Still in Nome? Here comes another gale or likely a storm weather system - OUCH!!!

Wind Alert Terms and Signals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_weather_terminology_(United_States))

Wind speed	Maritime Warning	Land Warning	Tropical Cyclone Warning(s)	Flags	Lights	Beaufort number
25 to 38 mph (22 to 33 knots)	Small craft advisory	Wind Advisory	Wind Advisory or Small craft advisory			6-7
39 to 54 mph (34 to 47 knots)	Gale warning	High wind warning	Tropical storm warning*			8-9
55 to 73 mph (48 to 63 knots)	Storm warning	High wind warning	Tropical storm warning†			10-11
74-110 mph (64 to 99 knots)	Hurricane Force Wind Warning[35]	High wind warning	Hurricane warning			12-13
Over 110 mph (100+ knots)	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	Extreme wind warning	Hurricane warning and Extreme wind warning‡	none	none	14-16

* Tropical Storm Warning flags and lights will always be displayed the same as Storm Warning flags and lights.
† A tropical storm with winds in this range is sometimes referred to as a "severe tropical storm".
‡ The Extreme Wind Warning is issued shortly before the eyewall makes landfall

20131003 - http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/P_sfc_full_ocean.jpg

20131005 - http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/data/graphics/mar48.gif

2013100 - http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/data/graphics/mar96.gif

20131003 - http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/data/graphics/seastate.gif

20131007- http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/data/graphics/wavfcst96.gif