Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 574, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Aug 30, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 30, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
665 FZAK52 PAFC 301150 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-310300- 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1002 MB LOW 300 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND AT 1005 MB TUE EVENING AND DISSIPATE BY WED MORNING. A 997 MB LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA ON TUE NIGHT WILL MOVE TO NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 1002 MB WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-310300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ155-310300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ160-310300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-310300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-310300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT EXCEPT SE 15 KT NORTH OF NUNIVAK ISLAND. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ170-310300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ171-310300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-310300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-310300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-310300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI AND SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ185-310300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ179-310300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
4 follow-up statements
633 FZAK52 PAFC 302318 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-311500- 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A SERIES OF WEATHER FRONTS OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH WED MORNING. A 997 MB LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA ON TUE NIGHT WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND AT 1004 MB THU. $$ PKZ150-311500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .WED AND WED NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ155-311500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ160-311500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 20 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ165-311500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 25 KT EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-311500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ170-311500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...BERING SIDE...SW WIND 35 KT. PACIFIC SIDE...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ171-311500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ172-311500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-311500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-311500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI AND SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ185-311500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 F. RAIN. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ179-311500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ JAM
301 FZAK52 PAFC 302332 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA...CORRECTED 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 CORRECTED TYPO ZONE 185 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-311500- 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A SERIES OF WEATHER FRONTS OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH WED MORNING. A 997 MB LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA ON TUE NIGHT WILL MOVE TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND AT 1004 MB THU. $$ PKZ150-311500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .WED AND WED NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ155-311500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ160-311500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 20 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ165-311500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 25 KT EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-311500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ170-311500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...BERING SIDE...SW WIND 35 KT. PACIFIC SIDE...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ171-311500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ172-311500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-311500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-311500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI AND SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ185-311500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ179-311500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE AUG 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ JAM
543 FZAK52 PAFC 311156 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-010300- 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 997 MB LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL MOVE TO NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND AT 998 MB WED NIGHT AND WEAKEN TO 1004 MB 40 NM SOUTH OF KIPNUK THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-010300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ155-010300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-010300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-010300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-010300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ170-010300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-010300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ172-010300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ175-010300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ176-010300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ185-010300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW WIND 30 KT. SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND EASTWARD...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ179-010300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 312324 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-011500- 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 997 MB LOW 200 NM WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 55 NM SOUTHWEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND AT 1002 MB THU AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE TO 45 NM EAST OF SAND POINT AT 1003 MB THU NIGHT BEFORE BECOMING ABSORBED INTO A LOW IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. A WEATHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN BERING FRI MORNING. $$ PKZ150-011500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ155-011500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT...EXCEPT VARIABLE 15 KT SHUMAGIN ISLANDS EASTWARD. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-011500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT SHIFTING TO S TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT EXCEPT S 15 KT E OF 160W. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-011500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-011500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO S 35 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 30 KT...EXCEPT VARIABLE 15 KT W OF NUNIVAK ISLAND. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ170-011500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO SW 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT SHIFTING TO NW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ171-011500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT TOWARD MORNING. PATCHY FOG. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT SHIFTING TO NW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ172-011500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-011500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN AND MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ176-011500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-011500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF 175W...W WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO NW 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO N 20 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ179-011500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED AUG 31 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NN WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 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 Aug 29, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 PM AKDT MON AUG 29 2011 .MODEL DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ALL SYNOPTIC FEATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE WILL RELY MAINLY ON THE NAM ON THE EAST DOMAIN WHICH COVERS SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND THE GULF OF ALASKA...WITH THE GFS PREFERRED OVER THE WEST DOMAIN WHICH COVERS SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE BERING SEA REGION. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... A BAGGY RIDGE ALOFT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING BEAUTIFUL WEATHER BOTH SUNDAY AND TODAY IS SEEING A PLETHORA OF DISTURBANCES WHICH ARE ONE BY ONE ERODING ITS GRASP OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THE FIRST SUCH DISTURBANCE THIS MORNING WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND FELL APART AS IT APPROACHED THE COOK INLET REGION. A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHCENTRAL THIS EVENING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. A CONSOLIDATING AND CONSIDERABLY STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL GATHER STEAM OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA TUESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA WEDNESDAY...AND THIS FEATURE WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO MOST OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL REGION AND SIGNAL THE ULTIMATE DEMISE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT. OVER THE BERING...A LARGE COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY CONSOLIDATE INTO A MORE POTENT TROUGH ALOFT...THEN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA AS IT GATHERS SUPPORT FROM A STRONG JET SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAK ALOFT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS JET STREAK WILL USHER COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN ALASKA AND BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA ON TUESDAY AND OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ON THE HEELS OF THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER STRONG JET STREAK WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG LOW AS IT DEPARTS EASTERN RUSSIA FOR THE NORTHERN BERING SEA ON WEDNESDAY. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ALASKA RANGE... CLEAR SKIES TODAY WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY TO HIGH CLOUDS AS WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE THEIR WAY INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH TUESDAY. DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INLAND...LARGELY CONFINED TO THE TALKEETNA AND ALASKA MOUNTAIN RANGES. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE COOK INLET REGION AND BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN ANY ONE LOCATION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH AS THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS STRONG RESISTANCE FROM THE SLOWLY DEPARTING RIDGE ALOFT. STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BERING ALONG WITH A 130-KNOT SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAK WILL PUSH WIDESPREAD RAIN INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A WEAK FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL GULF ON TUESDAY TO THE NORTH GULF ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN THE FORMATION OF A RELATIVELY WEAK BARRIER JET ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST AS WELL AS INCREASING WINDS THROUGH TURNAGAIN ARM. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES INTO SOUTH AND WEST PARTS OF ANCHORAGE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST ALASKA... A VERY ACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL SEE CONTINUED PERIODS OF RAIN FALL OVER THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS... FAST PROGRESSIVE FLOW WILL KEEP THE BERING UNSETTLED WITH SYSTEMS MOVING FROM RUSSIA EAST ACROSS THE BERING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL LIKELY ESCAPE MOST OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AS THE MAIN STORM TRACK STAYS CONFINED NORTH OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THOUGH THE GLOBAL MODELS STRUGGLE WITH THE DETAILS...THE GENERAL TREND IS TOWARDS A STRONG UPPER LOW DIGGING SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN BERING SEA OR SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO THE SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND AS STRONG RIDGES ALOFT BUILD ACROSS THE WESTERN BERING SEA AND OVER NORTHWESTERN CANADA. THIS PATTERN WOULD RESULT IN RAIN ALONG THE GULF COAST WITH DIURNAL CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND PERHAPS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALES...176 FIRE WEATHER...NONE. 29 AUG 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 63 hr | |
| Aug 30, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 51 hr | |
| Aug 30, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Aug 30, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 51 hr |
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