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Small Craft Advisory 907, NWS Anchorage, AK

October 3, 2006

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Oct 3, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2006, 11:00 PM AKDT
In force: 3 days
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 Oct 3, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 12:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT TUE OCT 3 2006

.DISCUSSION...GFS/UMKET SOLUTIONS INITIALIZED BEST AND FORECAST
TRENDS APPEAR MOST REASONABLE.

.SYNOPSIS...980 MB LOW CENTER OVER KUSKOKWIM BAY THIS AFTERNOON MOVES
INLAND NEAR BETHEL TONIGHT THEN WEAKENS OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR.
ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING E-SE TO OVER THE WESTERN GULF
MOVES N AND E TO OVER THE INTERIOR AND EAST GULF TONIGHT. A SECONDARY
988 MB CENTER DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA TONIGHT AND MOVES
TO SOUTHERN KUSKOKWIM BAY AT 988 MB WED MORNING. CENTER THEN WEAKENS
AS IT MOVES INLAND NEAR DILLINGHAM WED AFTERNOON AND TO EASTERN
INTERIOR THU. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA
THROUGH THU.

.EAST...EAST/WEST PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL RELAX SOME TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. WIND WARNING CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND CORDOVA ZONE THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING. BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL
THROUGH TONIGHT. GAP WINDS LIKELY TO INCREASE AGAIN WED AS SECONDARY
LOW MOVES INTO BRISTOL BAY. BRISK SOUTH WINDS ALONG THE COPPER RIVER
WILL SLACKEN SOME TONIGHT...BUT PRESSURE RISES OVER THE GULF SHOULD
KEEP GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THU.
RAIN OVER SOUTHCENTRAL WILL BREAK UP INTO SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH
UNSTABLE AIR ON BACKSIDE OF FRONT.

.WEST...DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS OVER THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY WILL GIVE WAY
TO RAIN AND 850/700MB FLOWS SHIFT S-SW TONIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS
OVER SW AK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THU WITH SURFACE AND UPPER LOW OVER
THE REGION. MARGINAL STORM SURGE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER BRISTOL
BAY TONIGHT AS LOW NEAR KUSKOKWIM BAY SHIFTS NORTH AND LONG FETCH
W-SW WINDS DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. HIGH TIDES IN BRISTOL BAY TONIGHT
ARE AROUND MIDNIGHT. STRONG WIND HEADLINES LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS THROUGH TONIGHT AND THE AK PEN THROUGH WED.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING ZONES 101 AND 135.
MARINE...GALES 150 155 160 165 170 171 172 179 179
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

RMC OCT 06

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 3, 11:00 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	12 hr
Oct 3, 11:00 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	48 hr
Oct 4, 11:00 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	36 hr
Oct 4, 11:00 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	36 hr
Oct 4, 11:00 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	4 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.