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Small Craft Advisory 216, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

March 16, 2011

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 16, 2011, 9:29 PM PDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2011, 9:29 PM PDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2011, 5:52 PM PDT
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

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 San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Mar 16, 8:30 PM PDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 8:30 PM PDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 8:59 PM PDT, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
859 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011

CAZ006-505-509-529-530-180400-
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY...INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY-
SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST-
859 PM PDT WED MAR 16 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND
MONTEREY BAY AREA.

.DAY ONE...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT

*  HIGH SURF ADVISORY...SEE SFOCFWMTR WHUS46 KMTR FOR DETAILS *

HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE.
NORTHWEST SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH 14 TO 15 SECOND
PERIODS TO MAKE FOR HIGH SURF ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST. OTHERWISE
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

*  HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM FRIDAY...SEE SFOCFWMTR WHUS46 KMTR FOR
   DETAILS *

NORTHWEST SWELL OF 14 TO 16 FEET WILL COMBINE WITH 14 TO 15 SECOND
PERIODS TO MAKE FOR HIGH SURF ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST UNTIL 11
PM FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST AREA
FRIDAY...SHOWERS SATURDAY AND MORE HEAVY SHOWERS DEVELOPING ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS PER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:27 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR42 hr
Mar 17, 2:57 PM PDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMTRMarin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma54 hr

Nearby

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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.