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Small Craft Advisory 679, NWS Anchorage, AK

August 26, 2005

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 26, 2005, 1:35 AM AKDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2005, 1:35 AM AKDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2005, 11:00 PM AKDT
In force: 45 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 26, 12:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 12:00 AM AKDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 AM ADT FRI AUG 26 2005

.DISCUSSION...GULF LOW MOVING OFF TO SOUTHEAST AK WHILE WESTERN
BERING LOW CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY. MINI RIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO WILL
MOVE ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FRONT FROM BERING LOW
WILL REACH THE WEST COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN
SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT MOVE OVER CENTRAL ZONES SUNDAY. PARENT LOW TO
MOVE ONSHORE MONDAY AS LONG WAVE DIGS ALONG AK WEST COAST. PRECIP
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MAINLAND ZONES WITH THE WAVE. AS THE LOW MOVES
INTO CANADA A STRONG POCKET OF COLD AIR DIPS SOUTH JUST BRUSHING OUR
FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 130 132 138 180 170 172 175 176 185 179.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

AFC AUG 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 25, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	4 days
Aug 25, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	19 hr
Aug 25, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	19 hr
Aug 25, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	4 days
Aug 25, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	19 hr
Aug 25, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	19 hr
Aug 26, 1:35 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	33 hr

Nearby

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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.