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Gale Warning 835, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 4, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Nov 4, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 8:35 PM AKDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846 FZAK51 PAFC 041120 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 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. PKZ197-050300- 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 985 MB LOW NEAR THE BARREN ISLANDS MOVES TO 80 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON AT 988 MB...THEN DRIFTS EAST TO 25 NM SOUTHWEST OF YAKUTAT AT 1001 MB SAT AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING. A 990 MB LOW DEVELOPS NEAR THE BARREN ISLANDS SAT EVENING AND THEN MOVES TO 75 NM WEST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 988 MB LATE SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-050300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ121-050300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-050300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-050300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-050300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO NW 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. NW OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO NW 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. NW OF THE BARREN ISLANDS... SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-050300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT BECOMING W 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-050300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-050300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...N WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT EXCEPT N 15 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 6 FT EXCEPT 3 FT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-050300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
204 FZAK51 PAFC 042243 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 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. PKZ197-051500- 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND MOVES TO 120 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AT 992 MB THIS EVENING THEN DRIFTS EAST AND DISSIPATES. A 989 MB LOW DEVELOPS 60 NM NORTHWEST OF KODIAK SAT NIGHT AND MOVES TO NEAR VALDEZ AT 986 MB LATE SUN MORNING. $$ PKZ120-051500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. E OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 17 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-051500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-051500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. HIGHER GUSTS OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-051500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO W WIND 30 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...W WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-051500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT W OF BARREN ISLANDS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-051500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-051500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-051500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT 4 FT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-051500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
308 FZAK51 PAFC 050441 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 835 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 UPDATE TO ZONE 130 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. PKZ197-051500- 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND MOVES TO 120 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AT 992 MB THIS EVENING THEN DRIFTS EAST AND DISSIPATES. A 989 MB LOW DEVELOPS 60 NM NORTHWEST OF KODIAK SAT NIGHT AND MOVES TO NEAR VALDEZ AT 986 MB LATE SUN MORNING. $$ PKZ120-051500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. E OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 17 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-051500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-051500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. HIGHER GUSTS OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-051500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO W WIND 30 KT AROUND MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...W WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-051500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 835 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 50 KT. GUSTS TO 60 KT DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 18 FT EXCEPT W OF BARREN ISLANDS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-051500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-051500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-051500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT 4 FT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-051500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
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 Nov 3, 4:45 PM AKDT, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 4:45 PM AKDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
445 PM AKDT THU NOV 3 2011
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...THE AMPLIFIED AND PROGRESSIVE PATTERN
CONTINUES. THE CURRENT WEATHER MAKER IS A LARGE LOW NEARING NUNIVAK
ISLAND IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTING A
SUBTROPICAL FETCH OF MOISTURE SURGING NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WILL CONTINUE
MOVING ONSHORE TONIGHT WHILE A SERIES OF VERY POTENT SHORTWAVES
ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE TROUGH. AHEAD OF THE
SYSTEM IS A STRONG GALE FORCE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT BROUGHT NEAR HIGH
WIND WARNING LEVEL WINDS TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND EASTERN
ALEUTIANS OVERNIGHT.
DESPITE THE VERY DRY SOUNDINGS THIS MORNING...RADAR ECHOES CONTINUE
TO FILL IN AS LIGHT SNOW FALLS FROM KACHEMAK BAY UP TO THE LOWER
SUSITNA VALLEY. WARM AIR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE FRONT IS CHANGING
PRECIP TYPE TO RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA ALTHOUGH COLD AIR WILL SOON
BE WRAPPING AROUND THE BACKSIDE LATER TONIGHT.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...THERE ARE SOME MINOR POSITION DIFFERENCES WITH
TRACK OF LOWS WHICH WILL MAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCE TO THE FORECAST.
OTHERWISE...MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT AND SHOW GOOD
RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO BE ABOVE
AVERAGE.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...INITIAL MOISTURE OVERRUNNING IS RESULTING IN
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. THE DOWNSLOPE HOLE
IS BECOMING MORE EVIDENT ON THE KENAI RADAR THIS AFTERNOON AND
THE LIGHT SNOW IN ANCHORAGE IS BEGINNING TO SHUT OFF AS THE TURNAGAIN
ARM WINDS INCREASE. EXPECTING WARNING LEVEL WINDS THROUGH TURNAGAIN
ARM AND THE UPPER HILLSIDE WITH THE LOW NEAR THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA
WHICH IS A FAVORABLE POSITION FOR GAP WINDS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE
THE NORTH AND WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE JUST WEST OF THE
PARKS HIGHWAY...EXCEPT FOR A PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR CHULITNA.
WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS AN OCCLUDED LOW DEVELOPS NEAR THE TIP OF
THE KENAI PENINSULA...SHUTTING OFF THE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CHUGACH
RANGE. THIS WILL HELP BRING ANOTHER QUICK SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW TO
ANCHORAGE AND THE MATSU VALLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS THIS
OCCLUDED LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND COLD AIR
ADVECTS BACK ACROSS THE REGION.
CONDITIONS IMPROVE SATURDAY AS A TRANSIENT UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER
THE REGION AND THEN QUICKLY IS PUSHED EAST AS THE NEXT SYSTEM
APPROACHES. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A LOW FOLLOWING A SIMILAR PATH
NEAR THE TIP OF THE KENAI SHOULD BRING ANCHORAGE ANOTHER SHOT OF
LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
SOUTHWEST ALASKA...A WARM FRONT SUPPORTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND
NEARLY 5 INCHES OF SNOW AT BETHEL TODAY...AND UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
ACROSS THE KING SALMON REGION. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION IS NOW MOSTLY
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND DUE TO WARM AIR ADVECTION
BEHIND THE FRONT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES WESTWARD. FURTHER EAST...A FEW
MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY THIS EVENING
BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES EASTWARD AND WEAKENS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...AND BRING THE CHANCE FOR
SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND AND RETURN MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...A LOW LEVEL JET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW
WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS THIS EVENING BEFORE
MOVING EAST AND IMPACTING THE AKPEN. CONDITIONS ARE MUCH QUIETER
ACROSS THE WESTERN BERING WHERE A SURFACE RIDGE IS BUILDING IN.
HOWEVER...A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION JUST IN
TIME FOR THE WEEKEND.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING 185 BLIZZARD WARNING 125
HIGH WIND WARNING 101.
MARINE...STORM WARNING...130 150 155 165 170 171.
GALE WARNING...120 125 129 132 138 140 141 160 172 175 176
179 180 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
AB NOV 11The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 61 hr | |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Nov 4, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 4, 4:58 AM AKDT | Blizzard Watch | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Nov 4, 3:57 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 15 hr |
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