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Gale Warning 96, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 21, 2011

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 21, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 12 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 21, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

578 
FZAK51 PAFC 211241
CWFAER

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 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.

PKZ197-220300-
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+
COOK INLET...A FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF MOVES INLAND LATER THIS
MORNING. A 989 MB LOW 180 NM SE OF SAND POINT THIS AFTERNOON MOVES TO
NEAR YAKUTAT SAT MORNING AND THEN INLAND. ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES
THE SOUTHERN GULF LATE SAT NIGHT.

$$

PKZ120-220300-
CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS
GUSTING TO 35 KT W OF MONTAGUE ISLAND THIS MORNING. SEAS 12 FT.
PATCHY FOG. RAIN.
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.SUN...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.TUE...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT.  

$$

PKZ121-220300-
RESURRECTION BAY
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TODAY...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT.
HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN
10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND
RAIN. 
.SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 

$$

PKZ125-220300-
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. GUSTS TO 30 KT THIS MORNING.
PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT.
PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ129-220300-
PASSAGE CANAL
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TODAY...WINDS BECOMING W 15 KT THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING E 10 KT
THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ130-220300-
BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...GALE WARNING TODAY...

.TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. W OF
THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 30 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING W 15 KT.
SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 8 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND
SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS THIS MORNING.
.TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT
4 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SUN...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT.  

$$

PKZ132-220300-
SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...GALE WARNING TODAY...

.TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. 
.TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT.  

$$

PKZ138-220300-
SHELIKOF STRAIT
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY...

.TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 8
FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ140-220300-
COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN
ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN
SHOWERS. 
.SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW.
.SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ141-220300-
KACHEMAK BAY
400 AM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN
10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

1 follow-up statement

267 
FZAK51 PAFC 220014
CWFAER

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 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.

PKZ197-221500-
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+
COOK INLET...
A 988 MB LOW 170 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY MOVES TO NEAR CAPE SUCKLING
AT 981 MB SAT AFTERNOON AND MOVES INLAND. A WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE
SOUTHERN GULF SAT NIGHT AND REACHES THE NORTHERN GULF BY SUN
AFTERNOON.
$$

PKZ120-221500-
CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN.
.SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 13 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT.  

$$

PKZ121-221500-
RESURRECTION BAY
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD.
SNOW.
.SAT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD.
FREEZING SPRAY. 
.SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ125-221500-
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ129-221500-
PASSAGE CANAL
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SNOW.
.SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SNOW.  
.SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 1 FOOT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. 
.TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT.  

$$

PKZ130-221500-
BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT 4 FT W OF THE BARREN
ISLANDS. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. 
.SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT.  

$$

PKZ132-221500-
SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...GALE WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. 
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 13 FT. 
.SUN...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. 
.MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. 
.TUE AND WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 

$$

PKZ138-221500-
SHELIKOF STRAIT
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

...GALE WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. 
.SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT AND MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ140-221500-
COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. 
.SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. 
.WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ141-221500-
KACHEMAK BAY
400 PM AKST FRI JAN 21 2011

.TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 2 FT.
.SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT AND MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 20, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Jan 20, 4:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Jan 20, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	5 days
Jan 20, 4:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	6 days
Jan 21, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	36 hr
Jan 21, 4:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	3 days
Jan 21, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Jan 21, 4:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	6 days
Jan 21, 4:29 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFC	57 hr

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Sources

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