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Small Craft Advisory 542, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 2, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 FZAK52 PAFC 022345 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 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. PKZ199-031500- 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1006 MB LOW 380 NM SOUTH OF ATTU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKEN TO 1011 MB SAT AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING 1009 MB LOW 90 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR FRI NIGHT WILL MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTH OF SITKINAK AT 1006 MB SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-031500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-031500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ160-031500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ165-031500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ180-031500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-031500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-031500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-031500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-031500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ176-031500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .TONIGHT...PACIFIC SIDE...E WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. DENSE FOG. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ185-031500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-031500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
511 FZAK52 PAFC 031117 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-040300- 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1002 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF GAMBELL WILL MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF GAMBELL AT 1009 MB SAT MORNING AND DISSIPATE SAT AFTERNOON. A 1002 MB LOW 390 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 150 NM EAST OF SHEMYA AT 1017 MB SAT NIGHT. A 1010 MB LOW WILL FORM 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF ADAK FRI MORNING AND MOVE TO 210 NM EAST OF SAND POINT AT 1011 MB SAT AFTERNOON AND THEN WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. $$ PKZ150-040300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-040300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-040300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ165-040300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-040300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-040300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-040300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-040300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-040300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ176-040300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ185-040300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT EXCEPT NW WIND 20 KT W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-040300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
200 FZAK52 PAFC 032311 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 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. PKZ199-041500- 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1002 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL DRIFT EAST TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE INLAND SATURDAY. A 1012 MB LOW 220 NM WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF AT 1007 MB SATURDAY NIGHT. A 1005 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 170 NM WEST OF ADAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1016 MB AND THEN DISSIPATE SATURDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-041500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ155-041500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-041500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-041500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-041500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ170-041500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-041500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-041500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-041500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ176-041500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ185-041500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ179-041500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN THROUGH MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND 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 Aug 2, 5:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIVE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE STATE IS BEGINNING TO FILL IN AS IT MOVES INLAND THIS MORNING. EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW ARE BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND WITH A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AS THE FRONT HAS PUSHED ONTO THE MAINLAND. SLACKING WINDS OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA HAVE BROUGHT LOWER CEILINGS AND LOWER VISIBILITY ALONG WITH THE ONGOING SHOWERS. GUSTIER SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND HAVE KEPT VISIBILITIES UP BUT PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW IS KEEPING THE LOW CLOUDS IN PLACE. .MODEL DISCUSSION... GUIDANCE IS HANDLING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING OUT OF EASTERN RUSSIA INTO THE BERING SEA A BIT BETTER THAN YESTERDAY BUT DIFFERENCE STILL ARISE AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES THE ALASKAN PENINSULA. ULTIMATELY A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF BY THE WEEKEND WHERE IT WILL THEN LINGER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...A BEEFY DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BRING A GOOD SHOT OF RAIN TO THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND THE MAT-SU EARLY THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE A MORE SHOWERY REGIME WILL STAY IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY PROPAGATE EASTWARD THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON KEEPING SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST LOCATIONS. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD IN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING A BREAK FROM THE WET CONDITIONS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST ALASKA...SHOWERS WILL HANG AROUND FOR MOST OF TODAY AS THE UPPER LOW PROGRESSES EASTWARD. THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WILL SEE SHOWERS TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOLLOWED BY THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY AND BRISTOL BAY LATER TONIGHT. FRIDAY WILL BRING A BREAK FROM THE PRECIPITATION BUT THE NEXT SYSTEM SLIDES IN FROM THE ALEUTIANS ON SATURDAY AND WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE BRISTOL BAY AREA AND ALASKAN PENINSULA. BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...CLEARING BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE HAS PROMOTED FOG DEVELOPMENT AS HIGH PRESSURE SETS IN FOR THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. FURTHER EAST...CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE TODAY AS THE UPPER LOW PUSHES INTO THE MAINLAND BRINGING AN END TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND PRECIPITATION. A FAST MOVING SURFACE LOW WILL SKIRT THE ALEUTIANS FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE EXTENDED PATTERN WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THE NEXT SYSTEM THE MOVES INTO THE GULF. THAT LOW WILL ENVELOP ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT CROSSES THE BERING. AS THE STACKED LOW GYRATES IN THE GULF MOST OF THE ACTIVE WEATHER SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE GULF AND COASTAL REGIONS. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE YUKON WILL CONTROL CLOUD COVER AND TEMPERATURE INTO MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...NONE FIRE WEATHER...NONE MTL AUG 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr |
Nearby
Small Craft Advisories in Alaska, 2012Every small craft advisory in 2012
Sources
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