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Small Craft Advisory 35, NWS Anchorage, AK

January 12, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jan 12, 2006, 3:40 PM AKST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2006, 3:40 PM AKST (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2006, 11:15 PM AKST
In force: 8 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 Jan 12, 12:00 PM AKST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 12:00 PM AKST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM AST THU JAN 12 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. THE GFS IS
PREFERRED OVER THE WEST DOMAIN. EITHER THE ETA OR GFS WILL WORK OVER
THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH SATURDAY BUT THE GFS APPEARS TO HAVE THE
BETTER SOLUTION ON SUNDAY.

UPPER AIR...AN UPPER TROUGH WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA
THROUGH THE COOK INLET AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA WILL BE
PUSHED NORTHEAST INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN BY AN UPPER RIDGE MOVING
INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. THE UPPER LOW OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS
WILL WEAKEN AND WILL BE ABSORBED BY ANOTHER MOVING INTO THE AREA
SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS SUNDAY.

AT THE SURFACE.
EASTERN DOMAIN...THE WEAKENING LOW OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL
DISSIPATE INTO A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA MOVE EAST THROUGH THE
GULF SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE GULF AND ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND END FRIDAY. CLOUDS
WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH FRIDAY BUT SHOULD BE
CLEARED OUT BY THE RIDGE ON SATURDAY.

WESTERN DOMAIN...WIND, RAIN AND SNOW ASSOCIATE WITH THE STROM SYSTEM
OVER THE ALEUTIANS AND BERING SEA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND
DIMINISH FRIDAY. WINDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL PICKUP AGAIN AS THE
NEXT STORM APPROACHES THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS SATURDAY.

AREAS LOW CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA
THROUGH FRIDAY BUT SHOULD BREAK UP SATURDAY AS A NORTHEAST WIND
DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALES 155, 170, 175, 179.
         STORMS 176.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

NM JAN 06

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 10:10 AM AKST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
310 PM AST THU JAN 12 2006

AKZ121-171-130600-

AUGUSTINE VOLCANO CONTINUES TO VENT STEAM CLOUDS WITH RELATIVELY LOW
CONCENTRATIONS OF ASH. MINOR ASH FALL IS EXPECTED WITH 5 NM OF THE
VOLCANO. PILOT REPORTS IN THE AREA INDICATED LAVA FLOWS AND ASH OVER
THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE VOLCANO.

ALTHOUGH ONLY MINOR LEVELS OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, THERE IS STILL A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL ERUPTIONS AT ANY TIME.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 11:35 AM AKST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 12, 11:00 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Jan 12, 11:00 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Jan 12, 11:00 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 12, 11:00 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 12, 11:15 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	5 hr
Jan 13, 1:30 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	22 hr
Jan 13, 4:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	19 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	15 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	12 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr
Jan 13, 11:00 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	3 hr

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Sources

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