WWAK72 PAFC 100437
NPWALU
WEATHER BULLETIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
740 PM AST THU MAR 9 2006

AKZ185-101500-
EASTERN ALEUTIANS-
INCLUDING...UNALASKA...NIKOLSKI
740 PM AST THU MAR 9 2006

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH FOR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS INCLUDING UNALASKA AND DUTCH
HARBOR FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A STRONG STORM
AND ITS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS LATE
FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST TO EAST WIND MAY GUSTS
TO 80 MPH IN THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. THE STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN
AREAS OF CHANNELED TERRAIN. 

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR
THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW.

THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 5 AM.
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