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Small Craft Advisory 438, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 10, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at May 10, 2006, 11:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2006, 11:00 AM AKDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT
In force: 36 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 May 10, 11:00 AM AKDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 11:00 AM AKDT, 0 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
400 PM ADT WED MAY 10 2006

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK RIDGE ON TRACK TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS BERING SEA OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.  PLENTY OF STRATUS CAN BE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS
FEATURE.  MODELS MOVE LOW NEAR KAMCHATKA INTO NE SIBERIA
THRUSDAY...HOWEVER FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN BERING
SEA REGION ON THURSDAY.

OLD LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS IT SLOWLY WEAKENS. THIS SYSTEM THEN MOVES
INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA ON FRIDAY.  SCATTERED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHCENTRAL. RIDGE DOMINANT OVER SOUTHCENTRAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...NONE
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

JP MAY 06

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	60 hr
May 9, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
May 10, 11:00 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	48 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.