Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2006
Small Craft Advisory 677, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 1, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2006, 6:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 31 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 1, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 500 PM ADT TUE AUG 1 2006 .DISCUSSION... NAM AND GFS AGREEMENT IS REASONABLE FOR FIRST 36 HOURS...THEN MAJOR DIFFERENCES. NAM TAKES GULF OF ALASKA LOW WELL EAST OF GFS SOLUTION...WHICH TRACKS THIS SYSTEM OVER KODIAK ON THURSDAY EVENING. MIDNIGHT SHIFT AND FORECASTERS TODAY GOING WITH GFS SOLUTION. TONIGHT...WESTERLY FLOW AND BROAD TROUGH OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL KEEP MOISTURE IN THE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWESTERN AK THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODELS INDICATING AREAS OF INSTABILITY IN THE NORTHERN KUSKO BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CLOUD COVER TODAY HOWEVER MAY PUT A DAMPER ON WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. ISOLATED TSTRMS SEEMS REASONABLE FOR NORTHERN KUSKO THIS EVENING...WITH A BETTER CHANCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. SOUTHCENTRAL...RAIN OVER COPPER RIVER BASIN AND EASTERN MATANUSKA ZONE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AS NORTH GULF LOW DISSIPATES AND MOVES ONSHORE NEAR SITKA. UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO COOK INLET WEDNESDAY MORNING...GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE WINDS FORMING ALONG NORTH GULF COAST WEDNESDAY EVENING AS LOW CENTER MOVES OVER KODIAK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...SEE AFTERNOON PACKAGE FIRE WEATHER...NONE AUG 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 31 hr | |
| Aug 1, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Aug 2, 11:00 AM AKDT | Storm Warning | AFC | 19 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.