Gale Warning 73, NWS Anchorage, AK

000 
FZAK51 PAFC 081251
CWFAER

SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

MARINE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST
UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND
AND COOK INLET

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ197-090300-
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+
COOK INLET...
A 1030 MB HIGH CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA WILL DROP SOUTHWARD 
TO THE NORTH PACIFIC SUN. A 1020 MB LOW WILL FORM 100 NM SOUTHEAST 
OF MIDDLETON ISLAND SAT AFTERNOON AND MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF
YAKUTAT SUN NIGHT.
$$

PKZ120-090300-
AREA 2B. CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

.TODAY...N WIND 20 KTS BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS
3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT.  

$$

PKZ121-090300-
AREA 2B1. RESURRECTION BAY
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TODAY...

.TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ125-090300-
AREA 2C. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

.TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

$$

PKZ129-090300-
AREA 2C4. PASSAGE CANAL
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TODAY...

.TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.  

$$

PKZ130-090300-
AREA 3A. BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TODAY...

.TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

PKZ132-090300-
AREA 3B. SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

.TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.  

$$

PKZ138-090300-
AREA 3C. SHELIKOF STRAIT
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

.TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

PKZ140-090300-
AREA 4. COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

.TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WIND 151 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.  

$$

PKZ141-090300-
AREA 4A. KACHEMAK BAY
400 AM AST SAT JAN 8 2005

.TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. 
.WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT.  

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
1200 PM AST FRI JAN 7 2005

.DISCUSSION...

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH 500MB HIGH CENTERED OVER BRISTOL BAY
AND SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA. ALL MODELS WEAKEN
AND DROP UPPER HIGH SOUTHWARD BY 60 HOURS TO AROUND 50N SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA GETS ABSORBED BY STRONG
BUILDING SIBERIAN HIGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH COLDER ARCTIC AIR SWEEPING
IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
INTO THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO IN PARTS OF THE KUSKOKWIM
VALLEY..SUSITNA VALLEY..AND COPPER RIVER BASIN SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT
MAINLY MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WITH COLD FRONT OVER AOR ON SUNDAY.

WEATHER FRONT FROM A PACIFIC LOW SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS STILL
ON TRACK TO BRING GALES AND RAIN TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS
THIS WEEKEND.

PRESSURE GRADIENT DIFFERENCE FROM GLENNALLEN AND CORDOVA AROUND 14
MB..SO HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CONTINUED FOR COPPER RIVER DELTA.
ONLY OTHER WINDY AREAS THIS MORNING ARE OVER WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND AND CENTRAL ALEUTIANS..WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES..GALE
WARNINGS..AND WIND ADVISORIES POSTED.

LOW CEILINGS AND FOG CURRENTLY A PROBLEM AT ANCHORAGE AND MCGRATH.
WILL HOLD ON THIS WEATHER WITH SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND
LOWERING CONDITIONS AGAIN TONIGHT AS LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN
WEATHER PATTERN.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING ZONE 135
MARINE...GALES 2C4 3A 12B 13A 13B BERING SEA
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

JWP JAN 05