Alert archive / Alaska / Brisk Wind Advisories in 2012
Brisk Wind Advisory 78, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this brisk wind advisory at Apr 17, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184 FZAK52 PAFC 172305 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-181500- 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1000 MB LOW 135 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK WILL DISSIPATE AS IT DRIFTS TO 300 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK WED NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN BERING THROUGH THU. $$ PKZ150-181500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ155-181500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ160-181500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ165-181500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-181500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-181500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-181500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-181500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ175-181500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-181500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ185-181500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ179-181500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. $$
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106 FZAK52 PAFC 181157 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-190300- 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1000 MB LOW 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT WILL DISSIPATE AS IT DRIFTS TO 290 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT WED NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN BERING THROUGH FRI MORNING. $$ PKZ150-190300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-190300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-190300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND THU...N WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ165-190300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT EXCEPT NE 15 KT FROM PORT MOLLER E. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-190300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ170-190300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ171-190300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-190300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ175-190300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ176-190300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ185-190300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ179-190300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. $$
205 FZAK52 PAFC 182321 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-191500- 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST BERING SEA WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND WEAKEN THROUGH FRI. A LOW IN EASTERN RUSSIA WILL MOVE TO 150 NM WEST OF ST MATTHEW ISLAND AT 1014 MB FRI AFTERNOON. A 990 MB PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 525 NM SOUTHWEST OF ATTU FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-191500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-191500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ160-191500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ165-191500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. $$ PKZ180-191500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-191500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ171-191500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ172-191500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ175-191500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ176-191500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ185-191500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ179-191500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED APR 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. $$
075 FZAK52 PAFC 191147 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-200300- 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE WESTERN BERING THROUGH THU NIGHT. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BERING THU NIGHT DISSIPATES FRI AFTERNOON. A 1001 MB LOW FORMS FRI EVENING 200 NM SOUTH OF ATTU AND INTENSIFIES TO 994 MB FRI NIGHT 60 NM EAST OF SHEMYA. $$ PKZ150-200300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ155-200300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-200300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-200300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-200300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-200300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ171-200300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-200300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-200300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ176-200300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...N WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-200300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ179-200300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU APR 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this brisk wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this brisk wind advisory went out at Apr 17, 12:30 PM AKDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:30 PM AKDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1230 PM AKDT TUE APR 17 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA. RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS ARE FOCUSED NEAR THE LOW CENTER FROM KODIAK ISLAND TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL DEFINED SHORT-WAVE EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL GULF TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA ROTATING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD SOUTHCENTRAL. RADAR SHOWS RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY CONFINED TO THE GULF AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS. HOWEVER EXPECT RAIN TO HEAD FARTHER INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SHORT-WAVE ARRIVES. ALTHOUGH INLAND AREAS ARE DRY THE LOW AND SHORT-WAVE ARE PRODUCING EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND OF ALASKA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN WARMER NIGHT-TIME TEMPERATURES...BUT ALSO COOLER DAY-TIME HIGHS. CLOUDS ARE ALSO THE RULE OUT OVER THE WESTERN BERING WHERE AN UPPER RIDGE HAS BEEN PARKED THE PAST FEW DAYS. A MODERATE STRENGTH LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC IS TRACKING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE GULF BUT WILL LOSE STRENGTH AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE UPPER JET. MEANWHILE A STRONG SHORT-WAVE OVER FAR EASTERN RUSSIA IS DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN BERING. .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS HAVE COME INTO DECENT AGREEMENT WITH LOW OVER NORTHEAST PACIFIC AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF WEDNESDAY. THERE HAS BEEN A TREND TOWARD A WEAKER SYSTEM WITH A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK...WHICH MEANS LESS PRECIP WILL MAKE IT TO SOUTHCENTRAL. SOLUTIONS DIVERGE A BIT WITH HANDLING OF NEXT LOW MOVING INTO THE EASTERN GULF THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT TREND TOWARD A MORE WESTWARD TRACK. THEREFORE...WILL TREND TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION WHICH WILL BRING STRONGER WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL GULF. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHERN MAINLAND/GULF...PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE KENAI PENINSULA WILL RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF RAIN AS SHORT-WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE GULF MOVES OVERHEAD TONIGHT. INLAND AREAS WILL ALSO SEE LOWERING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THE SHORT-WAVE WILL WEAKEN AS IT TRACKS TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA TUESDAY...BUT EXPECT ENOUGH LIFT TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. THE LOW THAT HAS BEEN STATIONARY SOUTH OF KODIAK ISLAND AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL FINALLY HEAD SOUTHWARD AND DISSIPATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT THE LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL TRACK WESTWARD AND SETTLE IN THE SAME AREA ON THURSDAY. FLOW ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL WILL BACK TOWARD THE NORTH AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WHICH WILL KEEP THE BULK OF PRECIP OVER THE GULF. THE CHANGE IN FLOW WILL LEAD TO SOME SUNSHINE FROM INTERIOR SOUTHCENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST ALASKA ON THURSDAY. MODEL STABILITY PARAMETERS ARE UNIMPRESSIVE SO DON'T THINK WE'LL BE QUITE WARM ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DIURNAL CONVECTION. THE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND ON FRIDAY BECOMES MUCH LESS CLEAR. MORE CHAOTIC FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A SERIES OF SHORT-WAVES IN THE AREA WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CONVECTION. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF FRIDAY BUT LIKELY STALL IN THAT AREA AS WE TRANSITION TOWARD A MORE PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...THE SHORT-WAVE OVER EASTERN RUSSIA WILL DROP RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING AND ALEUTIANS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. OMEGA AND POTENTIAL VORTICITY FIELDS INDICATE STRONG DOWNWARD MOTION WITH THIS TROUGH WHICH MEANS STRONGER WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TOWARD THE SURFACE. WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION AND A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO STRONGER WINDS. THE PATTERN WILL CHANGE BEHIND THIS SHORT-WAVE AS THE TROUGH SOUTH OF KODIAK RE-CENTERS FURTHER EAST...THE WESTERN BERING RIDGE MOVES TO THE NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC...A TROUGH DROPS DOWN OUT OF RUSSIA WHILE ANOTHER MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE ACTIVE WEATHER OUT WEST WITH THE FIRST STORM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ALONG THE ALEUTIANS BY LATE THIS WEEK. .LONG TERM FORECAST...THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE NEXT WEEKEND. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN TRACKING STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE ALEUTIANS OVER THE WEEKEND AND TO MAINLAND ALASKA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. SEB APR 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Apr 17, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Apr 18, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days |
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