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Small Craft Advisory 154, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 5, 2007

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 5, 2007, 9:30 AM AKST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 5, 2007, 9:30 AM AKST (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2007, 7:32 AM AKST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, 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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Nov 4, 10:58 PM AKST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 10:58 PM AKST, 10 hours 32 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
358 AM AST MON NOV 5 2007

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE...NINE-SEVENTY SOMETHING LOW CONTINUES TO LINGER OVER THE
WESTERN BERING SEA...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE AROUND
50N/140W AND AN EVEN WEAKER LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY OF
CANADA. HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN.

ALOFT...WESTERN BERING SEA SURFACE LOW SUPPORTED BY VERTICALLY
STACKED LOW WITH VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
ALASKA. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST OF BARROW WITH LONG WAVE TROUGH
TO THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE
INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR TO THE BROOKS RANGE.

WEST COAST...ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NOME
SOUTH WITH MAINLY SNOW OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR. SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE VICINITY OF POAT THEN SPREAD
NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. TONIGHT RIDGE ALOFT WILL BUILD IN FROM THE
SOUTH AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE DECREASE.
THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR ZONE 216...SOUTH AND EAST OF GALENA
WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW ADVISORY NORTH AND EAST OF GALENA AND
FOR SOUTH AND EAST OF AMBLER...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE
BY TUESDAY MORNING.

NORTH SLOPE...EAST WINDS TO 30 KTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT
PROMPTING SMALL CRAFT AND BRISK WIND ADVISORIES. HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY IN ON TAP FOR MARINES ZONES 225...230 AND 235. LIGHT SNOW
OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST.

INTERIOR...SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONE 219 AND 218 WEST OF CHANDALAR
FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING...ELSEWHERE IT WILL BE MOSTLY
CLOUDY. SNOW WILL BE MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PATA TO PFYU. AS
THE SHORT WAVE MIGRATES NORTH AND EAST IT GRADUALLY WEAKENS AND
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME SCATTERED.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...CURRENT MODELS INDICATING
EAST WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT...STRENGTHEN AND
PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND WATERS...THIS
COULD PRESENT COASTAL ERROSION ISSUES AND NEEDS TO BE WATCHED FOR
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SNOW ADVISORY FOR AKZ216-AKZ217-AKZ218-AKZ219.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ240-PKZ245.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210.
&&

NOV 07

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 4, 9:57 PM AKST	Snow Advisory	AFG	11 hr
Nov 4, 10:43 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	4 days
Nov 4, 10:43 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	34 hr
Nov 4, 10:55 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	23 hr
Nov 4, 11:46 PM AKST	Snow Advisory	AFG	12 hr
Nov 5, 8:12 AM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	14 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.