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Gale Warning 12, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 13, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 13, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2011, 3:15 AM AKST
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684 FZAK62 PAFC 131202 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-140300- 400 AM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE BERING SEA THROUGH TONIGHT. A 1003 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR 55N 168W FRI MORNING AND STRENGTHEN TO 994 MB AT 55N 179E SAT MORNING. $$ PKZ411-140300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ412-140300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ413-140300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ414-140300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
4 follow-up statements
436 FZAK62 PAFC 140045 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-141500- 400 PM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A WEATHER FRONT MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING BETWEEN FRI MORNING AND SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-141500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ412-141500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY EAST OF 175 WEST. FREEZING SPRAY ELSEWHERE. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY EAST OF 175 WEST. FREEZING SPRAY ELSEWHERE. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY EAST OF 175 WEST. FREEZING SPRAY ELSEWHERE. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ413-141500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ414-141500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKST THU JAN 13 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. NE WIND 20 KT SOUTH OF 57 N. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY N OF 57 N. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. NE WIND 20 KT SOUTH OF 57 N. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY NORTH OF 57 N. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. NE WIND 20 KT SOUTH OF 57 N. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY NORTH OF 57 N. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$
821 FZAK62 PAFC 141205 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-150300- 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING BY SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-150300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ412-150300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ413-150300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ414-150300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$
840 FZAK62 PAFC 150016 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-151215- 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING BY SAT AFTERNOON. A TROUGH OF PRESSURE FORMS IN THE EASTERN BERING BY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 31 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 28 FT. $$ PKZ412-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ413-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ414-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$
014 FZAK62 PAFC 150028 CCA OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 CORRECTED TYPO IN SYNOPSIS OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA 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. PKZ499-151215- 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING BY SAT AFTERNOON. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMS IN THE EASTERN BERING BY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 28 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 31 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 28 FT. $$ PKZ412-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ413-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ414-151215- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 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 Jan 12, 3:20 PM AKST, 12 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:20 PM AKST, 12 hours 40 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
320 PM AKST WED JAN 12 2011
UPDATED WARNINGS
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH REMAINS THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE ACROSS
THE STATE TODAY. WITH THE HIGH NOW CENTERED OVER FAR EASTERN
RUSSIA...COLD NORTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM IS
GRADUALLY ERODING THE RESIDUAL WARM AIR MASS ADVECTED INTO THE REGION
BY THE HIGH LAST WEEK. THE ASSOCIATED 1051 MB SURFACE HIGH IS
ACTUALLY LOCATED TO THE EAST OVER THE ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE...CREATING
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHCENTRAL AND LEADING TO WARNING
LEVEL WINDS OUT OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AND OTHER FAVORABLE OUTLETS
SUCH AS THOMPSON PASS AND THE COPPER RIVER DELTA. A SERIES OF WEAK
MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES TRACKING ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH ARE BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE CENTRAL
GULF OF ALASKA.
RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE
BERING SEA COURTESY OF THE BLOCKING UPPER LEVEL HIGH. A 90 KT JET
STREAK WRAPPING WESTWARD OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA IS RESULTING IN
STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE...PRIMARILY ALONG THE COAST OF THE DELTA.
A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE FAR WESTERN ALEUTIANS IS GRADUALLY SINKING
SOUTH AND WEST AWAY FROM THE ISLAND CHAIN.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
OVERALL GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT OVER ALASKA IN THE SHORT TERM WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL HIGH MIGRATING NORTHWARD INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN. THERE ARE
SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS OUT OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC
WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRACKING AROUND THIS HIGH...BUT THIS
WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PACKAGE WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE FAR WESTERN ALEUTIANS. AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH EXITS
THE REGION AND THE SURFACE HIGH WEAKENS THIS WEEKEND...FORECAST
CONFIDENCE LESSENS AS THE MODEL DISCREPANCIES MIGRATE NORTH INTO THE
REGION.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
.SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL REMAIN THE NORM ACROSS
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A FEW MID LEVEL SHORTWAVES
DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...BUT GIVEN
THE DRY ATMOSPHERE THEY SHOULD GENERATE HIGH CLOUDS AT BEST. STRONG
WINDS WILL TAPER OFF IN THE MAT VALLEY AND COPPER RIVER DELTA AS THE
SURFACE HIGH WEAKENS AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT LESSENS. COLDER AIR
FILTERING SOUTH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW...COMBINED WITH THE
LESSENING WINDS...WILL HELP BRING TEMPERATURES TO MORE NORMAL VALUES
BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
.SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE BERING SEA...CONTINUED BENIGN WEATHER OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE BERING SEA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE
ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST...WHERE STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY OVER
THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS A JET STREAK MOVES OVERHEAD AND HELPS AMPLIFY
WINDS OVER THE REGION. ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE ALEUTIANS AND PRIBILOFS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS SEVERAL WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATE AROUND THE HIGH TO THE NORTH. A
STATIONARY WEATHER FRONT OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS RETROGRADES
SOUTHWESTWARD AWAY FROM THE ISLAND CHAIN TONIGHT.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
A CONTINUED CALM WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEK. LONG RANGE
MODELS DEVELOP A NEW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE BERING SEA STARTING MONDAY MORNING.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING...111 131 135.
MARINE...GALE WARNING...126 127 128 130 138 140 172 175 176 180.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING...121 126 127 128 140 141 160
185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
KS JAN 11The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Jan 13, 4:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 13, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jan 13, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 13, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jan 13, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 47 hr | |
| Jan 13, 4:02 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Jan 13, 5:08 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Jan 13, 9:16 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | 11 days | |
| Jan 13, 10:01 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 18 hr | |
| Jan 13, 11:34 AM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AFC | 11 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.