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Small Craft Advisory 335, NWS Anchorage, AK

April 16, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Apr 16, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT
In force: 12 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 Apr 16, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT SAT APR 16 2005

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTHEAST
INTO THE ALASKA INTERIOR WITH UPPER LEVEL FLOW INCREASING AND
BECOMING MORE WESTERLY. MODERATE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SURFACE
LOW JUST SOUTH OF BROOKS RANGE WILL PUSH SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS BRINGING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER A LARGE
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ALASKA RANGE ON MONDAY.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY SOUTH OF ADAK WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGING
PRECIPITATION AS FAR EAST AS DUTCH HARBOR WILL CONTINUE SLOW EASTWARD
MOVEMENT. PRECIPITATION EXTENDS WESTWARD ALONG THE ALEUTIANS WELL
PAST SHEMYA.

A WEAKENING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE TWO LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS. RIDGE IS CONNECTED TO A MUCH LARGE HI CURRENTLY
SITUATED OVER EASTERN SIBERIA.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 12A..12B..13A..13B..15.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

CAS APR 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Apr 16, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Apr 16, 11:00 PM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	24 hr
Apr 17, 11:00 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Apr 17, 11:00 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Apr 17, 11:00 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	60 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.