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Small Craft Advisory 421, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 19, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at May 19, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
FZAK51 PAFC 201155
CWFAER

SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST
UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND
AND COOK INLET

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ197-210200-
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+
COOK INLET...

A 995 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF SITKA WILL DISSIPATE 250 NM SOUTH OF
CORDOVA BY SAT MORNING. A 993 MB LOW 330 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL
WEAKEN TO 1010 MB 600 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA BY SUN MORNING.

$$

PKZ120-210200-
AREA 2B. CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 

$$

PKZ121-210200-
AREA 2B1. RESURRECTION BAY
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 

$$

PKZ125-210200-
AREA 2C. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 

$$

PKZ129-210200-
AREA 2C4. PASSAGE CANAL
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 

$$

PKZ130-210200-
AREA 3A. BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

$$

PKZ132-210200-
AREA 3B. SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY...

.TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

$$

PKZ138-210200-
AREA 3C. SHELIKOF STRAIT
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY...

.TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8
FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT THIS AFTERNOON. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 

$$

PKZ140-210200-
AREA 4. COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 

$$

PKZ141-210200-
AREA 4A. KACHEMAK BAY
400 AM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
FZAK51 PAFC 202339
CWFAER

SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST
UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND
AND COOK INLET

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ197-211400-
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+
COOK INLET...
A 996 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST DISSIPATE 
700 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WEAK RIDGE OF 
HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SUNDAY.
$$

PKZ120-211400-
AREA 2B. CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ121-211400-
AREA 2B1. RESURRECTION BAY
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 

$$

PKZ125-211400-
AREA 2C. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ129-211400-
AREA 2C4. PASSAGE CANAL
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 

$$

PKZ130-211400-
AREA 3A. BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...SE OF BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 20 KT. NW OF BARREN
ISLANDS...SOUTH WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS.
.SAT...SE OF BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 15 KT. NW OF BARREN 
ISLANDS...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ132-211400-
AREA 3B. SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ138-211400-
AREA 3C. SHELIKOF STRAIT
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS.
.SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ140-211400-
AREA 4. COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS.
.SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ141-211400-
AREA 4A. KACHEMAK BAY
400 PM ADT FRI MAY 20 2005

.TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. 
.SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

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 May 19, 12:00 AM AKDT, 23 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 12:00 AM AKDT, 23 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT THU MAY 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A 985 MB LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN SOUTH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA AND
GRADUALLY WEAKEN TO 1001 MB FRIDAY NIGHT. WEAK WAVES WILL ROTATE
AROUND THE EDGES OF THE SYSTEM AND WILL BRINGS AREAS OF SHOWERS TO
THE GULF COAST AND KODIAK ISLAND THROUGH FRIDAY.

A WEAK THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INTERIOR WILL
KEEP THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND THE SUSITNA
VALLEY AND MOST OF THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY A BIT UNSTABLE THROUGH
FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING FRO
TODAY AND FRIDAY.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 13B.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM MAY 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		5 days
May 20, 11:00 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC		4 days

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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.