Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 313, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 23, 2017, 5:10 PM AKST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2017, 5:10 PM AKST (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2017, 3:23 AM AKST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
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874 FZAK51 PAJK 240210 AAA CWFAJK Coastal Waters Forecast FOR Southeast Alaska...UPDATED National Weather Service Juneau AK 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 nm 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. PKZ098-241800- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A strong high pressure system will persist over western Canada through Sun. A weakening weather front will move NE into the eastern gulf on Sun. A weak low will form in the southeast gulf Sun night. $$ PKZ011-241800- Glacier Bay- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...N wind 10 kt in the morning becoming light. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...N wind 15 kt becoming E. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ012-241800- Northern Lynn Canal- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ013-241800- Southern Lynn Canal- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ021-241800- Icy Strait- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ022-241800- Cross Sound- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .REST OF TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt late. Gusts to 50 kt diminishing late. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. S swell. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. S swell. .TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ031-241800- Stephens Passage- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ032-241800- Northern Chatham Strait- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. $$ PKZ033-241800- Southern Chatham Strait- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft, except 8 ft near ocean entrances. .SUN...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft, except 10 ft near ocean entrances. .SUN NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, except 10 ft near ocean entrances. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less, except 7 ft near ocean entrances. .MON NIGHT...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less, except 6 ft near ocean entrances. .TUE...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ034-241800- Frederick Sound- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...Light winds becoming E 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ035-241800- Sumner Strait- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Gusts to 35 kt in the evening. Seas 4 ft. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ036-241800- Clarence Strait- 510 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017 .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Stronger gusts out of interior passes. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft, except 6 ft near ocean entrances. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. $$
1 follow-up statement
420 FZAK51 PAJK 241223 CWFAJK Coastal Waters Forecast FOR Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 nm 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. PKZ098-250400- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A strong high pressure system will persist over western Canada through Sunday. A weakening weather front will move NE into the eastern gulf on Sunday and dissipate on Monday. A weak low will form in the southeast gulf Sunday night. $$ PKZ011-250400- Glacier Bay- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...N wind 10 kt early in the morning becoming light. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ012-250400- Northern Lynn Canal- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 10 kt increasing to 25 kt. Seas 2 ft or less building to 5 ft. .WED...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ013-250400- Southern Lynn Canal- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ021-250400- Icy Strait- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...Light winds becoming E 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less then 3 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ022-250400- Cross Sound- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. S swell. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 8 ft. S swell. .TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ031-250400- Stephens Passage- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ032-250400- Northern Chatham Strait- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Patchy fog early in the morning. .TONIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...Light winds becoming N 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less then 3 ft. .WED...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. $$ PKZ033-250400- Southern Chatham Strait- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft, except 10 ft near ocean entrances. .TONIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, except 9 ft near ocean entrances. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less, except 8 ft near ocean entrances. .MON NIGHT...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less, except 7 ft near ocean entrances. .TUE...Light winds becoming N 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ034-250400- Frederick Sound- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...NE wind increasing to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...Light winds becoming NE 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less then 3 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ035-250400- Sumner Strait- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...E wind 20 kt. Gusts to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Gusts to 35 kt in the evening. Seas 4 ft. .MON...Light winds. Seas 2 ft or less, except 5 ft near ocean entrances. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, except 5 ft near ocean entrances. .TUE...Light winds becoming NE 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ036-250400- Clarence Strait- 323 AM AKST Sun Dec 24 2017 .TODAY...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft, except 7 ft near ocean entrances. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, except 5 ft near ocean entrances. .MON NIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...Light winds becoming N 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. $$
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 23, 2:23 PM AKST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 2:23 PM AKST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
223 PM AKST Sat Dec 23 2017
.SHORT TERM.../Saturday through Monday as of 2 PM Saturday/ Clear
skies and light winds will continue through Sunday over the
Panhandle. A nearly stationary front is slowly tracking northeast
over the gulf, while an upper level ridge over the Panhandle
slowly breaks down through Sunday. First chances of precipitation
associated with the front will be during the early afternoon hours
Sunday for eastern Prince of Wales Island and spread northeast
through the evening. However, the front will shear apart as it
approaches the Panhandle, which will limit the extent of the
precipitation over the Panhandle. Precipitation will primarily
fall as snow; however, no considerable accumulations are expected.
A weak low pressure system will form near Haida Gwaii along the
front tomorrow afternoon. This will locally enhance winds and
precipitation. The low's southeast track remains of minimal
influence on anything but southernmost Panhandle. Behind this
system a weak surface ridge of high pressure will build over the
Panhandle.
Not many significant changes were made to the short term forecast.
Temperatures were cooled to better represent the persistence of
the pattern the Panhandle has experienced the past few days. POPs
were nudged upward over the far southern Panhandle late Sunday
associated with the low passing over Haida Gwaii. Primary guidance
was the 12Z GFS. Overall forecast confidence is average.
.LONG TERM.../ Monday to Saturday / As of 10pm Friday...The old
blocking ridge has closed off to a high over the Arctic near the
McKenzie Delta, and new small ridge is trying to build over the
Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday but this attempt will get squeezed out
by low in the North Pacific and a trough dropping south from
western Canada. The little gulf ridge survives through mid week
and looks to be pushed through the panhandle by the end of the
week.
At the surface the stalled frontal band that is strung out across
the gulf will be weakening and drifting northward into the
panhandle Tuesday as it dissipates. When it does, general high
pressure sits over the northeastern gulf and into northwest
Canada. As the front dies across the panhandle through Tuesday
night look for 20-30 percent chance of light snow/rain in the
panhandle, then going dry Wednesday and most of Thursday. More
precipitation may be spreading north headed into next weekend.
Pressure and wind wise, the ECMWF/GFS blend was favored to
roughly 06z Tuesday and then a transition to WPC solutions. As a
result this brought up winds through the Lynn Canal region around
mid week. Long range solutions also hinting at warm frontal
feature making a northward trek starting around next
Friday/Saturday across the gulf and southern panhandle.
Overall temperatures have cooled slightly and they may be taking
another minor dip Wednesday to Friday as the east to northeasterly
surface winds pull in some cooler temperatures from Canada. So
temperatures lower 3 to 8 degrees roughly at the end of the week.
&&
.AJK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
PUBLIC...None.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ041.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ022-042-043-051-052.
Small Craft Advisory due to Seas for PKZ053.
&&
JB/Bezenek
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Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:14 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 36 hr | |
| Dec 24, 3:23 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.