Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2005
Small Craft Advisory 642, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 17, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2005, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 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 Aug 17, 9:00 AM AKDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 9:00 AM AKDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 200 PM ADT WED AUG 17 2005 .DISCUSSION... TWO WEAK 999 MB LOWS...ONE NEAR COLD BAY AND ONE NEAR SITKINAK WILL MERGE OVER EASTERN BRISTOL BAY WED NIGHT AND THEN MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA BY THU NIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING THU AND MOVE TO JUST WEST OF UNALASKA FRI. EXPECT RAIN OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA...KODIAK ISLAND...BRISTOL BAY...COOK INLET AND THE WESTERN NORTH GULF COAST TONIGHT. THE RAIN SHOULD END SLOWLY FROM THE WEST ON THU AND THU NIGHT. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL BERING THU AND FRI WILL FLATTEN OUT SAT. THIS WILL OPEN SOUTHERN ALASKA TO COOLER DAMP BERING SEA AIR SUN AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE 140 170 155. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. RHH AUG 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Aug 16, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Aug 17, 4:50 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 18 hr | |
| Aug 17, 8:40 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 14 hr | |
| Aug 17, 11:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Aug 17, 11:00 AM AKDT | Gale 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.