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Small Craft Advisory 174, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 11, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 11, 2011, 2:41 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2011, 2:41 AM AKST (11:41 UTC)
Expired: Nov 12, 2011, 2:44 AM AKST
In force: 24 hr
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 10, 11:50 AM AKST, 14 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 11:50 AM AKST, 14 hours 51 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1150 AM AKST THU NOV 10 2011

.DISCUSSION...

COASTAL FLOODING ON THE WEST COAST CONTINUES TO WIND DOWN
AND HAS ENDED IN SOME AREAS. REMAINING WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE CANCELED BY 6 PM THIS EVENING AS WINDS OVER NORTON
SOUND AND THE BERING SEA COAST WEAKEN AND SEA LEVELS CONTINUE
TO FALL.

SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST...
INTERIOR...AND BROOKS RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT.

CURRENT MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVING
INTO BRISTOL BAY FRI. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL WESTERN
INTERIOR BY 00Z SUN WHILE WEAKENING. SNOW DEVELOPING IN
AKZ214-SWRN AKZ215 FRI...SPREADING NWD AND EWD TO THE SEWARD
PEN..SRN PARTS OF CNTRL AND WRN INTERIOR BY 00Z SUN. WINDS
INCREASING ALONG ALL COASTAL AND MARINE AREAS AS THE STRONG
LOW MOVES INTO BRISTOL BAY...INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
OVER NORTHERN ALASKA.

EASTERLY GALES DVLPG PKZ200-SRN PKZ210 FRI. EAST TO NORTHEAST
GALES DVLPG PKZ225-PKZ230 FRI NIGHT.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL...COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED
TO END IN AKZ211-AKZ212 BY 6 PM THIS EVENING. HIGH
SURF EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG NORTH FACING BEACHES
NEAR POINT HOPE FRI NIGHT AS NORTHEAST GALES DEVELOP.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR AKZ211-AKZ212.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ230.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ230.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210.
&&

RF NOV 11

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 11, 2:36 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	59 hr
Nov 11, 2:38 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	5 days
Nov 11, 2:38 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	71 hr
Nov 11, 2:38 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	6 days
Nov 11, 2:41 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	48 hr
Nov 11, 2:41 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	14 days
Nov 11, 4:01 AM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	47 hr
Nov 11, 1:35 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFG	24 hr
Nov 11, 1:37 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	60 hr
Nov 11, 1:37 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	60 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.