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Gale Warning 504, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Aug 8, 2015, 3:08 PM AKDT. It was in force for 13 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
- Aug 8, 2015, 3:08 PM AKDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2015, 3:58 AM AKDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650 FZAK52 PAFC 082308 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-091230- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1001 MB LOW NEAR SAINT PAUL MOVES INLAND NEAR KIPNUK AT 998 MB LATE TONIGHT. A 1004 MB LOW 30 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA WEAKENS TO 1012 MB AS IT DRIFTS TO 190 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA SUN EVENING...THEN DISSIPATES MON MORNING. $$ PKZ150-091230- SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-091230- SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ160-091230- BRISTOL BAY- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND TO 15 KT EARLY EVENING BECOMING SW 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING W 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-091230- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-091230- CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI BERING SIDE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ171-091230- UNALASKA BAY- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-091230- CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI PACIFIC SIDE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ173-091230- NIKOLSKI TO SEGUAM ISLAND BERING SIDE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ174-091230- NIKOLSKI TO SEGUAM ISLAND PACIFIC SIDE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-091230- SEGUAM ISLAND TO ADAK BERING SIDE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ176-091230- SEGUAM ISLAND TO ADAK PACIFIC SIDE- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ177-091230- ADAK TO KISKA- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ178-091230- KISKA TO ATTU- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. S AND E OF SHEMYA...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-091230- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR SHORE WATERS- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. N OF SAINT GEORGE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-091230- KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND ETOLIN STRAIT- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ181-091230- NORTH AND WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ185-091230- SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS- 308 PM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...N WIND 20 KT. W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
763 FZAK52 PAFC 091158 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-100045- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1008 MB LOW 130 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA WEAKENS TO 1012 MB AS IT DRIFTS TO 200 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA THIS EVENING...THEN DISSIPATES MON MORNING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL ENCOMPASS THE BERING THROUGH LATE MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-100045- SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-100045- SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ160-100045- BRISTOL BAY- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS BUILDING TO 14 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-100045- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-100045- CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI BERING SIDE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ171-100045- UNALASKA BAY- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-100045- CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI PACIFIC SIDE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ173-100045- NIKOLSKI TO SEGUAM ISLAND BERING SIDE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ174-100045- NIKOLSKI TO SEGUAM ISLAND PACIFIC SIDE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-100045- SEGUAM ISLAND TO ADAK BERING SIDE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ176-100045- SEGUAM ISLAND TO ADAK PACIFIC SIDE- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ177-100045- ADAK TO KISKA- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ178-100045- KISKA TO ATTU- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-100045- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR SHORE WATERS- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-100045- KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND ETOLIN STRAIT- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ181-100045- NORTH AND WEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ185-100045- SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS- 358 AM AKDT SUN AUG 9 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...N WIND 25 KT. W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...SW 25 KT W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
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 Aug 8, 5:02 AM AKDT, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:02 AM AKDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 502 AM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE PROGRESSIVE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS BEGINNING TO SET UP ACROSS THE MAINLAND THIS MORNING. TWO PROMINENT SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ARE APPARENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...ONE WEAKER AND BEGINNING TO ENTER THE COOK INLET REGION AND ANOTHER BEEFIER WAVE APPROACHING THE ALASKA PENINSULA...THE LATTER WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER MAKER OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TWO MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ALOFT CONTROLLING THE SOUTHWEST FLOW SIT OVER THE THE CHUKCHI/BEAUFORT SEA...AND ANOTHER OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM BRINGS A NICE FETCH OF HIGHER PRECIPITABLE WATER FROM THE SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC AS WELL AS A 100 KT JET UP IN TO THE BERING SEA WHERE SOME NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY FIRING SOUTH OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. && .MODEL DISCUSSION... NO HUGE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN MODEL GUIDANCE WITH THIS PACKAGE. FRONTAL PROGRESSION...MOISTURE...AND WINDS ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR AS WELL AS SURFACE LOW TRACK. THE GFS WAS USED ON THE WESTERN DOMAIN AND A CONSENSUS BLEND WAS USED IN THE EASTERN DOMAIN. && .FIRE WEATHER... FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE MITIGATED BY CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF A MOIST SYSTEM APPROACHING THE MAINLAND TODAY. THE COPPER RIVER WILL GET RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DOWN INTO THE 30S THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS BUT SHOULD STAY ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA. THE NEXT SYSTEM ON SUNDAY WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN TO MOST AREAS. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)... THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT-WAVE RIDGE WHICH PROVIDED WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL WILL QUICKLY EXIT TO THE EAST TODAY. A VERY WEAK SHORT-WAVE WILL THEN QUICKLY TRANSIT THE AREA. CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL REMAIN FAIRLY DRY AND STABLE THANKS TO THE UPPER RIDGE. THUS...EXPECT NO MORE THAN SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION FOCUSED ALONG INTERIOR MOUNTAINS. ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAIN SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS A TROUGH DIGGING OUT OF THE ARCTIC INTERACTS WITH JUICY AIR BEING TRANSPORTED FROM THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC VIA A 90 KT+ SUBTROPICAL JET. THIS WILL BE A CONTINUOUS RAIN OF 24 HOURS OR LONGER FOR MOST AREAS WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE EVENT WILL PRODUCE HEAVIER RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WHERE STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)... A SYSTEM APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST COAST FROM THE BERING SEA WILL USHER IN A PERIOD OF COOL AND WET WEATHER THAT WILL PERSIST OVER THE TO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RAIN SHOWERS CAN ALREADY BE SEEN STARTING ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD INLAND OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. AN ARCTIC TROUGH DIVING INTO THE NORTHWEST COAST WILL PROVIDE THE COLD AIR THAT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY...AND MAY EVEN SUPPLY ENOUGH COLD AIR TO BRING A FRESH DUSTING OF SNOWFALL TO THE WESTERN ALASKA RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES ALOFT FALL BELOW FREEZING. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (DAYS 1 AND 2)... THE LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL BERING WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR THE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IN THE FORECAST THIS MORNING SURROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAINFALL...WHERE DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT ALOFT AND AN APPROACHING JET STREAK ARE CREATING ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND DYNAMICS TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS AREA INTO THE MID MORNING...AND THEN PERSIST OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS TO THE EAST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO OCCURRING FROM THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS INTO THE AKPEN IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING LOW AND RESULTANT PRESSURE FALLS OVER THE BERING. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST WITH RAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING WHEN THEY WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. && .LONG TERM FORECAST (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... AS THE LARGE RAINMAKER THIS WEEKEND MOVES OUT OF THE AREA ON MONDAY...THE BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS AS WELL AS THE MAINLAND WILL COME UNDER THE GENERAL INFLUENCE OF A BROAD LONGWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE FAR WESTERN BERING. THIS WILL SET THE AREA UP UNDER WESTERLY OR WEST/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW FOR NEXT WEEK. THIS IS USUALLY A PRETTY PROGRESSIVE PATTERN OVERALL...WHICH MEANS THAT INDIVIDUAL STORMS/WAVES TEND TO BE ON ON THE FASTER AND WEAKER END OF THE SCALE (RELATIVELY) FOR THE VOLATILE NORTH PACIFIC. THE UPCOMING WEEK LOOKS LIKE IT WILL FOLLOW THIS GENERAL TEMPLATE...WITH SENSIBLE WEATHER DICTATED LARGELY BY AN ALTERNATING SEQUENCE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS AND SHORTWAVE RIDGES. THE BIGGEST AREA OF UNCERTAINTY IS THE EVENTUAL FATE OF A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY SOUTHEAST OF JAPAN. GLOBAL MODELS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH WHETHER TO BRING THE REMNANTS INTO THE ALEUTIAN REGION OR KEEP IT SOUTH...WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTING IT WILL STAY SOUTH AND OUT OF OUR AREA. THERE SHOULD BE SOME BREAKS OF SUN BY MIDWEEK ACROSS THE MAINLAND...BUT NO HEATWAVES OR HUGE RAIN-OUTS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. OVERALL...CONSIDERING THAT AUGUST IS HISTORICALLY THE RAINIEST MONTH FOR MOST LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN ALASKA...NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE NICER THAN NORMAL ACROSS MAINLAND LOCATIONS. && .AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...MTL SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...SEB SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...DEK LONG TERM...AMD
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 11:05 AM AKDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1105 AM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 AKZ141-100100- COPPER RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENNALLEN...EUREKA...MCCARTHY... PAXSON...SLANA 1105 AM AKDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ...RIVER LEVELS ON THE TAZLINA RIVER CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO A GLACIER DAMMED LAKE RELEASE... THE RELEASE OF WATER FROM ICEBERG LAKE...A GLACIER DAMMED LAKE ON THE NELCHINA GLACIER...HAS STOPPED. WATER LEVELS IN THE NELCHINA RIVER AND TAZLINA LAKE HAVE RISEN ABOUT 2 TO 3 FEET AND ARE NOW RECEDING. RIVER LEVELS ON THE TAZLINA RIVER AT THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY BRIDGE CONTINUE TO RISE AS A RESULT OF THIS RELEASE AND ARE EXPECTED TO CREST BY MONDAY MORNING THEN RECEDE. FLOOD STAGE ON THE TAZLINA RIVER AT THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY BRIDGE IS 31 FEET BUT WATER LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RIVER STAGE DATA FOR THE TAZLINA RIVER AT THE GLENN HIGHWAY BRIDGE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE WEB SITE: APRFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:39 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Aug 8, 3:47 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| Aug 8, 2:58 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 13 hr |
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