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Small Craft Advisory 543, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 3, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. $$
2 follow-up statements
200 FZAK52 PAFC 032311 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-041500- 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1002 MB LOW 200 NM NORTHWEST OF NUNIVAK ISLAND WILL DRIFT EAST TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE INLAND SATURDAY. A 1012 MB LOW 220 NM WEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF AT 1007 MB SATURDAY NIGHT. A 1005 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 170 NM WEST OF ADAK SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1016 MB AND THEN DISSIPATE SATURDAY NIGHT. $$ 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. $$ PKZ179-041500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 3 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN THROUGH MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
408 FZAK52 PAFC 041141 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 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. PKZ199-050300- 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1010 MB LOW 210 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 90 NM SOUTHWEST OF ADAK AT 1016 MB SAT AFTERNOON AND THEN DISSIPATE SAT EVENING. A 1012 MB LOW 30 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK AT 1009 MB SAT EVENING AND THEN MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. A 1009 MB LOW WILL FORM 90 NM WEST OF GAMBELL SUN EVENING. $$ PKZ150-050300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-050300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ160-050300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-050300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-050300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ170-050300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-050300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-050300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-050300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ176-050300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-050300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-050300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 4 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 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 Aug 2, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:00 PM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 PM AKDT THU AUG 2 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE UPPER LOW THAT WAS NEAR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF THE STATE YESTERDAY HAS MOVE NORTHEAST AND WEAKENED OVER WEST CENTRAL ALASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW NEAR NUNIVAK ISLAND HAS DISSIPATED OVER NORTON SOUND THIS MORNING. RAIN THAT HAD COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA LATE YESTERDAY HAS CHANGED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THE SECONDARY FRONT WHICH DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA YESTERDAY HAS MOVED INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND THE CENTRAL GULF TODAY. AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, WESTERN COPPER RIVER BASIN AND THE SUSITNA VALLEY. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER EASTERN BERING CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD. A SURFACE LOW HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN BERING OVERNIGHT. .MODEL DISCUSSION... THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT SINCE YESTERDAY. THOUGH SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA AND THE ALEUTIANS ON SATURDAY, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE MODELS ARE CONVERGING TOWARD A SINGLE SOLUTION. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... .UPPER LEVELS...THE UPPER LOW NEAR GALENA WILL DISSIPATE INTO A TROUGH OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA TONIGHT AND WILL MOVE INTO THE YUKON TERRITORY LATE FRIDAY. UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT THEN EXIT WESTERN CANADA SATURDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BERING WILL MOVE NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN TURN SOUTHEAST INTO BRISTOL BAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...THE WEATHER FRONT OVER THE SUSITNA VALLEY WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WHILE THE SECTION OVER THE CENTRAL GULF MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AREAS OF RAIN WILL BECOMING SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THE SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. SKIES WILL PARTIALLY CLEAR FROM THE WEST LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH AREAS OF FOG POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. A NEW LOW DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST GULF AND BRING MORE RAIN TO KODIAK ISLAND SATURDAY. .SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL END FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING. THE LOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING WILL MOVE ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA FRIDAY WHICH WILL SPREAD INTO THE REST OF REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA FRIDAY. A MODERATE LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY SOUTH OF ATTU FRIDAY AND SLOWLY WEAKEN INTO SATURDAY. AREAS OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS FRIDAY AND SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS FRIDAY AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA SATURDAY. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE UPPER LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF SUNDAY WHERE IT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING MORE CLOUDS AND RAIN INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD CONFINED MAINLY TO KODIAK ISLAND THE THE GULF COAST. AN UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL BERING SATURDAY NIGHT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST ALASKA MONDAY. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. NM AUG 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr |
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Small Craft Advisories in Alaska, 2012Every small craft advisory in 2012
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