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Small Craft Advisory 17, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 5, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jan 5, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2005, 11:00 AM AKST
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 5, 7:00 AM AKST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 7:00 AM AKST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHWEST ALASKA
1200 PM AST WED JAN 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...ALL NUMERICAL MODELS YIELD SIMILAR SYNOPTIC SOLUTIONS.
THE ETA IS BEST IN HANDLING THE FINE DETAIL ALONG THE NORTH GULF
COAST.  SO WE WILL USE THE ETA AND MESO ETA FOR GUIDANCE EAST OF COOK
INLET AND THE GFE OUT WEST.

A BLOCKING UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD OVER EASTERN BRISTOL BAY TODAY AND
TONIGHT THEN REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH FRI.  AT THE SURFACE A LARGE
STRONG 1050MB TO 1055MB HIGH IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER BRISTOL BAY
TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN MOVE OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR THU AND THU
NIGHT.  A RIDGE WILL BUILD EASTWARD FROM THE HIGH OVER THE COPPER
RIVER BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT.  A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT JUST OFFSHORE ALONG THE EASTERN NORTH GULF.
STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PASSES NEAR THE NORTH
GULF COAST TODAY THROUGH THU.

A WEAK TROUGH IS MOVING EASTWARD JUST NORTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE.
EXPECT UP TO SIX HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE WITH THIS
TROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...WIND WARNING ZONES 131 AND 135
MARINE...STORM PKZ410 176   GALE PKZ120 130 170 172 175 180 185 350

RHH JAN 05

The office that day

Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 4, 11:00 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 4, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	60 hr
Jan 5, 1:50 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	21 hr
Jan 5, 1:50 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	9 hr
Jan 5, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	60 hr
Jan 5, 11:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	19 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.