Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 470, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 14, 2012, 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
- Dec 14, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 4:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 FZAK51 PAJK 141305 CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 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. PKZ098-150100- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A WEATHER FRONT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS WILL APPROACH THE OUTER COAST ON FRI MORNING...THEN SPREAD OVER THE PANHANDLE BY SAT MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NORTHEASTERN GULF FRI NIGHT AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ011-150100- GLACIER BAY- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND BECOMING SE TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING THEN DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ012-150100- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING N 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE MORNING THEN DIMINISHING. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ013-150100- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE AND DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ021-150100- ICY STRAIT- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT MAINLY THE WEST PORTION IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ022-150100- CROSS SOUND- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT EARLY THEN BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NE GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ031-150100- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ032-150100- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ033-150100- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 12 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 10 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ034-150100- FREDERICK SOUND- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ035-150100- SUMNER STRAIT- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 6 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ036-150100- CLARENCE STRAIT- 400 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES... SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT LATE. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE...SE GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
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709 FZAK51 PAJK 141909 AAA CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 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. PKZ098-150100- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A WEATHER FRONT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS WILL APPROACH THE OUTER COAST ON FRI MORNING...THEN SPREAD OVER THE PANHANDLE BY SAT MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NORTHEASTERN GULF FRI NIGHT AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ011-150100- GLACIER BAY- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ012-150100- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE MORNING THEN DIMINISHING. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ013-150100- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE AND DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ021-150100- ICY STRAIT- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT MAINLY THE WEST PORTION IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ022-150100- CROSS SOUND- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT LATE IN THE MORNING. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT EARLY THEN BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NE GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ031-150100- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ032-150100- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ033-150100- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 12 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 10 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ034-150100- FREDERICK SOUND- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ035-150100- SUMNER STRAIT- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 6 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ036-150100- CLARENCE STRAIT- 1009 AM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES... SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT LATE. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE...SE GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
303 FZAK51 PAJK 142153 AAB CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 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. PKZ098-150100- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A WEATHER FRONT WITH GALE FORCE WINDS WILL APPROACH THE OUTER COAST ON FRI MORNING...THEN SPREAD OVER THE PANHANDLE BY SAT MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NORTHEASTERN GULF FRI NIGHT AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ PKZ011-150100- GLACIER BAY- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ012-150100- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE MORNING THEN DIMINISHING. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...N GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ013-150100- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE AND DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ021-150100- ICY STRAIT- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT MAINLY THE WEST PORTION IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ022-150100- CROSS SOUND- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT EARLY THEN BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NE GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ031-150100- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ032-150100- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ033-150100- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 12 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 10 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ034-150100- FREDERICK SOUND- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ035-150100- SUMNER STRAIT- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 6 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 6 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ036-150100- CLARENCE STRAIT- 1253 PM AKST FRI DEC 14 2012 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES... SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT LATE. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE...SE GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
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 13, 3:46 PM AKST, 12 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 3:46 PM AKST, 12 hours 14 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
346 PM AKST THU DEC 13 2012
.SHORT TERM...POST FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT OVER THE EASTERN GULF IS
QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. SITKA WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. HAVE BEEN
WATCHING VERY PRONOUNCED OPEN CELL CUMULUS CLOUDS IN SATELLITE
IMAGERY ALL DAY. CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ALSO VISIBLE IN WEB CAMS
TODAY. CARRIED SCATTERED TS OVER THE COASTAL MARINE ZONES AND
ISOLATED OVER PUBLIC ZONES ALONG THE OUTER COAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. LOWER ATMOSPHERE SEEMS TO BE STABILIZING AND REDUCED
OPEN CELL CUMULUS IS FORMING FARTHER OUT TO SEA. ADDITIONALLY,
MODEL STABILITY PARAMETERS INDICATE GREATEST THREAT FROM
THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE THEREFORE
NOT INCLUDED ANY REFERENCE TO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON
FORECAST.
A MAJOR FRONT IS HEADED TOWARDS THE PANHANDLE WITH A MODERATE BUT
CONTINUOUS TROPICAL CONNECTION. IT SEEMS CERTAIN THAT A
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS HEADED OUR WAY. MODEL QPF
VALUES HAVE BEEN RUNNING A LITTLE HIGH SO FAR THIS SEASON AND WE
SAW THIS IN YESTERDAY'S EVENT WHERE ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW FALL ALONG
THE HAINES HIGHWAY WAS A BUST. WITH THIS IN MIND, LOOKED AT BOTH
GFS AND NAM QPF FIELDS TODAY AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY CLOSE. OPTED
TO USE THE NAM GRIDS AND TRIMMED OFF 0.1 INCH OF TOTAL WATER FROM
EACH 6-HOUR GRID. THIS MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SNOW TOTALS
TOMORROW IN HAINES AND JUNEAU REQUIRING A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
AND NOT. AFTERNOON FORECAST REFLECTS SNOW FOR BOTH THESE
LOCATIONS, BUT LESS THAN 4 INCHES IN 12 HOURS. SNOW LINE HAS BEEN
A VERY FLUID MOVING TARGET THESE PAST FEW DAYS, BUT THE GENERAL
TREND WILL BE TO DRIVE THE SNOW LINE NORTH AND EAST AS THE WARM
SECTOR OF THE FRONT ADVECTS LOW LEVEL WARM AIR INTO THE FORECAST
AREA.
PRE-FRONTAL WINDS ARE VERY STRONG AND WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF
40 MPH OR MORE ALONG AT LEAST THE OUTER COAST. USED GFS FOR
PRESSURE AND WINDS AND BASED ON THIS MODEL, STRONG WINDS WILL
ARRIVE ALONG THE OUTER COAST LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON JUST AFTER
THE END OF THE SHORT RANGE FORECAST PERIOD. NAM AND ECMWF WERE
BOTH A LITTLE FASTER WITH THE FRONT, SO IF THESE MODELS VERIFY,
THEN THE STRONG WINDS WILL ARRIVE ON THE OUTER COAST BETWEEN NOON
AND 6 PM INSTEAD.
BESIDES GFS FOR PRESSURE AND WIND, USED NAM FOR POP. MANUALLY
ADJUSTED THE QPF FIELDS DOWN. TEMPERATURES ADJUSTED USING SREF FOR
DAYTIME HIGHS AND GFS40 FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. SNOW LEVEL MODIFIED
USING GFS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS AVERAGE.
.LONG TERM...THE SURFACE FRONT MENTIONED ABOVE WILL BE MAKING
LANDFALL ALONG THE OUTER COAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG RANGE
PERIOD EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THIS IS A RELATIVELY FAST MOVING
FRONT AND WILL PRODUCE A 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD OF HIGHER WINDS ALONG
THE OUTER COAST AND THE INSIDE CHANNELS AS IT MAKES LANDFALL. WILL
NOT HEADLINE ANY LAND ZONES FOR STRONG WINDS AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER THERE IS A POTENTIAL GUSTS COULD REACH NEAR 40 MPH
FOR A SHORT TIME SATURDAY EVENING. STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT WARMER AIR INTO
THE REGION WITH MOST AREAS SEEING RAIN. THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH
COLD AIR IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL PANHANDLE FOR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX
DURING THE EVENT. FARTHER NORTH...COLD AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED
WITH SKAGWAY AND HAINES SEEING MOSTLY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES
ANTICIPATED FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY.
THE STACKED PARENT LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF BY EARLY
MONDAY. AS COLDER AIR ALOFT WRAPS IN BEHIND THE FRONT...STEADY
PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SHOWERS SATURDAY. DEEP LAYER
MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH NUMEROUS
SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF AND MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA.
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE INTERIOR A NORTHERLY PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH
NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PANHANDLE. THIS WILL SHIFT THE RAIN-SNOW LINE FARTHER TO THE SOUTH
OVER THE WEEKEND.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW TURN OFFSHORE. MODELS ARE
INDICATING THIS WILL BE SHORTLIVED AS A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM
CROSSES THE ALEUTIANS AND MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL GULF LATER
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE STILL CONTINUES TO BE NOTABLE MODEL
DIFFERENCES IN TIMING...STRENGTH...AND EVENTUAL TRACK OF THIS
SYSTEM.
USED THE GFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY DUE TO ITS INITIALIZATION ON THE
DEVELOPING WAVE NEAR THE ALEUTIANS. AFTER THAT POINT USED MAINLY A
BLEND OF EC/HPC. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH MUCH
OF THE WEEKEND BUT DECREASES NEXT WEEK AS MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE
DIFFICULTY WITH THE PATTERN.
.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR PKZ022-033-035-036-041>043-051-052.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ011>013-021-031-032-034-053.
&&
FRITSCH/TPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Dec 13, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Dec 13, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Dec 13, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Dec 14, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Dec 14, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Dec 14, 1:53 PM AKST | Winter Storm Warning | AJK | 15 hr |
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