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Small Craft Advisory 81, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 23, 2005

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 23, 2005, 10:07 PM AKDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2005, 10:07 PM AKDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2005, 5:45 AM AKDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Aug 23, 9:30 AM AKDT, 12 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 9:30 AM AKDT, 12 hours 37 minutes before

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT TUE AUG 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...

A MEAN UPPER TROUGH POSITION WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY. SHORT RANGE
MODEL PROJECTIONS ARE SIMILAR THROUGH FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE
IN MEDIUM RANGE FORECASTS IS LOW WITH CONSIDERABLE
DIVERGENCE BETWEEN MODEL RUNS BEYOND FRIDAY.

A 984 MB SURFACE LOW JUST SOUTHWEST OF BETHEL WILL MOVE
TO NEAR SELAWIK BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WEAKENING TO 990 MB.
BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THE LOW WILL OPEN UP INTO A LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE.

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES AND
IN THE BIG DELTA AREA AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH BY LATE TONIGHT AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.HYDRO...NONE
.FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG WARNING 223-225-226

.AFG WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING 223-225-226
         WIND ADVISORY 214
         DENSE FOG ADVISORY 203-204
MARINE...GALE WARNING 210.
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 220-220-225-230

RF AUG 05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 8:10 PM AKDT	Wind Advisory	AFG		18 hr
Aug 24, 9:56 AM AKDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG		25 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.