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Small Craft Advisory 562, NWS Anchorage, AK

July 15, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jul 15, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT
In force: 36 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 Jul 15, 10:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
300 PM ADT FRI JUL 15 2005

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS SITTING OVER
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS DUG
INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA. THIS PATTERN WILL PROGRESS WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW BECOMING CUT-OFF FROM THE TROUGH AND MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE EAST. THE LOW SHOULD DWELL JUST SOUTH OF THE KENAI PENINSULA BY
SUNDAY.

A THERMAL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN ALASKA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE
NORTHWARD INTO THE INTERIOR BY SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN ALASKA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALL BE CONFINED TO
THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE FOX CREEK FIRE...ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF TUSTUMENA LAKE ON THE
KENAI PENINSULA...IS SENDING A THICK PLUME OF SMOKE OVER THE KENAI
PENINSULA AND ANCHORAGE BOWL. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE IN THE
ANCHORAGE AREA SATURDAY AS EASTERLY WINDS MOVE THE SMOKE AWAY FROM
THE CITY. ON THE KENAI PENINSULA SATURDAY...SMOKE WILL DECREASE ON
THE NORTHERN END OF THE PENINSULA...BUT INCREASE ON THE SOUTHERN END
OF THE PENINSULA WITH THE CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION.

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

EZ JUL 05

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:30 AM AKDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	5 days
Jul 14, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	6 days
Jul 15, 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.