Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2005

Small Craft Advisory 322, NWS Anchorage, AK

April 12, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Apr 12, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT
In force
3 days
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 Apr 12, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT TUE APR 12 2005

.DISCUSSION...

THE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT OUT WEST OVER THE BERING SEA BUT
CONTINUE TO DIFFER IN THE EAST WITH THE HANDLING OF THE MOVING OVER
THE GULF OF ALASKA.  DECIDED TO GO WITH THE MESO ETA IN THE SHORT
TERM SWITCHING TO THE GFS AFTER 36 HRS.

THE UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTHWEST WILL BREAK DOWN AS THE UPPER LOW OVER
THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS DRIFTS EAST WEDNESDAY.  A RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK
UP AS THAT LOW SLIDES INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA LATER IN THE WEEK.

AT THE SURFACE A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BERING SEA TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AND STALL ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA THROUGH THURSDAY.
IN THE EAST THE OLD LOW IN THE GULF WILL DRIFT NORTH AND DISSIPATE
WEDNESDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE  WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE ALASKA
MAINLAND FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS AND WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION ALONG
THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND WEST.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 14 AND 15.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 11:00 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFC24 hr
Apr 12, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC4 days
Apr 13, 11:00 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC5 days
Apr 13, 11:00 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC60 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Alaska, 2005Every small craft advisory in 2005

Sources

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