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Small Craft Advisory 605, NWS Anchorage, AK

August 3, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 3, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 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 Aug 3, 12:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT WED AUG 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...
LONG WAVE TROFF OVER MAINLAND ALASKA BREAKS DOWN BY THE END OF WEEK
AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH GULF OF ALASKA LOW THIS MORNING
BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND PRECIP TO GULF COAST. FRONT WILL WEAKEN
ALONG THE COAST TODAY.

OVER INTERIOR ZONES THERMAL TROFF TO SET UP A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH
AND A LITTLE STRONGER TODAY THAN TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE WET
FOR FIREWX.

UNDER WEAK FLOW LOW CLOUDS...AREAS OF FOG AND LIGHT RAIN CONTINUE
OVER BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS.  NEXT FRONT DUE IN TO WESTERN ZONES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA
OVER THE WEEKEND.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 120 130 138 140 176.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

AUG 05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 11:00 PM AKDTGale WarningAFC48 hr
Aug 2, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Aug 2, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 hr
Aug 3, 11:00 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC60 hr
Aug 3, 11:00 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC24 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.