Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2012
Small Craft Advisory 709, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Oct 5, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 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.
067 FZAK51 PAFC 052317 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-061500- 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL EXPAND TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-061500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-061500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-061500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE EVENING. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-061500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-061500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-061500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-061500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-061500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-061500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
2 follow-up statements
489 FZAK51 PAFC 061154 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-070300- 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A STRONG RIDGE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF SUN. $$ PKZ120-070300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-070300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .TONIGHT AND SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-070300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-070300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-070300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-070300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-070300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-070300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-070300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
588 FZAK51 PAFC 062315 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. 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. PKZ197-071500- 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. DENSE FOG. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN TOWARDS MORNING. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. DENSE FOG. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. DENSE FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. DENSE FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT OCT 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ JM
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 Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDT, 0 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKDT FRI OCT 5 2012
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
AN AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CONTINUES WITH A LONGWAVE TROUGH
OVER THE BERING SEA AND A STRONG RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN
PACIFIC. BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES IS BRINGING
ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND. A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT
IS LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...WITH LIGHT RAIN
PERSISTING ALONG THE GULF COAST AND BEGINNING TO SPREAD NORTHWARD
OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHCENTRAL AK. MEANWHILE...A STACKED LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE BERING STRAIT CONTINUES TO
BRING LIGHT RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...DEPICTING A
NORTH AND WESTWARD SHIFT OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE RIDGE THIS
WEEKEND AS A LARGE UPPER LOW DIVES WELL SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER THE GULF. RAIN WILL BE MORE
INTERMITTENT OVER INLAND AREAS...TAPERING OFF ON SATURDAY MORNING
BEFORE RETURNING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES
NORTHWARD.
SOUTHWEST ALASKA...
STRONG WINDS OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AND RAIN
WILL TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM NEAR THE BERING
STRAIT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH. AFTER A
RELATIVELY QUIET SATURDAY...RAIN WILL THEN OVERSPREAD ALL OF
SOUTHWEST AK FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A
FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
ALEUTIANS/BERING SEA...
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL SEE GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS THIS WEEKEND AS A LARGE NORTH PACIFIC LOW PASSES
SOUTH OF THE CHAIN. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE
CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...WITH RAIN OVERSPREADING THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND
PRIBILOFS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED FRONT
MOVES THROUGH.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH
TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS THE RIDGE BUILDS NORTH AND
WESTWARD OVER THE GULF AND SOUTHERN ALASKA. RAIN LOOKS TO RETURN
AROUND MIDWEEK AS THE RIDGE ONCE AGAIN RETREATS EASTWARD AND THE
UPPER LOW MOVING SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS THIS WEEKEND BEGINS TO MOVE
BACK TOWARDS THE NORTH AND EAST.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY 155
FLOOD ADVISORY 101 131 135
MARINE...STORM WARNING 175
GALE WARNING 160 172 176 180
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
CB OCT 12The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Oct 6, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 3 days | |
| Oct 6, 1:56 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFC | 50 hr | |
| Oct 6, 2:03 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFC | 50 hr |
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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.