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Small Craft Advisory 369, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at May 6, 2014, 3:41 AM AKDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2014, 3:41 AM AKDT (11:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 2:57 PM AKDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, 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 Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at May 5, 1:34 PM AKDT, 14 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:34 PM AKDT, 14 hours 7 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 134 PM AKDT MON MAY 5 2014 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THERE IS AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA THAT NUDGES INTO SOUTHERN ALASKA. THERE IS AN UPPER LOW SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WITH A LEADING FRONT MOVING INTO KODIAK ISLAND AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA. && .MODEL DISCUSSION... THE NUMERICAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE OVER-ALL PATTERN. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES ON HOW THEY HANDLE THE LOW CROSSING THE GULF ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ECMWF TAKES A MORE SOUTHERLY ROUTE...PRETTY MUCH TAKING THE LOW STRAIT EAST ACROSS THE GULF. THE GFS AND CANADIAN SWING IT NORTH A BIT BEFORE GOING BACK SOUTH AGAIN. THE NAM AGREES WITH THE ECMWF. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST... FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA...THE LOW SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING THEN EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY...BEING JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST GULF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE LEADING FRONT OVER KODIAK WILL PUSH NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA TONIGHT...SPREADING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION INLAND. THE FRONT WILL BREAK APART BY LATE MORNING...BUT ANOTHER (AND STRONGER) FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE KENAI PENINSULA DURING THE MORNING AND INLAND LATER IN THE DAY (TUESDAY). SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY...THOUGH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PARENT LOW SO FAR AWAY SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE FAIRLY MINIMAL. FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE LEADING FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL PUSH INTO THE BRISTOL BAY AREA THIS EVENING THEN INTO THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY LATER TONIGHT (BUT NOT TO THE DELTA). THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL OVER THE AREA...WITH RAIN PROBABLY NOT GETTING AS FAR WEST AS BETHEL. THE FRONT WILL BE VERY SLOW TO LEAVE/DISSIPATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...GETTING CAUGHT UP ALONG THE ALEUTIAN AND ALASKA RANGES. && .AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING 119 170 172 173 174. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && LUDWIG MAY 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:56 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 13 hr | |
| May 6, 3:01 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 5 days |
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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.