Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 113, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 24, 2012, 9:45 PM AKST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 9:45 PM AKST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 FZAK67 PAJK 250645 AAA OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 945 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-251400- 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A LOW SOUTH OF HAIDA GWAII WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. AN INVERTED TROUGH ALONG THE OUTER COAST WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH SATURDAY AND SHIFTS EAST OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA SUNDAY. OUTLOOK. A FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF MONDAY. $$ PKZ310-251400- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 945 PM AKST FRI FEB 24 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. W SWELL. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. W SWELL. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. W SWELL. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
846 FZAK67 PAJK 251307 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-260100- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALASKA SATURDAY NIGHT AND BUILDS OVER SE AK THROUGH SUNDAY. THE INVERTED TROUGH ALONG THE OUTER COAST WILL DISSIPATE SATURDAY. A WEATHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF SATURDAY NIGHT AND WEAKENS SUNDAY. OUTLOOK. A STRONGER WEATHER FRONT MOVES TO THE EASTERN GULF MONDAY. $$ PKZ310-260100- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 25 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. W SWELL IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT IN THE EVENING THEN SUBSIDING. W SWELL IN THE EVENING. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. W SWELL. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. W SWELL. RAIN WITH SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 5 hr | |
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Feb 24, 7:12 PM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AJK | 5 hr | |
| Feb 24, 8:45 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 19 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:15 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 19 hr | |
| Feb 25, 12:04 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 4 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.