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Dense Fog Advisory 21, NWS Anchorage, AK

December 29, 2023

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this dense fog advisory at Dec 29, 2023, 5:39 AM AKST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2023, 5:39 AM AKST (14:39 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2023, 1:47 PM AKST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at Dec 29, 5:27 AM AKST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 5:27 AM AKST, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 2:59 AM AKST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 28, 3:21 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	13 hr
Dec 28, 3:21 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	37 hr
Dec 28, 3:21 PM AKST	Storm Warning	AFC	13 hr
Dec 28, 3:21 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	13 hr
Dec 29, 3:48 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	25 hr
Dec 29, 3:49 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	25 hr
Dec 29, 4:01 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
Dec 29, 4:01 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	24 hr
Dec 29, 4:01 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFC	12 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Alaska, 2023 Every dense fog advisory in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.