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 35 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-291500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-291500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF WESTERN BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU AND THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF WESTERN BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-291500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-291500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 28, 5:00 AM AKST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:00 AM AKST, 4 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKST WED DEC 28 2011 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... A LARGE BROAD LONGWAVE TROUGH REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE GREAT LAND THIS MORNING. SEVERAL UPPER LOW CENTERS EXIST WITHIN THE TROUGH WITH THE DOMINANT ONE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR. A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW AND WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLE. SEVERAL OTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVES ARE IN LINE FROM THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THROUGH THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE WESTERLY JET STREAM IS WELL TO THE SOUTH IN THE PACIFIC MAKING IT A NON PLAYER IN THE FORECAST TODAY. DESPITE THE WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW TEMPERATURES ARE WELL BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE SAVE FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WHERE THE ARCTIC AIR HAS BEEN BUFFERED BY THE ALASKA/ALEUTIAN RANGE. EVEN WITH THE LACK OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING MUCH OF THE BERING IS COVERED IN SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE ARCTIC NORTHERLY FLOW OVER RELATIVELY WARMER OCEAN WATERS. AT THE SURFACE...A 967MB LOW APPROACHES THE PANHANDLE AND A 1030MB HIGH SITS OVER SIBERIA. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES SENDS A BRISK NORTHERLY FLOW ORIGINATING FROM THE ARCTIC OCEAN DOWN THROUGH THE BERING SEA. SEVERAL WEAKER SURFACE LOWS LIE UNDER THE WESTERLIES FROM THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA THROUGH THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND GULF OF ALASKA...WHICH IS THE PREVAILING STORM TRACK RIGHT NOW. .MODEL DISCUSSION... WITH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH FIRMLY IN PLACE GUIDANCE IS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IN THE SHORT TERM. CONSENSUS HAS THE UPPER LOW RELOCATING TO NEAR THE SEWARD PENINSULA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THERE ARE MINOR DIFFERENCES THAT ARISE IN REGARDS TO WEAK FEATURES ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH AND WITH A STRONGER WAVE IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. THERE IS A BIT MORE SPREAD IN THE SOLUTIONS WITH A SURFACE LOW IN THE BERING TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND A LOT MORE DISAGREEMENT WITH THE STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF A LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF FOR THE WEEKEND. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA...WEAK UPPER LEVEL FORCING ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THE UPPER LOW HANGING AROUND COMBINED WITH SOME WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL KEEP PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR THE ANCHORAGE BOWL THROUGH MORNING WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION. CLOUD COVER WILL HANG AROUND THE SOUTH CENTRAL KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM BOTTOMING OUT. SINCE THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN REMAINS STAGNANT SO WILL THE FORECAST. GENERALLY COLD WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE WEEK. SOUTHWEST ALASKA...BITTER COLD AND DRY CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. COASTAL REGIONS HAVE BEEN MODERATED TO AN EXTENT TEMPERATURE-WISE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DETERIORATE AS A SLUG OF POLAR AIR SHIFTS OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTABILITY FROM THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ARCTIC AIR AND THE WATER. THE BIGGER CONCERN WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES IS FOG POTENTIAL...MAINLY IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS... MOST OF THE AREA REMAINS UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. COLD NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WARMER WATERS CREATING WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS. THOSE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE DAY TODAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. A DEVELOPING LOW WILL DRAG A FRONT FROM WEST TO EAST BRINGING AN ENHANCED PERIOD OF SNOW THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AS THE LONG AS THE CURRENT PATTERN STAYS IN PLACE THESE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE CURRENT PATTERN WILL STAY THE NORM THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE FAVORED STORM TRACK WILL TAKE SYSTEMS FROM SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS EASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA TOWARD THE PANHANDLE. SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVES WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW FURTHER NORTH BUT GENERALLY COLDER AND DRIER FOR THE TIME BEING. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 121 129 130 132 138 150 160 179 185 GALE 130 FIRE WEATHER...NONE MTL DEC 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 27, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.