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Small Craft Advisory 74, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 30, 2012, 4:03 AM AKDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2012, 4:03 AM AKDT (12:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 2:08 PM AKDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881 FZAK52 PAFG 301203 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 403 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 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. PKZ299-310315- 403 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 984 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 4 AM FRIDAY WEAKENING TO 996 MB. THE LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH S4 AM SATURDAY WHILE WEAKENING TO 1000 MB. $$ PKZ200-310315- NORTON SOUND- 403 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT THIS MORNING...EXCEPT S WINDS 20 KT EAST OF CAPE DARBY. W WINDS 20 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 4 FT. FOG... RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-310315- DALL POINT TO WALES- 403 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-310315- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 403 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING NW. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. FOG... RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ220-310315- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 403 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ RF/DJH AUG 12
3 follow-up statements
269 FZAK52 PAFG 301204 CCA CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 404 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 CORRECTED LINE 1 OF SYNOPSIS NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-310330- 404 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 994 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 4 AM FRIDAY WEAKENING TO 996 MB. THE LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH S4 AM SATURDAY WHILE WEAKENING TO 1000 MB. $$ PKZ200-310330- NORTON SOUND- 404 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT THIS MORNING...EXCEPT S WINDS 20 KT EAST OF CAPE DARBY. W WINDS 20 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 4 FT. FOG... RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-310330- DALL POINT TO WALES- 404 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-310330- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 404 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING NW. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. FOG... RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ220-310330- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 404 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ RF/DJH AUG 12
014 FZAK52 PAFG 301251 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 451 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 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. PKZ299-310345- 451 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 994 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 4 AM FRIDAY WEAKENING TO 996 MB. THE LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH S4 AM SATURDAY WHILE WEAKENING TO 1000 MB. $$ PKZ200-310345- NORTON SOUND- 451 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT THIS MORNING...EXCEPT S WINDS 20 KT EAST OF CAPE DARBY. W WINDS 20 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 4 FT. FOG... RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-310345- DALL POINT TO WALES- 451 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT 30 KT NEAR THE BERING STRAIT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. .FRI...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-310345- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 451 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...NE WINDS 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT BY NOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ220-310345- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 451 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. FOG...RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. FOG...RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ RF/DJH AUG 12
905 FZAK52 PAFG 302208 CWFWCZ COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 208 PM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 NORTHWESTERN ALASKA COASTAL WATERS OUT 100 NM WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE- THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ299-311200- 208 PM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST... A 992 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE TO JUST SOUTH OF KOTZEBUE SOUND BY 4 AM FRIDAY WEAKENING TO 996 MB. THE LOW WILL DRIFT SOUTH TO NORTON SOUND SUN AM WEAKENING TO 1002 MB. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING NORTH OF THE SIBERIA COAST WILL BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ PKZ200-311200- NORTON SOUND- 208 PM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ210-311200- DALL POINT TO WALES- 208 PM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 35 KT...STRONGEST ALONG THE BERING SEA COAST. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS 35 KT...STRONGEST ALONG THE BERING SEA COAST. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ215-311200- KOTZEBUE SOUND- 208 PM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING S. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ220-311200- WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON- 208 PM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .FRI...N WINDS 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ JL/JK AUG 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 Aug 30, 2:17 AM AKDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:17 AM AKDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 217 AM AKDT THU AUG 30 2012 .DISCUSSION... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH ABOVE NORMAL HEIGHTS OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY...EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF INTERMISSION FRIDAY AS AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE TRANSITS NORTHEASTWARD. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HEIGHTS SPREADING TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT AS A LONG WAVE TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST GRADUALLY EXPANDS EASTWARD. A 994 MB SURFACE LOW OVER NORTON SOUND WILL MOVE TO KOTZEBUE SOUND BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WHILE FILLING TO AROUND 1000 MB. THE SURFACE AND UPPER LOW CENTERS WILL BECOME VERTICALLY STACKED BY EARLY FRIDAY. THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH A FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR...MOST OF THE BROOKS RANGE AND THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTER. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL...NORTH TO NORTHEAST GALES DEVELOPING IN WESTERN PKZ220-PKZ225 BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. SEAS EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 10-12 FEET IN THE BERING STRAIT BY LATE TONIGHT...PRODUCING ELEVATED SURF AT LITTLE DIOMEDE. LITTLE OR NO STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED IN THE BERING STRAIT OR ALONG THE NORTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST WEST OF CAPE ESPENBERG. ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE COAST...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF SHISHMAREF. IN THE SHISHMAREF AREA...SEAS COULD BUILD TO 8 FEET WELL OFFSHORE TONIGHT...BUT THE WAVES WILL DIMINISH AS THEY BREAK ONSHORE. WINDS IN PKZ220-PKZ225 ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO BELOW GALE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER... LOCAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30-50 MPH IN ALASKA RANGE PASSES TODAY...DIMINISHING TONIGHT. MIN RH THIS AFTERNOON LIKELY TO BE IN THE 30-45 PERCENT RANGE. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER MIN RH EXPECTED FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. NO RED FLAGS EXPECTED. && .HYDROLOGY... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR...CENTRAL AND WESTERN BROOKS RANGE...AND THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR ARCTIC SLOPE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL STAGE...BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH MAY OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SEWARD PENINSULA DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210-PKZ230. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ220-PKZ225. && RF AUG 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:08 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:08 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 37 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:09 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 13 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:55 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | 14 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.