Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 426, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jun 14, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 14, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059 FZAK61 PAFC 141155 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-150300- 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GULF AND WILL DISSIPATE THU EVENING. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ALONG THE GULF COAST THU AFTERNOON. A 986 MB LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO NEAR 57N 144W LATE FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-150300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ352-150300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
4 follow-up statements
280 FZAK61 PAFC 142305 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ399-151500- 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GULF AND WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. A 986 MB LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO NEAR 57N 144W LATE FRI NIGHT. THIS LOW THEN MOVES TO 58N 145W AT 988 MB SATURDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ351-151500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ352-151500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
875 FZAK61 PAFC 151157 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-160300- 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A RIDGE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL WEAKEN BY FRI EVENING. A 988 MB LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO NEAR 57N 143W LATE FRI NIGHT. THIS LOW THEN MOVES TO 59N 143W AT 991 MB SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ351-160300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ352-160300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
423 FZAK61 PAFC 152342 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ399-161500- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A RIDGE ALONG THE COAST WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING. A 988 MB LOW NEAR 54N 148W WILL MOVE TO 58N 144W AND WEAKEN TO 992 MB SAT EVENING. THIS LOW WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ351-161500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ352-161500- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
630 FZAK61 PAFC 161148 OFFAER OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 16 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W 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. PKZ399-170300- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A 984 MB LOW NEAR 56N 146W MOVES TO 58N 145W AND WEAKENS TO 991 MB SAT EVENING. THIS LOW THEN MOVES SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENS SUN MORNING. $$ PKZ351-170300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 16 2012 .TODAY...NE TO NW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...W WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ352-170300- GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 16 2012 .TODAY...NE TO NW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH MON...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 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 Jun 13, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 PM AKDT WED JUN 13 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE SUSITNA VALLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH TOWARD THE GULF OF ALASKA. AREAS OF RAIN FOUND ALONG THE SOUTH FLANK OF THIS SYSTEM CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE KENAI PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE RAIN HAD BECOMING SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE BACKSIDE. A LARGE UPPER HIGH OVER THE EASTERN BERING CONTINUES TO DRIFT WEST. AT THE SURFACE...A THERMAL TROUGH HAD BUILT BACK OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. A WEAK LOW REMAINS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF. A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE BERING SEA WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS. .MODEL DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BUT HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING OF THE WEATHER FRONT AS IT APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN GULF FRIDAY. THE EC TENDS TO MOVE THE FRONT THE FASTEST WHILE THE GFS IS ABOUT 6 HOURS SLOWER. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... THE UPPER LOW OVER SUSITNA VALLEY WILL SETTLE OVER THE GULF THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH ACROSS KODIAK ISLAND AND THE GULF FRIDAY. THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL STRENGTHEN A BIT THROUGH THURSDAY THEN WILL DISSIPATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BERING WILL SLOWLY MOVE WEST AND WEAKEN OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING EAST INTO THE BERING FRIDAY. .SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...THE RAIN ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL BECOME NUMEROUS SHOWERS THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REST OF THE AREA. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST ALASKA...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG COVERING MOST OF THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND WESTERN ALASKA PENINSULA WILL GRADUALLY BE PUSHED BACK OUT OVER THE BERING AS WINDS BECOME MORE EASTERLY THURSDAY. SKIES OVER BRISTOL BAY AND THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS. .BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...WIDESPREAD STRATUS CONTINUES TO COVER THE BERING SEA. RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THURSDAY AS A VORTICITY MAX MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE WEATHER FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF FRIDAY EVENING WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL DISSIPATE ALONG THE GULF COAST SATURDAY. THE RIDGE OVER THE BERING WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE 171 172 175 FIRE WEATHER...NONE. NM JUN 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Jun 13, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Jun 13, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jun 14, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Jun 14, 9:30 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 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.