Small Craft Advisory 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

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FZAK52 PAFG 302246
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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
246 PM AKDT MON MAY 30 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.

PKZ299-311400-
246 PM AKDT MON MAY 30 2011

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WILL BUILD EASTWARD
AND EXTEND INTO THE BEAUFORT SEA THROUGH TUE. A TROUGH OF WEAK
LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM CAPE LISBURNE TOWARD WRANGEL ISLAND
WILL MOVE NORTH TO WAINWRIGHT BY TUE AM. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR THROUGH TUESDAY. A 1000
MB LOW WILL MOVE NORTH OVER UNALASKA TUE AM AND WILL STRENGTHEN
TO A 978 MB LOW BY TUE PM AND WILL BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 120 NM
NORTH OF THE PRIBILOFS.

$$

PKZ200-311400-
NORTON SOUND-
246 PM AKDT MON MAY 30 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N. SEAS 1 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-311400-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
246 PM AKDT MON MAY 30 2011

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT BECOMING NE. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN.
.WED...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-311400-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
246 PM AKDT MON MAY 30 2011

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 15 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 KT.  

$$

PKZ220-311400-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
246 PM AKDT MON MAY 30 2011

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. FOG.
.TUE...S WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT. FOG.
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. FOG.
.WED...E WINDS 25 KT. FOG.
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU...S WINDS 20 KT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 20 KT.  

$$

RF/CC MAY 11

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1229 PM AKDT SUN MAY 29 2011

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA REMAINING
IN PLACE THROUGH TUE...THEN WEAKENING SLOWLY WED AND THU. WEAK
SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RIDGE TUE THROUGH WED. THERMAL
TROUGH LYING EAST-WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL WEAKEN
SOME TUE...WEAK TROUGH PERSISTING OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR TUE.

UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INTERIOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE THERMAL TROUGH AXIS...ZONES 216-219-218-220-221
-222-223-224-225-226-NORTHEASTERN 227. ISOLATED OR SCATTERED
SHOWERS IN ZONES 211-212-213-214-215.

MON AFTERNOON/EVENING...ISOLATED OR SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER IN
ZONES 207-208-209-EASTERN 210-212-NORTHEASTERN 215-216-217 WITH
SHORT WAVE TROUGH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES 217-EASTERN
216-EXTREME WESTERN 218-219-SOUTHERN 220-221-222-223-224-225-226.

TUE AFTERNOON/EVENING...SCATTERED OR NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN
ZONES 213-WRN 210-211-212-213-214-215 WITH NORTHWARD MOVING
OCCLUDED FRONT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EASTERN 218-EASTERN 220-224.

INTERIOR TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO COOL DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL THU
AS THE UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS.

AREAS OF FOG PERSISTING ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST...MAINLY NIGHTTIME
AND MORNING HOURS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING IN THE INTERIOR THROUGH WED
UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE. SOUTHWEST BREEZES IN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL MIX OUT THE LOWER LAYERS...
RESULTING IN SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN THOSE OBSERVED
SAT.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE COLVILLE RIVER NEAR COLVILLE VILLAGE
THROUGH 4 PM MON.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ218-AKZ220-AKZ224.

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE COLVILLE RIVER NEAR COLVILLE VILLAGE.

&&

RF MAY 11