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Small Craft Advisory 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

June 1, 2009

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jun 1, 2009, 4:30 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2009, 4:30 PM AKDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2009, 5:45 PM AKDT
In force
3 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 Jun 1, 2:16 PM AKDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:16 PM AKDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
216 PM AKDT MON JUN 1 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH AT LEAST 72 HOURS. CURRENT
UPPER LEVEL HIGH AT 579 DM HAS EXPANDED OVER ALL OF MAINLAND
ALASKA. THE RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THURSDAY.

THIS RIDGE WILL USHER IN STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WEST COAST
AND WESTERN INTERIOR...BRINGING IN BOUTS OF MOISTURE THROUGH THE
WEEK. ALTHOUGH THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
ADVECTED IN...THE WESTERN PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA CAN EXPECT
SHOWERS THROUGH THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY SOAR INTO THE MID 80S OVER THE EASTERN
INTERIOR. THE ONLY WORM IN THIS IS THAT MUCH OF THE EASTERN
INTERIOR WILL HAVE CLOUD COVER WHICH WILL LIKELY SUPPRESS THE
TEMPERATURES OVER THE HOT PORTION BY A FEW DEGREES. THIS PATTERN
IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...BUILDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY
DRY CONDITIONS TO THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA
THROUGH THE WEEK.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...NONE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AKZ220-AKZ222.

RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ224-AKZ225-AKZ226.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ210.
&&

CF JUN 09

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:31 PM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG4 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.