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Small Craft Advisory 1050, NWS Anchorage, AK

November 13, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 13, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2006, 11:00 AM AKST
In force: 24 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 Nov 13, 9:00 AM AKST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 9:00 AM AKST, 2 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
200 PM AST MON NOV 13 2006

.DISCUSSION... (DUE TO HARDWARE ISSUES, NO 12Z GFS IN PAFC PAST 24
HOURS)
CONTINUED RIDGE OVER THE BERING SEA THIS WEEK WITH A SLOWLY
INTENSIFYING LOW IN THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA.  CONSIDERABLE COLD
AIR ADVECTION THROUGHOUT THE TROPOSPHERE HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST
36 HOURS. MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS STRENGTH OF WINDS THROUGHOUT THE
FORECAST AREA.

IN THE EAST DEEP COLD AIR OVER THE COPPER RIVER BASIN SHOULD PERSISTS
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...HOWEVER WITH MAIN ARCTIC JET LOCATED OVER
WESTERN ALAKSA...NOT EXPECTING AN EXTREME WIND EVENT IN SOUTHCENTRAL.
MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS THROUGH COPPER RIVER DELTA...THOMPSON
PASS...PALMER...BROAD PASS. NAM TRIES TO STRENGTHEN THE GULF LOW TO
960 MB LATE WED MORNING...SEEMS A BIT TOO LOW...UKMET IN THE 970 MB
RANGE.

IN THE WESTERN ZONES NAM TRIES TO RELAX THE LOW LEVEL PRESSURE
GRADIENT TUESDAY...HOWEVER WITH GOOD SUPPORT ALOFT AND DEEP COLD AIR
FROM THE NORTHWEST...EXPECTING 15 TO 30 KTS THROUGHOUT A LARGE PART
OF THE REGION WITH STRONGER GUSTS THROUGH TERRAIN GAPS.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...SEE AFTERNOON PACKAGE FOR DETAILS.
MARINE...SEE AFTERNOON PACKAGE FOR DETAILS.
NOV 06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 13, 9:12 AM AKST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
212 PM AST MON NOV 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  KING COVE               55.06N 162.30W
11/13/2006  M75.00 MPH                          AK   AWOS

            KING COVE AWOS OBSERVED GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  25 NE VALDEZ            61.34N 145.77W
11/13/2006  E106 MPH                            AK   MESONET

            THOMPSON PASS RWIS OBSERVED GUSTS TO 106 MPH.

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
11/13/2006  M70.00 MPH                          AK   MESONET

            VALDEZ WSO OBSERVED GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
11/13/2006  E64.00 MPH                          AK   AWOS

            VALDEZ AIRPORT OBSERVED GUSTS TO 64 MPH.

0140 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG KENAI                   60.55N 151.21W
11/13/2006                                      AK   UTILITY COMPANY

            TREES BLOWING DOWN ON TOP OF POWERLINES.

&&

SEB

Local storm report, Nov 13, 9:17 AM AKST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
217 PM AST MON NOV 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
11/13/2006  M70.00 MPH                          AK   MESONET

            VALDEZ WSO OBSERVED GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  25 NE VALDEZ            61.34N 145.77W
11/13/2006  M106 MPH                            AK   MESONET

            THOMPSON PASS RWIS OBSERVED GUSTS TO 106 MPH.

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  VALDEZ                  61.08N 146.30W
11/13/2006  M64.00 MPH                          AK   AWOS

            VALDEZ AIRPORT OBSERVED GUSTS TO 64 MPH.

1010 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  KING COVE               55.06N 162.30W
11/13/2006  M75.00 MPH                          AK   AWOS

            KING COVE AWOS OBSERVED GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

0140 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG KENAI                   60.55N 151.21W
11/13/2006                                      AK   UTILITY COMPANY

            TREES BLOWING DOWN ON TOP OF POWERLINES.

&&

SEB

Local storm report, Nov 13, 10:32 AM AKST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
332 PM AST MON NOV 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     HIGH SUST WINDS  25 NE VALDEZ            61.34N 145.77W
11/13/2006  M106 MPH                            AK   MESONET

            THOMPSON PASS RWIS OBSERVED GUSTS TO 106 MPH.

&&

SEB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 12, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	4 days
Nov 12, 11:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 days
Nov 13, 12:00 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFC	4 days
Nov 13, 5:05 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFC	3 days
Nov 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Nov 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	24 hr
Nov 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	7 days

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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.