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The Alaska Hurricane Center (AHC) is the official tropical cyclone warning center for the far north Pacific Ocean north of 35°N, including the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Bering Strait and the Chukchi Sea. The AHC also issues advisories on extratropical cyclones that could potentially affect Alaska.

Headquarters[]

The AHC is located nearby to the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Systems[]

The first system that they monitored was the remnants of an Unnamed Storm in 1975. It made landfall near Anchorage and produced record rainfall. The second system that they monitored was Hurricane Letter in the same year. However, the forecast was for Letter to move north of 40°N, but it moved rapidly to the south, with the AHC only issuing 2 advisories on it.

Example[]

HURRICANE TIM ADVISORY NUMBER TEN
ALASKA HURRICANE CENTER ANCHORAGE AK         AK0120152016
1200 PM SAT OCT 6 2015

...TIM CHANGES ALOT IN ORGANIZATION...EXPECTED TO PEAK AS A CATEGORY 4...

CURRENT INFORMATION AS OF 1200 PM SAT OCT 6 2015
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CURRENT LOCATION: 40.2N 157.4W
CURRENT WINDS: 145 MPH
CURRENT PRESSURE: 926 MBR
CURRENT MOVEMENT: NW OR 300 DEGREES AT 3 MPH

DISCUSSION
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TIM HAS STRENGTHENED TO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SSHS SCALE...AND A CATEGORY 5 ON THE AHC SCALE...(FMS AND AHC SHARE THE SAME SCALE)...EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO A CATEGORY 3 NOT A CATEGORY 4.

NEXT ADVISORY
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600 PM SAT OCT 6 2015

FORECASTER ANDERSKI
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