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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high surf advisory at Sep 10, 2011, 9:34 PM AKDT. It took effect at Sep 11, 2011, 6:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2011, 9:34 PM AKDT (05:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2011, 6:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2011, 3:18 AM AKDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 10, 2:22 PM AKDT, 7 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 2:22 PM AKDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 222 PM AKDT SAT SEP 10 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR...TROUGH OVER CENTRAL BERING SEA AND RIDGE OVER NORTHERN MAINLAND ALASKA WILL BECOME HIGHLY AMPLIFIED BY SUNDAY...THEN PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. SURFACE...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE ARCTIC COAST NORTH OF BARROW TO DEMARCATION POINT WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH SUNDAY. A 977 MB LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY NORTHEAST OF THE KAMCHATKA COAST THROUGH MONDAY. AN ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL STALL JUST WEST OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SUNDAY NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH MONDAY. NORTH SLOPE...SHOWERS WILL END SUNDAY AS TROUGH MOVES NORTH AND AWAY FROM THE NORTH SLOPE. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL CAUSE DRY WEATHER WITH LIGHT WINDS TO FOLLOW MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WEST COAST...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM AKDT TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY MAY BE EXTENDED. SURF MODEL SHOWS SURGE STEADY TONIGHT AND DECREASING SLOWLY ON SUNDAY...THEREFORE SURF WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON HIGH AND LOW TIDES. SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED BY SUNDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF THE WEST COAST. SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL HAVE A FRONT APPROACH FROM THE WEST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. INTERIOR...TREND WILL BE TOWARDS DRIER WEATHER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS HIGH BUILDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && .HYDROLOGY...NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ211-AKZ212-AKZ214. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. && DA SEP 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 1:13 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Sep 11, 1:15 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Sep 11, 1:26 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 49 hr | |
| Sep 11, 1:27 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 25 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.