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Small Craft Advisory 89, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 6, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Sep 6, 2012, 1:35 PM AKDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2012, 1:35 PM AKDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 2:18 PM AKDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

865 
FZAK52 PAFG 062135
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
135 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 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.

PKZ299-071245-
135 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 985 MB LOW 250 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE
TO 350 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARTER ISLAND BY 4 PM FRIDAY
WEAKENING TO 993 MB. BY 4 PM SATURDAY THE LOW WILL BE
150 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANKS ISLAND WEAKENING TO 998 MB.
A BROAD 1023 MB HIGH CENTERED 850 MILES WEST OF BARROW WILL
MOVE EASTWARD BECOMING A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE
CHUKCHI AND BERING SEAS BY 4 PM SATURDAY.


$$

PKZ200-071245-
NORTON SOUND-
135 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING.
FOG.
.FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-071245-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
135 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF SLEDGE ISLAND...

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. FOG.
.FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG.
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 30 KT WEST OF SLEDGE ISLAND.
SEAS 5 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-071245-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
135 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. FOG.
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FOG.
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-071245-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
135 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG.
.FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG.
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

RF/DJH SEP 12

3 follow-up statements

023 
FZAK52 PAFG 062139 AAA
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
139 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

UPDATED HEADLINE FOR PKZ210

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.

PKZ299-071515-
139 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A 985 MB LOW 250 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE BAY WILL MOVE
TO 350 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARTER ISLAND BY 4 PM FRIDAY
WEAKENING TO 993 MB. BY 4 PM SATURDAY THE LOW WILL BE
150 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANKS ISLAND WEAKENING TO 998 MB.
A BROAD 1023 MB HIGH CENTERED 850 MILES WEST OF BARROW WILL
MOVE EASTWARD BECOMING A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE
CHUKCHI AND BERING SEAS BY 4 PM SATURDAY.


$$

PKZ200-071515-
NORTON SOUND-
139 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING.
FOG. 
.FRI...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.TUE...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-071515-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
139 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. FOG. 
.FRI...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. LOCAL GUSTS 30 KT WEST OF SLEDGE ISLAND.
SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  
.MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-071515-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
139 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. FOG. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FOG. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SAT NIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.MON...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.TUE...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-071515-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
139 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

.TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. 
.FRI...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. FOG. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FOG. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  
.MON...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

RF/DJH SEP 12

784 
FZAK52 PAFG 071142
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
342 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 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.

PKZ299-080245-
342 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
BROAD 1024 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST WILL BUILD
SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER THE CHUKCHI AND BERING SEAS BY 4 PM SAT. 1010
MB LOW NEAR DALL POINT WILL MOVE EAST 20 KT.

$$

PKZ200-080245-
NORTON SOUND-
342 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-080245-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
342 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TODAY...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT.
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-080245-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
342 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E. SEAS 2 FT.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-080245-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
342 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TODAY...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

TF/JK SEP 12

954 
FZAK52 PAFG 072218
CWFWCZ

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST ALASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
218 PM AKDT FRI SEP 7 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.

PKZ299-081330-
218 PM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHWEST COAST...
A BROAD 1023 MB HIGH OVER EASTERN SIBERIA WILL MOVE EASTWARD AND
EXTEND ACROSS THE BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS BY 4 PM SATURDAY.


$$

PKZ200-081330-
NORTON SOUND-
218 PM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 FT. FOG.
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FOG.
.SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FOG.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT.  

$$

PKZ210-081330-
DALL POINT TO WALES-
218 PM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT 20 KT WEST OF SLEDGE ISLAND
THIS EVENING WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG.
.SAT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG.
.SUN...E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT.  

$$

PKZ215-081330-
KOTZEBUE SOUND-
218 PM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TONIGHT...LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NW 10 KT. SEAS 
BUILDING TO 2 FT. FOG.
.SAT...W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.SUN...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FOG.
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ220-081330-
WALES TO CAPE THOMPSON-
218 PM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FOG.
.SAT...N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FOG.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

DJH/RF SEP 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 Sep 6, 1:29 PM AKDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 1:29 PM AKDT, 6 minutes before

NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
129 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012

CORRECTED TEXT...LINE 3 IN PARAGRAPH 2.

.DISCUSSION...
A TROUGH ALOFT EXTENDING FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA SOUTHWESTWARD
INTO RUSSIA WILL SWING EASTWARD TO BE CENTERED OVER THE
CENTRAL ALASKA MAINLAND BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE
MAIN ENERGY PUSHING INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. ANOTHER
TROUGH WILL PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN MAINLAND BY
THURSDAY. BROAD LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN PREDOMINANT
OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA.

AT THE SURFACE...A 985 MB LOW 250 MILES NORTH OF PRUDHOE
BAY WILL MOVE TO 350 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARTER ISLAND
BY 4 PM FRIDAY WEAKENING TO 993 MB. BY 4 PM SATURDAY THE
LOW WILL BE 150 MILES NORTHEAST OF BANKS ISLAND WEAKENING TO 998
MB. A BROAD 1023 MB HIGH CENTERED 850 MILES WEST OF BARROW WILL
MOVE EASTWARD BECOMING A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE CHUKCHI
AND NORTHERN BERING SEAS BY 4 PM SATURDAY. THE ACTIVE STORM TRACK
WILL REMAIN WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST
AREA.

COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
GENERAL SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA EXCEPT PARTS OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
INTERIOR TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS IN THE ALASKA RANGE. THE AMOUNT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FRIDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE
LARGE ENOUGH TO CREATE ANY HYDROLOGIC PROBLEMS. OVER THE BROOKS
RANGE...PRECIPITATION WILL BE RAIN OR SNOW WITH THE SNOW LEVEL
GRADUALLY LOWERING TO AROUND 2000-2500 FEET TONIGHT. OVER THE
ARCTIC COAST...PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY COULD BE
RAIN...SNOW...OR MIXED. IN DENALI PARK...SNOW HAS OCCURRED IN SOME
HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS. EIELSON VISITOR WEB CAM SHOWS SNOW...AND
SEVERAL INCHES ACCUMULATION PROBABLY HAS OCCURRED.

&&

.AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PKZ210-PKZ235-PKZ240.
GALE WARNING PKZ245.

&&

RF SEP 12

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 6, 1:29 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG	25 hr
Sep 6, 1:41 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG	37 hr
Sep 6, 1:41 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	61 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.