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Small Craft Advisory 642, NWS Anchorage, AK

August 17, 2005

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC36 hr
Aug 16, 11:00 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFC12 hr
Aug 17, 4:50 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC18 hr
Aug 17, 8:40 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC14 hr
Aug 17, 11:00 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC12 hr
Aug 17, 11:00 AM AKDTGale WarningAFC24 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.