Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 381, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at May 1, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT. 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
- May 1, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
549 FZAK62 PAFC 011108 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKDT SUN MAY 1 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. PKZ499-020300- 400 AM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 975 MB LOW NEAR 49N 174E WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN EARLY MON MORNING. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE EAST AND DISSIPATE NEAR THE WESTERN ALASKA PENINSULA MON AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE BERING THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ411-020300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ412-020300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ413-020300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ414-020300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
701 FZAK62 PAFC 012301 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ499-021500- 400 PM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A 978 MB LOW NEAR 48N 176E WILL MOVE TO 51N 157W AND WEAKEN TO 1002 MB TUE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA MON NIGHT. A 990 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 49N 172E TUE AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ411-021500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 PM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT. STRONGEST WIND AND HIGHEST SEAS S OF 56N. .MON...NE WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. STRONGEST WIND AND HIGHEST SEAS S OF 56N. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ412-021500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 PM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ413-021500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 PM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ414-021500- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 PM AKDT SUN MAY 1 2011 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$
136 FZAK62 PAFC 021140 OFFALU OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKDT MON MAY 2 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. PKZ499-030300- 400 AM AKDT MON MAY 2 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA... A COMPLEX 987 MB LOW NEAR 47N 180 WILL WEAKEN TO 1001 MB NEAR 50N 162W LATE MON NIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE GULF ON TUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA MON NIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA BY TUE NIGHT. A 991 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW NEAR 48N 170E TUE MORNING WILL WEAKEN TO 994 MB NEAR 50N 179E LATE TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ411-030300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE 400 AM AKDT MON MAY 2 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ412-030300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N 400 AM AKDT MON MAY 2 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ413-030300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N 400 AM AKDT MON MAY 2 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ414-030300- BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W 400 AM AKDT MON MAY 2 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 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 Apr 30, 4:00 PM AKDT, 12 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 4:00 PM AKDT, 12 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKDT SAT APR 30 2011 .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN THE SHORT TERM AS THEY REMAIN CONSISTENT IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURES. THE SOLUTION TO BRING THE LOW INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA MONDAY IS NOW ACCEPTED BY ALL THE MAJOR MODELS. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...THERE IS A HIGH AMPLITUDE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN OVER THE STATE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDS OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND THE ALCAN BORDER WITH A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESIDING OVER WEST-INTERIOR ALASKA THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD OVER BRISTOL BAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL HIGH HAS BUILT INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WITH THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST WEST OF ATTU. ALSO ALOFT IS A SHORT WAVE HEADING UP COOK INLET. THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FRONT MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WHICH IS BRING SOME STRONG WINDS TO TURNAGAIN ARM AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE MATANUSKA VALLEY AND COPPER RIVER BASIN. AT THE SURFACE THE LOW JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE BERING SEA IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY...THOUGH THE OCCLUDED FRONT WRAPPED AROUND IT IS PROGRESSING OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. .SHORT TERM FORECAST...THE WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH GULF COAST AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY WINDS THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN AHEAD OF IT AND PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE REGION WELL INTO THE EVENING. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW SO THERE WILL BE SOME FRESH SNOW THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES FROM THIS SYSTEM. RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW WILL ALSO COVER THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WITH THE WEATHER FRONT IN THAT AREA. .LONG TERM FORECAST...MODEL ACCURACY AND CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO HAMPER THE LONG TERM FORECASTS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE STORM TRACK WILL SET UP IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN LAND PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL PROBABLY SEE SHOWERY CONDITIONS WITH DIURNAL CONVECTION PERSISTING THOUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE 172 175. STORM 176. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. APR 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| May 1, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| May 1, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 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.