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Small Craft Advisory 422, 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 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT
In force: 5 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 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		12 hr
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.