Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2011
Small Craft Advisory 65, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 9, 2011, 1:20 PM AKDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2011, 1:20 PM AKDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450 FZAK52 PAFG 092120 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 120 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-101245- 120 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A LIGHT WIND FLOW PATTERN WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHWEST ALASKA COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TUE NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE ALASKA WEST COAST WED. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WED. $$ PKZ200-101245- NORTON SOUND- 120 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT BECOMING W 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .WED...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ210-101245- DALL POINT TO WALES- 120 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT S WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT W OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-101245- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 120 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS CALM. .WED...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS CALM. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ220-101245- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 120 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ RF/CC AUG 11
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684 FZAK52 PAFG 101136 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 336 AM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-110200- 336 AM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE ALASKA WEST COAST WED. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA WED. $$ PKZ200-110200- NORTON SOUND- 336 AM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND FOG. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ210-110200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 336 AM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING S 20 KT...EXCEPT S WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND WATERS. SEAS 7 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND DRIZZLE. .FRI...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. DRIZZLE. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-110200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 336 AM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 .TODAY...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND FOG. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND FOG. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ220-110200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 336 AM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING S. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT...EXCEPT TO 30 KT OVER THE OUTER WATERS. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .THU...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG... RAIN. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. DRIZZLE. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ CF/DJH AUG 11
931 FZAK52 PAFG 102146 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 146 PM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-111230- 146 PM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT NEAR ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA WED NIGHT. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE BERING SEA THU AND INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ200-111230- NORTON SOUND- 146 PM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ210-111230- DALL POINT TO WALES- 146 PM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ215-111230- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 146 PM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING W. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .MON...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-111230- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 146 PM AKDT WED AUG 10 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING W 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ RF/JK AUG 11
914 FZAK52 PAFG 111137 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 337 AM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-120200- 337 AM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE BERING SEA THU AND INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA THU NIGHT. A LOW WILL DEVELOP IN FAR EAST RUSSIA AND MOVE TO THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA BY LATE THU EVENING. A 1033 MB HIGH ABOUT 350 NM NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY AND MOVE WESTWARD. $$ PKZ200-120200- NORTON SOUND- 337 AM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 .TODAY...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. FOG... RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ210-120200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 337 AM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. .FRI...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-120200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 337 AM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AROUND NOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. FOG. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-120200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 337 AM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ CF/DJH AUG 11
930 FZAK52 PAFG 112213 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 213 PM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-121315- 213 PM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE CHUKCHI SEA THU NIGHT. A LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL MOVE EAST TO THE BERING STRAIT BY FRI MORNING. A 1033 MB HIGH ABOUT 350 NM NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY AND MOVE WESTWARD. $$ PKZ200-121315- NORTON SOUND- 213 PM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN...FOG. .FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN...FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ210-121315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 213 PM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FOG. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-121315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 213 PM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...E WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN...FOG. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. RAIN...FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-121315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 213 PM AKDT THU AUG 11 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN...FOG. .FRI...SW WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .SAT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ RL/RF AUG 11
799 FZAK52 PAFG 121141 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 341 AM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-130200- 341 AM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1008 MB LOW OVER THE BERING STRAIT WILL MOVE TO POINT LAY AS A 1010 MB LOW BY FRI AFTERNOON AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. A 1033 MB HIGH ABOUT 350 NM NORTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY AND MOVE WESTWARD. $$ PKZ200-130200- NORTON SOUND- 341 AM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .TODAY...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ210-130200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 341 AM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 25 KT...DIMINISHING AROUND NOON. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT BECOMING N. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ215-130200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 341 AM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...SE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT BY NOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND DRIZZLE. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-130200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 341 AM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...W WINDS 30 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT BY NOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ CF/DJH AUG 11
403 FZAK52 PAFG 122244 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 244 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-131200- 244 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1008 MB LOW NEAR POINT LAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON AND THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTHEAST. A 1030 MB HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST BERING SEA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH SUNDAY WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF WRANGELL ISLAND BUILD SOUTH OVER THE NORTH BERING SEA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. $$ PKZ200-131200- NORTON SOUND- 244 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ210-131200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 244 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 25 KT...STRONGEST SOUTH OF SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-131200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 244 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ220-131200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 244 PM AKDT FRI AUG 12 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...DRIZZLE. .SAT...W WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 5 FT. FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ RL/JL AUG 11
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 Aug 9, 12:14 PM AKDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:14 PM AKDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1214 PM AKDT TUE AUG 9 2011 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT MODELS...9/12Z OPERATIONAL GFS/NAM...9/00Z GEFS ENSEMBLE MEAN AND THE 9/00Z ECMWF...ARE SHOWING SIMILAR FORECAST SOLUTIONS IN THE SHORT TERM OUT THROUGH 00Z FRI. UPPER AIR... BROAD ELONGATED UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN RUSSIA AND THE ALASKA MAINLAND WILL BEGIN TO SPLIT BY 00Z THU...WITH SEPARATE LOW CENTERS NEAR YAKUTAT AND OVER EAST CENTRAL SIBERIA. UPPER RIDGING WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BERING SEA BY 00Z FRI AS THE PORTION OF THE TROUGH OVER THE ALASKA MAINLAND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND THE TWO LOW CENTERS MOVE FARTHER APART. SURFACE... A FLAT PRESSURE FIELD WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHERN ALASKA MAINLAND THROUGH 00Z FRI WHILE A GENERAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE MARINE AREAS OFF THE WEST COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND THE BEAUFORT SEA. AREAS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE INTERIOR THIS EVENING AND OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WED. ISOLATED OR SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER MOST WEST COAST AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. INCREASING PROBABILITY OF RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA AND OUTER WEST COAST AREAS THU AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TYPHOON MERBOK SPREADS EASTWARD OVER A SMOOTH TOP UPPER RIDGE. RAIN LIKELY OVER THE WEST COAST THU NIGHT AND FRI...POSSIBLY SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR FRI. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. MEDIUM RANGE DISCUSSION...CURRENT ENSEMBLE MEANS ARE INDICATING SOME RETROGRESSION OF THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE BERING SEA LATER THIS WEEK...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO A BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW PATTERN ALOFT OVER THE ALASKA MAINLAND DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE 9/12Z GFS AND 9/00Z ECMWF APPEAR TO HAVE MORE COMMONALITY THAN YESTERDAYS RUNS...BUT CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME DIVERGENCE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TODAYS HPC SOLUTION INCORPORATES A LARGER CONTRIBUTION FROM THESE MODELS IN THE BLEND THAN ON PREVIOUS DAYS. WHILE THERE IS TO BE BROAD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ENSEMBLE MEANS...THERE CONTINUES TO BE POOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS ON THE SHORTWAVE FEATURES. RMOP NUMBERS FROM THE 9/00Z GEFS ENSEMBLES INDICATE LOW PREDICTABILITY OVER THE ALASKA MAINLAND IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER... NONE. && .HYDROLOGY... NONE. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PKZ210. && RF AUG 11
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