Gale Warning 442, NWS Anchorage, AK

792 
FZAK62 PAFC 032303
OFFALU

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 3 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.

PKZ499-041500-
400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 3 2011
.SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA...

A 984 MB LOW NEAR 58N 166W WEAKENS TO 998 MB AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 61N
176W SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN REMAINS STATIONARY AS IT CONTINUES TO
WEAKEN TO 1004 MB SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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PKZ411-041500-
BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL
DATELINE
400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 3 2011

.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SAT...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT.  

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PKZ412-041500-
BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N
400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 3 2011

.TONIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

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PKZ413-041500-
BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N
400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 3 2011

.TONIGHT...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT.  

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PKZ414-041500-
BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W
400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN.
.SAT...SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

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SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
300 AM AKDT FRI JUN 3 2011

.MODEL DISCUSSION...NAM AS WELL AS GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON SOLUTIONS
OF PRIMARY WEATHER FEATURES.  THE DOMINATE EASTERN BERING SYSTEM IS
PROGED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT 60 HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES
NEAR ST. MATTHEW ISLAND. HIGHER PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN
GULF OF ALASKA ON SATURDAY.

.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...MAIN FOCUS IS WITH LARGE BERING STORM
WHICH PERSISTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  FRONT IS MOVING ONSHORE EARLY
THIS MORNING IN BRISTOL BAY AND KODIAK ISLAND AND WILL REACH KENAI
PEN LATE MORNING.  BEHIND FRONT EXPECTING GENERALLY SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST FLOW FOR MOST OF AOR THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SHORT TERM FORECAST...GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS
TODAY WEST OF 153W WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN IN SOUTHCENTRAL ZONES
BEGINNING THIS EVENING. SAT AND SUN CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
CHANCE OF RAIN IN SOUTHCENTRAL BUT HIGHER PROBS IN SOUTHWESTERN
ZONES.

.LONG TERM FORECAST...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER GULF NEXT STORM
MOVES UP OVER AK PEN FROM NORTH PACIFIC ON MON EVENING. LOOKS AS IF
THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND BUT DISSIPATING
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MAY REACH SOUTHCENTRAL TUE
AFTERNOON. A SEPARATE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
ALEUTIANS LATE TUE MORNING WITH MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALES 138 132 130 155 160 165 180 170 171 185 179
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

JMP JUN 11