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Small Craft Advisory 346, NWS Anchorage, AK

April 20, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Apr 20, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT
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 Apr 20, 4:14 AM AKDT, 6 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 4:14 AM AKDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
914 AM ADT WED APR 20 2005

.DISCUSSION...996 MB LOW SOUTH OF ATKA ISLE WITH FRONT ACROSS EASTERN
ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA PENINSULA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THEN MERGE WITH A STRONGER SYSTEM WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS
NEXT STORM, NOW DEVELOPING AROUND 38N 178W, WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO
UNALASKA AND DEEPEN TO 965 MB THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GFS LOOKS GOOD WITH
THIS TYPE OF PATTERN SO WILL FOLLOW THAT MODEL FOR THIS FORECAST SET.

AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BERING STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW
BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL SPREAD WARMER AND WETTER
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MAINLAND ALASKA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
AS HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD
RISE HIGH ENOUGH TO BRING RAIN TO EVEN CANTWELL AND PUNTILLA THURSDAY
NIGHT.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HI WIND WATCH FOR THE ALASKA PENINSULA
MARINE...STORM AREA 12A 5B AND 6B.

PERCY APR 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 11:00 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Apr 19, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	37 hr
Apr 19, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	60 hr
Apr 19, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Apr 19, 11:00 PM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFC	31 hr
Apr 20, 11:00 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	48 hr
Apr 20, 11:00 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	48 hr
Apr 20, 11:00 AM AKDT	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	AFC	12 hr
Apr 20, 11:00 AM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFC	36 hr
Apr 20, 11:00 AM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFC	24 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.