Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2012
Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Feb 27, 2012, 1:44 PM AKST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2012, 1:44 PM AKST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 2:47 AM AKST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520 FZAK52 PAFG 272244 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-281400- 144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A STRONG 1046 MB HIGH 150 NM NW OF WRANGELL ISLAND WILL EXPAND A SURFACE RIDGE EASTWARD ACROSS THE ARCTIC SLOPE THROUGH TUE NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ200-281400- NORTON SOUND- 144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 30 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 20 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-281400- DALL POINT TO WALES- 144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE...N WINDS 35 KT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...N WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-281400- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...NE WINDS 20 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 KT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-281400- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 144 PM AKST MON FEB 27 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. BLOWING SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ CF/SDB FEB 12
1 follow-up statement
774 FZAK52 PAFG 281147 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-290300- 247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 1045 MB HIGH 150 NM NW OF WRANGEL ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 200 NM N OF WRANGEL ISLAND BY WED AFTERNOON. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF ALASKA WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH TUE. $$ PKZ200-290300- NORTON SOUND- 247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 KT. $$ PKZ210-290300- DALL POINT TO WALES- 247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ PKZ215-290300- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 15 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 KT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 KT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. $$ PKZ220-290300- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 247 AM AKST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED...NE WINDS 25 KT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU...N WINDS 30 KT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. .FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. $$ RF/CC FEB 12
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Feb 26, 11:43 PM AKST, 14 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 11:43 PM AKST, 14 hours 1 minute before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1143 PM AKST SUN FEB 26 2012 .DISCUSSION... OLD 990 MB LOW OVER THE COOK INLET/KENAI PENINSULA AREA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SEWD INTO THE NERN GULF OF AK TODAY THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AS IT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY FILL. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE CNTRL/ERN INTERIOR THROUGH TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES TUE. MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BROOKS RANGE AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND LOWER PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE INTERIOR. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206 WILL BE CONTINUED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WIND CHILL AND LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED OVER THE WEST COAST THROUGH TONIGHT...ONGOING WIND CHILL AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ALOFT...COLD LOW PRESSURE ALOFT IS GRADUALLY EXPANDING SWD OVER THE FORECAST AREA...CURRENT MODELS AND ENSEMBLE MEANS INDICATING THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SHOULD BE A QUIET PATTERN WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR AKZ208-AKZ209-AKZ210. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ206-AKZ207-AKZ213-AKZ218. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF FEB 12
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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.