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Small Craft Advisory 484, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jul 13, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 7:25 PM AKDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
145 FZAK52 PAFC 131129 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 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. PKZ199-140300- 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1005 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF MEKORYUK WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE 35 NM NORTH OF SAINT PAUL SAT MORNING. A 1000 MB LOW 470 NM SOUTH OF ADAK WILL MOVE TO 200 NM SOUTH OF NIKOLSKI AT 994 MB SAT MORNING... THEN QUICKLY TRACK TO NEAR KIPNUK AT 1003 MB EARLY SUN MORNING. $$ PKZ150-140300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-140300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-140300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-140300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-140300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ170-140300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ171-140300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-140300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BERING SIDE...N 30 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT W OF SEGUAM ISLAND. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-140300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ176-140300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT AND SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ185-140300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ179-140300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
585 FZAK52 PAFC 132333 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-141500- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1005 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF MEKORYUK WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE 35 NM NORTH OF SAINT PAUL ON SAT. A 992 MB LOW 400 NM SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR SAT AFTERNOON AT 997 MB AND THEN TO NEAR TOGIAK SUN AFTERNOON AT 1004 MB. $$ PKZ150-141500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-141500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-141500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT THROUGH BAYS AND PASSES ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO SW 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ165-141500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-141500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-141500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING N 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ171-141500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-141500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BERING SIDE...NE 30 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ175-141500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-141500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ185-141500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-141500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
055 FZAK52 PAFC 140334 AAA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 725 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 UPDATED ZONES 150 155 160 165 170 171 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. PKZ199-141500- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1005 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF MEKORYUK WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE 35 NM NORTH OF SAINT PAUL ON SAT. A 992 MB LOW 400 NM SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR SAT AFTERNOON AT 997 MB AND THEN TO NEAR TOGIAK SUN AFTERNOON AT 1004 MB. $$ PKZ150-141500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 725 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-141500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 725 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO SE 35 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-141500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 725 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO E 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO S 25 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ165-141500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT THROUGH BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO W 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-141500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-141500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 725 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...PACIFIC SIDE...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. BERING SIDE...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ171-141500- UNALASKA BAY 725 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT TOWARD MORNING. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-141500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BERING SIDE...NE 30 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ175-141500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-141500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ185-141500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-141500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jul 12, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 PM AKDT THU JUL 12 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... A UPPER LOW CENTERED NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND CONTINUES TO DRIFT WEST INTO THE BERING SEA. A WEAK SURFACE LOW LOCATED BENEATH THE UPPER SYSTEM HAD KEPT A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE COASTS OF BRISTOL BAY AND THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH HAD DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN GULF AND IS TRACKING TO THE NORTH. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND THE YUKON TERRITORY HELPED SUPPRESS THE RAIN OVER THE EASTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN. THE OLD WEATHER FRONT HAS STALLED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AS IT RAN INTO THE SURFACE RIDGE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL OVER MOSTLY OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND KODIAK ISLAND. GUSTY EAST WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM AND THROUGH FEW CHANNELED AREAS OVER THE NORTHERN KENAI PENINSULA. A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN OVER THE BERING SEA CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN A SHROUD LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FOG OVER THE AREA. .MODEL DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE GULF WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL INTERIOR TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE FRIDAY MORNING. A UPPER RIDGE WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS TONIGHT THEN SLIDE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA FRIDAY AND MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA SATURDAY. THE UPPER LOW JUST OFF THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST WILL DRIFT TO SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND SATURDAY. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... .SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND THE GULF...THE STATIONARY WEATHER FRONT WILL WEAKEN THIS TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE REGION UNTIL THE UPPER SHORTWAVE DISSIPATES ON FRIDAY THEN CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE COAST THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE GULF. GUSTY WINDS ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM WILL DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SOUTHWEST ALASKA...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH THIS REGION THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS WILL GRADUALLY CURVE NORTHEAST AND SPREAD RAIN INTO THE ALASKA PENINSULA FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA SATURDAY. .BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...A NEW LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE EAST TO LIE ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIAN FRIDAY THEN WILL TURN NORTH TO ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH UNALASKA SATURDAY. THE WINDS AND RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS THROUGH FRIDAY THEN MOVE INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND THE SOUTHEAST BERING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE GULF WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT OVER TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SURFACE LOW SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH TO NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND SUNDAY THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA SUNDAY. RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL BECOME SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE REGION SUNDAY THEN CHANGE TO SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE 120 130 FIRE WEATHER...NONE. NM JUL 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Jul 12, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jul 13, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 29 hr |
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