Small Craft Advisory 32, NWS Fairbanks, AK

355 
FZAK52 PAFG 311141
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 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.

PKZ299-010030-
341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 983 MB LOW IN THE WESTERN BERING SEA WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN
BERING SEA BY EARLY WED AND THEN CONTINUE EAST AND WEAKEN. A WEATHER
FRONT STRETCHING EAST FROM THIS LOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL BERING SEA
WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN CHUKCHI SEA WED.

$$

PKZ200-010030-
NORTON SOUND-
341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN.
.WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG...RAIN.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.THU...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-010030-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FOG...RAIN.
.WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG.
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG.
.THU...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG.
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-010030-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. FOG.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN.
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

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PKZ220-010030-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
341 AM AKDT TUE JUL 31 2012

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.THU...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

$$

JUL 12

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
506 AM AKDT MON JUL 30 2012

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A WEAK OCCLUSION WORKING SLOWLY INTO
CENTRAL INTERIOR TODAY. RIDGE SOUTH OF THE ALASKA RANGE WILL WEAKEN
TONIGHT WITH WEAK LOW DVLPG NEAR FORT YUKON MON. DEEPENING LOW
COMING OFF OF KAMCHATKA PRESENTLY WILL DEEPEN TO 984 MB MON
EVENING NORTH OF SHEMYA...THEN GRINDING EWD TO BE NEAR ST PAUL
ISLAND BY 12Z WED.

THE CURRENT WEST COAST LOW PRODUCED A LOT OF RAIN ON THE SEWARD
PEN. SMALL STREAM ADV FOR 211 213 AND 210 WILL BE CANCELED THIS
MORNING. STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE HOWEVER THE LARGER RIVERS
MAY STILL SEE RISE THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL STREAM IS STILL OUT
FOR 208 AS THE RAIN IS STILL OCCURING BUT WILL BE DIMINISHING THIS
MORNING.

MID-RANGE GUIDANCE CONT TO PAINT THE SAME BASIC PICTURE AS THE
PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WITH LOW CENTERED IN THE BERING SEA LOCKED
INTO PLACE...WARM RIDGE ALOFT CENTERED EAST OF 125W...SO MOST ALL
OF THE CWA IS THE THE CRCLN OF THE LOW. ERN ZONES PROBABLY NO
COOLER THAN NORMAL...WHILE OVERALL COOL AND WET WX CONTINUES OVR
THE WEST COAST.

INTERIOR...ISOLATED THUNDER NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER TODAY...OTHERWISE
SLIGHTLY COOLER FOR THE INTERIOR FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

FIRE WEATHER...
NONE.

HYDROLOGY...
SEE ABOVE.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ220.
&&

JUL 12