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Small Craft Advisory 486, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jun 1, 2007, 10:20 AM AKDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2007, 10:20 AM AKDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 11:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFC 012320 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-021400- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC THROUGH SAT EVENING. A 998 MB LOW DEVELOPS OVER NORTHERN KAMCHATKA SUN MORNING BEFORE MOVING WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH INTO THE NORTHWESTERN BERING SEA MON AFTERNOON...THIS SYSTEM DISSIPATES MON NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ150-021400- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT AND SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-021400- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-021400- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ165-021400- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ180-021400- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-021400- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ171-021400- UNALASKA BAY 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-021400- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT EAST OF ATKA...DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N WIND 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ175-021400- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ176-021400- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ185-021400- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. $$ PKZ179-021400- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFC 020219 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 615 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 CORRECTED AREAS 150 175 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-021400- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC THROUGH SAT EVENING. A 998 MB LOW DEVELOPS OVER NORTHERN KAMCHATKA SUN MORNING BEFORE MOVING WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH INTO THE NORTHWESTERN BERING SEA MON AFTERNOON...THIS SYSTEM DISSIPATES MON NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ150-021400- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-021400- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-021400- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ165-021400- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ180-021400- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-021400- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ171-021400- UNALASKA BAY 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-021400- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT EAST OF ATKA...DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N WIND 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ175-021400- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ176-021400- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ185-021400- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. $$ PKZ179-021400- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 320 PM ADT FRI JUN 1 2007 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 021113 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-030200- .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BERING SEA THROUGH MONDAY. A 994 MB LOW DEVELOPS 500 NM NORTH OF ATTU SUN MORNING AND DISSIPATES 325 NM NORTHWEST OF ATTU BY MON AFTERNOON. A 994 MB LOW 800 NM SOUTHWEST OF ATTU MOVES TO 350 NM SOUTH OF ATTU AT 999 MB BY SUN AFTERNOON. THIS LOW RESTRENGTHENS TO 991 MB 175 NM SOUTHWEST OF ADAK MON MORNING. $$ PKZ150-030200- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-030200- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ160-030200- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-030200- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ180-030200- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-030200- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ171-030200- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-030200- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ175-030200- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ176-030200- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-030200- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-030200- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM ADT SAT JUN 2 2007 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
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 Jun 1, 3:00 AM AKDT, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:00 AM AKDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA 800 AM ADT THU JUN 1 2007 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...CYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE STATE AS A LARGE UPPER LOW WITH SURFACE REFLECTION REMAINS ANCHORED IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA. THE RESULTING ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS BROUGHT CONTINUED RAIN OVERNIGHT TO USUAL WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND KODIAK ISLAND WITH DRIER CONDITIONS ON THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS. RADAR IS SHOWING WEAK ECHOES MOVING ACROSS THE BRISTOL BAY REGION THIS MORNING...HOWEVER WHATEVER LIGHT PRECIP THERE IS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE REACHING THE GROUND. NORTHERLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE BERING SEA AROUND THE MAIN LOW IS BRINGING PRECIP INTO PACD AND PADU THIS MORNING WHILE PASN REMAINS MIRED IN STRATUS. A COMPACT MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW IS SEEN ON IR IMAGERY DROPPING INTO THE CENTRAL BERING WHILE TO THE WEST SURFACE RIDGING IS TRAPPING THE MARINE LAYER AND KEEPING LOW CLOUDS OVER THE WESTERN BERING AND WESTERN ALEUTIANS. .MODEL DISCUSSION... GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS IN THE SHORT TERM HOWEVER AGREEMENT BREAKS DOWN BY 12Z SUNDAY. THE 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND THE UKMET ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN DEVELOPING AND ROTATING A SURFACE LOW INTO THE GULF SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THE NAM AND THE ECMWF FAVOR A MUCH SLOWER AND WEAKER LOW. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE JET CURRENTLY MOVING INTO AND AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW...THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONGER LOW SEEMS MORE REASONABLE. AFTER 84 HOURS THE GENERAL PICTURE AMONG THE MODELS REMAINS SIMILAR WITH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH GRADUALLY RETROGRADING WEST ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND A STRONGER LOW DROPPING INTO THE WESTERN BERING MONDAY EVENING. THERE IS PRETTY STRONG DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ON THIS FEATURE...HOWEVER GIVEN THE SURPRISINGLY GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND THE RESEMBLANCE OF THE GFS SOLUTION TO THE PREVIOUS ECMWF RUN...MORE CONFIDENCE IS PLACED IN THE GFS SOLUTION. .SHORT TERM FORECAST...MUCH OF THE SAME TODAY AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS ENTRENCHED AND THE ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND KODIAK ISLAND. SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL WILL BE LIMITED THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK SURFACE HIGH MOVES ALONG THE COAST AND OVER SOUTHCENTRAL. THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND AKPEN SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERY WEATHER IN NORTHERLY FLOW. THE ARRIVAL OF THE UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE BERING SEA SHOULD PROVIDE SOME ENHANCEMENT TO PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW FOR THOSE AREAS. CYCLONIC FLOW ALONG WITH RELATIVELY WEAK SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDDLE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY AND ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM MOUNTAINS IN AN AREA OF ENHANCED SURFACE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE THERMAL LOW IN THE INTERIOR AND SURFACE RIDGING SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE. CLOUDY BUT DRY SKIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS UNDER THE SURFACE RIDGE. LOOK FOR MORE RAIN ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SATURDAY AS A SHORTWAVE ROTATES ONSHORE. AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER ACTIVITY INLAND SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE COPPER AND SUSITNA RIVER VALLEYS AS THE THERMAL LOW BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED AND THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE MOVES ONSHORE. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AKPEN AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS SHOULD TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW OUT THERE CONTINUES SOUTHEAST AND OUT OF THE PICTURE AND WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW TAKES OVER. THE GULF COAST SHOULD SEE A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE RAINY WEATHER ON SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVE AND THE SURFACE FLOW TURNS NORTHERLY. RIDGING ALOFT SHOULD KEEP A CAP ON CONVECTION ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHCENTRAL. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY CLOSER TO THE THERMAL LOW. A POWERFUL SHORTWAVE PROGGED TO DROP INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA SHOULD BRING RAIN TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS BY SUNDAY EVENING WHILE ANOTHER WEAKER LOW SHOULD SKIRT SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NORTH PACIFIC JET...WITH SOME PRECIP OCCURRING ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THIS SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. .LONG TERM FORECAST...AS DISCUSSED EARLIER...THE LONG TERM FORECAST CALLS FOR THE GRADUAL RETROGRADING OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH TO THE WEST AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE MAIN UPPER LOW COMPLEX TO THE BERING SEA WITH A SECONDARY UPPER LOW SOUTH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA BY MIDWEEK. THIS SIGNIFIES A STORMIER PATTERN FOR THE ALEUTIANS THAT WILL BRING WETTER WEATHER PARTICULARLY INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. MEANWHILE...SOUTHCENTRAL SHOULD SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF A DRIER PATTERN AS THE LONGWAVE RIDGE BEGINS TO ENCROACH ON THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. WOOD JUN 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 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.