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Small Craft Advisory 175, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 11, 2011

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 11, 2011, 1:37 PM AKST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2011, 1:37 PM AKST (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 2:05 AM AKST
In force: 60 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 11, 5:05 AM AKST, 8 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 5:05 AM AKST, 8 hours 32 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
505 AM AKST FRI NOV 11 2011

.DISCUSSION...

CURRENT MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVING
INTO BRISTOL BAY FRI. A STRONG 967 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD INTO BRISTOL BAY FRI AND DEEPEN TO 955 MB AS IT
MOVES NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND FRIDAY EVENING. 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.

WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR 214/215 HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO WARNINGS. 212
HAS BEEN ADDED AS WELL. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER
THESE AREAS...HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE NULATO HILLS.

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...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ212-AKZ214-AKZ215.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225-
PKZ230.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ230.

BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245.

GALE WARNING FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ230.
&&

JK 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	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	24 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

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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.