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Small Craft Advisory 81, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 20, 2011, 2:13 AM AKDT. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2011, 2:13 AM AKDT (10:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2011, 2:44 AM AKDT
- In force
- 49 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 Aug 19, 1:27 PM AKDT, 12 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:27 PM AKDT, 12 hours 46 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 127 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE NOT SIMILAR IN HANDLING SURFACE FEATURES UNTIL AROUND 06Z SUN. CURRENT UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR COLD BAY WILL MOVE TO NEAR KODIAK BY LATE TONIGHT. SURFACE LOW DISPARITY BETWEEN MODELS LEAVE ANYONE GUESSING WHERE THE SURFACE LOW WILL BE LOCATED EVEN BY EARLY SAT MORNING. SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR DELTA JUNCTION BY SAT AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL WORK NORTHWARD TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE BROOKS RANGE BY EARLY SAT MORNING. CLOSED LOW AT SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CREATE DECENT NORTHERLY GRADIENT OVER WESTERN HALF OF STATE THROUGH SAT MORNING. RAINFALL OVER EASTERN INTERIOR MAY BE RELATIVELY HEAVY IN SOME AREAS EAST OF EIELSON THROUGH SUN. COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW IN HIGH ARCTIC WILL BEGIN TO DROP DOWN TO NEAR WRANGEL ISLAND BY EARLY SUN MORNING. THIS WILL BRING COLD AIR DOWN TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE BY SUN AFTERNOON. AIR MAY BE COLD ENOUGH TO BECOME SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE AREA FROM THE NORTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA NORTH TO ABOUT POINT LAY BY MON EVENING. THE COLD AIR WILL SPREAD EAST TO NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER BY TUE AFTERNOON WHILE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES TO ARCTIC PLAIN. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER... && .HYDROLOGY... && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ225-PKZ245. && CF AUG 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1:45 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:13 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 24 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:15 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 39 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.