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Small Craft Advisory 138, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this small craft advisory at Sep 29, 2021, 5:05 AM AKDT. It was in force for 3 days.
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- Issued
- Sep 29, 2021, 5:05 AM AKDT (13:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2021, 3:24 PM AKDT
- In force
- 3 days
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- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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307 FZAK51 PAFG 291305 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-300230- 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 994 mb low will move N over Banks Island today from the Northwest Territories. A weak high over the Chukchi Sea will drift to NW to Wrangel Island through Thu night. A deep 970 mb low develops over the N Bering Sea near 62N 179W this afternoon and drifts S and weakens as it moves into the Gulf of Alaska Thu night. $$ PKZ225-300230- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .TODAY...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ230-300230- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TODAY...E winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ235-300230- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TODAY...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ240-300230- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TODAY...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...NW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ245-300230- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 505 AM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. Vsby 1 NM or less. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...W winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...E winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ Sep 21
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495 FZAK51 PAFG 292319 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-301445- 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 993 mb low currently 150 miles east of the McKenzie Delta will continue to move north to be over Banks Island Thursday morning and in the high arctic Thursday night. A weak high over the Chukchi Sea will drift to NW to Wrangel Island through Thu night. A strong low continues to deepen over the N Bering Sea this evening and quickly moves south into the Gulf of Alaska Thu night. $$ PKZ225-301445- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ230-301445- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ235-301445- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ240-301445- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Snow. .THU...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ245-301445- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 319 PM AKDT Wed Sep 29 2021 .TONIGHT...W winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU...W winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN...N winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ CCC Sep 21
706 FZAK51 PAFG 301303 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-010200- 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... High pressure has pushed NE over the Western Arctic and the Arctic Coast with low pressure over the Central and Eastern Arctic. A 994 mb low near Banks Island will move N into the high Arctic and weaken to 1003 mb, and a 1024 mb high will move to 250 nm NW of Wrangel Island by Fri morning as the high pressure over the coast slides N over the Offshore waters. $$ PKZ225-010200- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ230-010200- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N winds 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog and fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Fog and freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ235-010200- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .TODAY...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Fog and freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ240-010200- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .TODAY...N winds 15 kt. Seas building to 5 ft. Freezing fog and fog. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Fog and freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ245-010200- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 503 AM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .TODAY...W winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...N winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ SDB Sep 21
036 FZAK51 PAFG 302215 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-011515- 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... High pressure persists over Wrangel Island with low pressure over the Central and Eastern Arctic. The low pressure over Demarcation Point weakens Sat night as the high shifts east over the western Arctic. $$ PKZ225-011515- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Fog and freezing fog. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ230-011515- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ235-011515- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ240-011515- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas building to 3 ft. Freezing fog. .FRI...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ245-011515- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 215 PM AKDT Thu Sep 30 2021 .TONIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas building to 3 ft. Freezing fog. .FRI...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .MON...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ Sep 21
265 FZAK51 PAFG 011247 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-020200- 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1025 mb high 200 nm NW of Wrangel Island will move into the Western Arctic by Sat morning as high pressure continues to push east over the northern Arctic. Low pressure over mainland Alaska will push north over the Eastern offshore waters tonight. The high will move NE to 500 nm N of Utqiagvik by Sun morning and the low pressure will move E. $$ PKZ225-020200- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...N winds 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ230-020200- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... .TODAY...N winds 25 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ235-020200- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 .TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ240-020200- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds increasing to 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ245-020200- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 447 AM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TODAY...E winds 20 kt increasing to 30 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog and fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ SDB Oct 21
568 FZAK51 PAFG 012132 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-021430- 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1025 mb high 200 nm NW of Wrangel Island will move into the Western Arctic by Sat morning as high pressure continues to push east over the northern Arctic. Low pressure over mainland Alaska will push north over the Eastern offshore waters tonight. The high will move NE to 500 nm N of Utqiagvik by Sun morning and the low pressure will move E. $$ PKZ225-021430- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...N winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ230-021430- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 .TONIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ235-021430- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ240-021430- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ245-021430- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 132 PM AKDT Fri Oct 1 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...E winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. Freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog and blowing snow. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ Oct 21
643 FZAK51 PAFG 021210 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-030200- 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 1025 mb high has moved to 300 nm N of Wrangel Island as high pressure continues to push E over the Northern Arctic. Low pressure over mainland Alaska is pushing N over the eastern offshore waters. The low pressure will slowly move E as high pressure moves into the Central Arctic with the high 400 nm N of Utqiagvik Sun morning at 1028 mb. High pressure will continue to slide E with the high moving into the Northern Beaufort Sea Mon morning at 1030 mb. $$ PKZ225-030200- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING... .TODAY...N winds 25 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ230-030200- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 .TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ235-030200- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE winds 20 kt. Winds increasing to 25 kt E of Point Barrow this morning. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ240-030200- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing fog. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ245-030200- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 410 AM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NE winds 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing fog. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing fog. .MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ SDB Oct 21
111 FZAK51 PAFG 022324 CWFNSB Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 Arctic 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. PKZ298-031415- 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR ARCTIC COAST... A 998 mb low in MacKenzie Bay will move to near Deadhorse as a 1008 mb low by 4am Sun, then to near Utqiagvik as a 1018 MB low by 4am Mon, then slowly weaken. A strong low developing in the western Bering Sea on Sunday will move to 200 NM southwest of Cape Navarin as a 970 mb low by 4pm Mon, and 100 NM west of Gambell as a 978 mb low by 4pm Tue. $$ PKZ225-031415- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort- 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow showers and rain showers. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ230-031415- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin- 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. .SUN...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ235-031415- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett- 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ240-031415- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island- 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing fog. .MON...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...E winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ245-031415- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point- 324 PM AKDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing fog. Freezing spray. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing fog. .MON...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...E winds 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ Oct 21
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 28, 12:26 PM AKDT, 16 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 12:26 PM AKDT, 16 hours 39 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 1226 PM AKDT Tue Sep 28 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Benign weather over the Interior with a cold arctic high in place. Temps dropped into the single digits over the Eastern Interior for more cold mornings upcoming. Busy weather expected over the Bering Sea as a strong low rapidly bombs out bringing strong gale force winds to Saint Lawrence Island. && .DISCUSSION... Upper Levels and Analysis... Pretty benign weather over the Interior with an arctic high firmly entrenched. A weak cutoff shortwave trough is centered over the Upper Koyukuk, bringing some light snow showers. Otherwise, there is extensive stratus over the Western Interior with some patchy dense fog this morning. Out west, there is a weak shortwave trough moving east across the Bering Strait south into Saint Lawrence Island. A shortwave trough is moving northwest across the Yukon, which is already bringing some light snow to the North Slope from Point Thompson east. Model Discussion... Models remain in good agreement with the large scale pattern. There still remains some variability with the exact track of the bomb low moving into the Bering Sea. We will continue a middle ground which makes no changes to this forecast, as it remains in the middle of the ECMWF and GFS. The 12z NAM is a far south outlier and is ignored. For snow threats over the Interior on Friday and Saturday, a blend will best serve this period given the complex upper level pattern transiting the Gulf of Alaska. Central and Eastern Interior... Cold high pressure is place with cold valley inversions at night, pushing temps down into the single digits over some of the colder valleys over the Eastern Interior. Little change through tomorrow and then expect increasing northeast winds Thursday as a strong low moves into the Gulf of Alaska. Friday, there will be an increasing chance of snow as the low moves north of the AK Range. There remains much uncertainty of the track, but expect at least widespread light snow over most of the Eastern Interior heading into the weekend. West Coast and Western Interior... A weak occluded front is moving across Saint Lawrence Island but will quickly fall apart as it moves inland over the West Coast, bringing a skiff of mixed rain and snow tonight and early tomorrow morning before falling apart. Attention turns to a bomb low over the N Bering Sea, but with the track now looking to be west of Saint Matthew Island, the front will mainly just be a wind maker with increasing easterly offshore winds of 15-30 mph over the Norton Sound and YK Delta, with gusts to 45-55 mph over Saint Lawrence Island Wed and Thu. The front will clip the Island and the YK Delta with a mix of rain and snow and increasing north winds as the low exits on Thu night. Dry over the Interior with increasing northeast winds Thu, with extensive low stratus and some patchy dense fog tonight again. North Slope and Brooks Range... A low moving from the Yukon northwest will bring increasing widespread light snow to the eastern half of the North Slope tonight through Wed night with the snow shifting to the west Arctic Thu morning through Friday. Expect widespread 1-3" snow amounts. There may be some slight blowing snow with west winds to 20 mph east of Point Thompson Wednesday. Extended Forecast Days 4-7... A large trough will be in place across the eastern half of the Mainland extending into the Gulf of Alaska. Several waves of energy will be lifting north as weakening shortwave troughs, the remnants of bomb cyclones over the Gulf of AK. This pattern will be favorable for snow threats over the Eastern interior to the North Slope through the weekend. next week, the storm track looks to possibly shift back into the Bering Sea, which may change the pattern up a bit. Stay tuned... Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4...None. && .HYDROLOGY... None. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Gale Warning for PKZ210. && AHSENMACHER SEP 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 5:05 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 4 days | |
| Sep 29, 3:19 PM AKDT | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFG | 13 hr |
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