Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 480, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 4, 2011, 12:37 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 4, 2011, 12:37 PM AKST (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
516 FZAK51 PAJK 042137 AAA CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 SOUTHEAST ALASKA INSIDE WATERS FROM DIXON ENTRANCE TO SKAGWAY WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WINDWAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ098-050100- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A WEATHER FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW ACROSS BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF ON SUN AND ONSHORE OVER SE AK THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ011-050100- GLACIER BAY- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .REST OF TODAY...S WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ012-050100- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .REST OF TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ013-050100- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ021-050100- ICY STRAIT- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ022-050100- CROSS SOUND- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SW SWELL. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ031-050100- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ032-050100- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ033-050100- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 6 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. .WED...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ034-050100- FREDERICK SOUND- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 UPDATED .REST OF TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW LATE. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ035-050100- SUMNER STRAIT- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN LATE. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ036-050100- CLARENCE STRAIT- 1237 PM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN LATE. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
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 Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Dec 4, 5:42 AM AKST, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 5:42 AM AKST, 6 hours 55 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
542 AM AKST SUN DEC 4 2011
.SHORT TERM...EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A DEEP LOW
NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT STRETCHING
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. A WEAKENING WARM FRONT
CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM COAST MOUNTAINS. A STATIONARY
FRONT STRETCHES SOUTHEASTWARD FROM SOUTHWESTERN YUKON INTO THE
NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. AHEAD OF THE INCOMING FRONT...A HEALTHY
MOISTURE PLUME RIDING AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST
ALASKA. JUST BEHIND THE EXITING WARM FRONT...AREAS OF FOG AND
LIGHT DRIZZLE PERSIST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN
COASTAL AREAS. SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS
REGAINED ITS STRENGTH BETWEEN THE DEEP LOW ACROSS BERING STRAIT
AND THE HIGH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE INCOMING FRONTAL PASSAGE
MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF TODAY AND MAKES ONSHORE OVER SOUTHEAST
ALASKA THROUGH MONDAY. MADE A FEW COSMETIC TOUCHES AND REFRESHED
THE INHERITED FORECAST PACKAGE WITH THE NAM AND ECMWF AS THEY MADE
A GOOD CONSENSUS. AS THE DEEP LOW NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND MOVES
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS BERING STRAIT...THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST AND BRING CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN CAN BE HEAVY
AT TIMES OVER THE NORTHERN AREAS TODAY. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ARRIVE THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE A BIT LATER
TONIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOST OUTSIDE WATERS AND WESTERN EDGE OF THE OFFSHORE
WATERS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SMALL CRAFT
WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER OUTER WATERS AND NORTHERN INNER CHANNELS
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
&&
.LONG TERM...A FRONTAL BAND WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST SLOWLY
OVER THE PANHANDLE. AN UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN KEEPS A STREAM OF
MOISTURE MOVING ONSHORE WITH A COUPLE OF SMALL LOWS OR IMPULSES IN
THE FLOW RESULTING BURSTS OF HEAVIER RAIN. BEHIND THIS BAND THERE
IS A COOL DOWN WITH THE COLDER AIR BEHIND IT. EXPECT THAT THERE WILL
BE SOME CLEARING AND THE FALLING TEMPERATURES. THE HIGHS FOR THE
YAKUTAT REGION AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE WILL BE EARLY MONDAY
WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY AND THEN WARM BACK UP AS THE NEXT RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE GULF. RETURNING WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE
REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS ANOTHER SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BAND
SPREADS SOME PRECIPITATION BACK ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF LATER HALF
OF THE WEEK AND TO THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST FRIDAY.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS AVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR PKZ052.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ011>013-021-022-031>033-042-043-051.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY DUE TO SEAS FOR PKZ041.
&&
AHN/BEZENEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Dec 3, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Dec 4, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Dec 4, 12:37 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 3 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.