http://www.weather.gov/alerts/ak.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:39 4 en-us robert.bunge@noaa.gov w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska (Anchorage/AKZ101) Issued by the National Weather Service http://weather.gov/images/xml_logo.gif http://weather.gov http://www.weather.gov/alerts/AK.html#AKZ101.AFCNPWAER.141000 ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN...<br>EKLUTNA<br>510 AM AKST MON NOV 23 2009<br><br>...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM<br>AKST THIS EVENING ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...<br><br>THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND<br>WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM<br>AKST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.<br><br>A STRONG STORM APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA EARLY THIS<br>MORNING WILL CROSS TO THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON<br>AND INTO COOK INLET THIS EVENING. AS IT DOES SO THE PRESSURE<br>GRADIENT ACROSS TURNAGAIN ARM WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE. THE<br>COMBINATION OF THIS GRADIENT ALONG WITH PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE<br>LOW WILL PRODUCE EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM<br>AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING<br>THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT<br>INTO TUESDAY MORNING.<br><br>PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br><br>A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED<br>OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD<br>BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.<br><br><br><br>$$<br><a href=http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov>Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage</a>