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Small Craft Advisory 88, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 5, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Sep 5, 2012, 2:17 PM AKDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2012, 2:17 PM AKDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2012, 1:35 PM AKDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

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 Sep 4, 3:23 PM AKDT, 22 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 3:23 PM AKDT, 22 hours 54 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
323 PM AKDT TUE SEP 4 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 48 HOURS. THE 973 MB LOW 50 NM
NE OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES TO NEAR NOME BY WED AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 986 MB. THE TRIPLE
LOW CONFIGURATION WITH THE ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT WILL CONNECT
FROM ABOUT NOME TO UMIAT TO ABOUT 100 NM NORTH OF BARTER ISLAND BY
WED AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOWS WILL BE SOMEWHAT VERTICALLY
STACKED ALOFT AT THE END POINTS.

ON WED...THE LOW NEAR BARTER ISLAND WILL PULL NORTH AND DEEPEN AND BEGIN
TO BRING MUCH COLDER AIR DOWN INTO NORTHWEST ALASKA BY THU AND THU
NIGHT. CONTINUED LONG WAVE TROUGH PATTERN WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER
THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE WILL SEND RAIN OVER MUCH OF
NORTHERN ALASKA BY THU AND KEEP THE CONDITIONS MUCH COLDER THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REBOUND MUCH BEFORE
THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

UPPER LEVEL GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN OVER THE CENTRAL
INTERIOR TONIGHT. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA
RANGE PASSES REACHING 60 TO 70 MPH IN SOME OF THE WIND PRONE
AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY EAST AND
REACH THE ALCAN BORDER BY LATE WED MORNING. THEN THE FLOW BECOMES
SOUTHWESTERLY AND WILL BRING IN THE SHOWERS AND COLDER AIR WED
NIGHT AND THU TO NORTHERN INTERIOR. THE FALL PATTERN SEEMS TO BE
APPROACHING FAST OVER NORTHERN ALASKA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...FAIRLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION
OF THE STATE WILL CAUSE THE RIVERS TO RISE SUBSTANTIALLY.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ226-AKZ227.

HIGH WIND WARNING FOR AKZ225.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ230-
PKZ235-PKZ245.
&&

CF SEP 12

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:47 PM AKDT, 30 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 5, 9:34 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	18 hr
Sep 5, 9:34 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	28 hr
Sep 5, 1:23 PM AKDT	High Wind Warning	AFG	2 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.