Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2007
Gale Warning 1022, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 25, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2007, 11:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 260043 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 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. PKZ197-261500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 992 MB LOW 180 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT WILL WEAKEN TO 1005 MB AND MOVE ONSHORE NEAR SITKA TUE NIGHT. A 995 MB LOW NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL WEAKEN TO 1006 MB TUE NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE WED MORNING. A 971 MB LOW SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE TO 100 NM WEST OF KODIAK CITY WITH A 969 MB CENTER THU AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF FROM THE SOUTH THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-261500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-261500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-261500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT THROUGH WESTERN BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE MORNING OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-261500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-261500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 60 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 19 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. BECOMING E 20 KT EAST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-261500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-261500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-261500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT EXCEPT NW WIND 35 KT IN THE EVENING SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 7 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .FRI THROUGH SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. $$ PKZ141-261500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST TUE DEC 25 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING N 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE BAY. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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000 FZAK51 PAFC 261245 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 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. PKZ197-270300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1005 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL DISSIPATE BY WED EVENING. A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WED AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALASKA AND DISSIPATE BY THU NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND THU MORNING THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-270300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ121-270300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-270300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-270300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...WEST WIND 15 MPH. SEAS 1 FOOT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-270300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-270300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-270300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-270300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATER 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-270300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...LIGHT WIND BECOMING NE WIND 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 261340 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 CORRECTED HEADLINES FOR 125 AND 138 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. PKZ197-270300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1005 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL DISSIPATE BY WED EVENING. A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WED AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALASKA AND DISSIPATE BY THU NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND THU MORNING THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-270300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ121-270300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-270300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-270300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...WEST WIND 15 MPH. SEAS 1 FOOT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-270300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-270300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-270300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-270300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATER 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-270300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...LIGHT WIND BECOMING NE WIND 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 261408 CCB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 507 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 CORRECTED FRIDAY IN PKZ130 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. PKZ197-270300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1005 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL DISSIPATE BY WED EVENING. A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WED AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALASKA AND DISSIPATE BY THU NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND THU MORNING THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-270300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ121-270300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-270300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-270300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...WEST WIND 15 MPH. SEAS 1 FOOT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-270300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 507 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14. .FRI...W 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-270300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-270300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-270300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATER 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-270300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...LIGHT WIND BECOMING NE WIND 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 261701 CCC CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 800 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 CORRECTED ZONES 125 AND 129. 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. PKZ197-270300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1005 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL DISSIPATE BY WED EVENING. A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WED AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALASKA AND DISSIPATE BY THU NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND THU MORNING THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-270300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ121-270300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-270300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 800 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-270300- PASSAGE CANAL 800 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...WEST WIND 15 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-270300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 507 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14. .FRI...W 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-270300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-270300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-270300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATER 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-270300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...LIGHT WIND BECOMING NE WIND 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 261935 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1030 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 UPDATED ZONE 125. 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. PKZ197-270300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1005 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL DISSIPATE BY WED EVENING. A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WED AFTERNOON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ALASKA AND DISSIPATE BY THU NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND THU MORNING THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-270300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ121-270300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-270300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 1030 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS TO 25 KTS OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-270300- PASSAGE CANAL 800 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...WEST WIND 15 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-270300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 507 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14. .FRI...W 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-270300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-270300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 440 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-270300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATER 11 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-270300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...LIGHT WIND BECOMING NE WIND 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 270029 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 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. PKZ197-271500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR DILLINGHAM THU AFTERNOON THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR FRIDAY NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO KODIAK ISLAND AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THU MORNING THEN MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRI MORNING. $$ PKZ120-271500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY ALONG THE COAST. .THU...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT ALONG THE COAST IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-271500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS TO 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-271500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS TO 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. HIGHER SEAS AND WAVES NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHER SEAS AND WAVES NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-271500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-271500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. NE GUSTS TO 60 KT WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-271500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. GUSTS TO 60 KT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ138-271500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-271500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS TO 10 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND WAVES SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND WAVES SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-271500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 270227 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 CORRECTED ZONES 125 138 140 141 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. PKZ197-271500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 965 MB LOW OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR DILLINGHAM THU AFTERNOON THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR FRIDAY NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO KODIAK ISLAND AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THU MORNING THEN MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRI MORNING. $$ PKZ120-271500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY ALONG THE COAST. .THU...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT ALONG THE COAST IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-271500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS TO 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-271500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS TO 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-271500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-271500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT. NE GUSTS TO 60 KT WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT. SNOW. AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-271500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. GUSTS TO 60 KT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ138-271500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IN THE EVENING. .THU...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-271500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS TO 10 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW AND RAIN. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-271500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST WED DEC 26 2007 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. AREAS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 271128 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 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. PKZ197-280300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 973 MB LOW NEAR THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN INTERIOR AND DISSIPATE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND TODAY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST FRIDAY. A 978 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP 60 NM NORTHWEST OF KODIAK CITY THU EVENING THEN WEAKEN TO 986 MB 60 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-280300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO E 25 TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-280300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-280300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-280300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO E WIND 15 KT BY MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-280300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-280300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 25 IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW WIND 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ138-280300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW WIND 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ140-280300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-280300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 271932 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1030 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 UPDATED ZONE 132 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. PKZ197-280300- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 973 MB LOW NEAR THE ALASKA PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN INTERIOR AND DISSIPATE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND TODAY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE GULF COAST FRIDAY. A 978 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP 60 NM NORTHWEST OF KODIAK CITY THU EVENING THEN WEAKEN TO 986 MB 60 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-280300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO E 25 TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-280300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-280300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-280300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO E WIND 15 KT BY MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-280300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-280300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 1030 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO SW 30 IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW WIND 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 22 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ138-280300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW WIND 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ140-280300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO NE 35 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 13 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-280300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 280032 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 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. PKZ197-281500- .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 977 MB LOW NEAR KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AND WILL WEAKEN TO 989 MB FRI AFTERNOON THEN WILL MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHWEST OF YAKUTAT WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN PRESSURE. $$ PKZ120-281500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-281500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-281500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. HIGHER GUSTS OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-281500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 .TONIGHT...E WIND TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-281500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT TOWARD MORNING. WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS...NE GUSTS TO 55 KT IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE NW TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY NEAR KAMISHAK BAY. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ132-281500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 40 KT INCREASING TO 55 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS TO 32 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. AREAS OF FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...W WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ138-281500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING W WIND 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 50 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS TO 11 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-281500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS TO 7 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS TO 5 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-281500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AST THU DEC 27 2007 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Dec 25, 12:58 AM AKST, 10 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 12:58 AM AKST, 10 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
558 AM AST TUE DEC 25 2007
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING EAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL
GULF ALASKA AND IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN THIS MORNING. A WELL DEFINED
SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS NORTH FROM THE LOW INTO THE EASTERN KENAI
PENINSULA AND INTO THE TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS. STRONG COLD ADVECTION IS
OCCURRING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS TROUGH AXIS ALONG WITH SNOW FROM
THE KENAI NORTH TO THE SUSITNA VALLEY AS MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW
OVERRIDES THE COLD NORTHWEST FLOW. THERE ARE ALSO SOME LOCALLY GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS FROM CHANNELED TERRAIN OF THE WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY
SOUTH TO THE KODIAK ISLAND AREA. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE TAPERING
OFF IN KODIAK...BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REEMERGE
TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE KENAI PENINSULA AS THE LOW PRESSURE AND
THE TROUGH AXIS DISCUSSED ABOVE MOVES EAST AND THE NORTHWEST WINDS
INCREASE WITH SNOW CONTINUING.
OUT WEST...THERE IS A SMALL SCALE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE JUST
NORTHWEST OF THE PRIBILOFS...AND A MAJOR LOW PRESSURE GATHERING
STRENGTH SOUTHWEST OF THE ALEUTIANS.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
NAM/WRF CONTINUES TO INITIALIZE THE GULF LOW BETTER THAN ANY OTHER
MODEL...AND WILL SIDE WITH IT IN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM IN THE
EAST. REGARDING THE UPCOMING MAJOR LOW OUT WEST...MODELS AGREE WELL
UP UNTIL IT GETS TO NEAR DUTCH HARBOR WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN PART
WAYS A BIT. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE A GOOD MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TRACK
WHICH TAKES THE LOW CENTER ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE EASTERN
ALEUTIANS/ALASKA PENINSULA THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE LOW TRANSFORMS
INTO AN ELONGATED TROUGH AXIS. FOR TODAY...THERE IS A SMALL SCALE
BUT POTENT LOW JUST WEST NORTHWEST OF THE PRIBILOFS ABOUT WHICH THE
MODELS HAVE LITTLE CLUE.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL...
THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF WILL CONTINUE TO
SEND SNOW NORTH INTO SOUTHCENTRAL TODAY. LOCALIZED GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF A TROUGH AXIS ARE DEVELOPING...WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED AROUND KACHEMAK BAY THIS MORNING AND
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN KENAI LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SEE WARNING STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WE ARE STILL
EXPECTING SOME SNOWFALL FROM THE ANCHORAGE BOWL NORTH INTO THE
SUSITNA VALLEY AND COPPER RIVER BASIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING AS THE
MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW OVERRUNS THE COLD NORTHWEST FLOW AT LOWER
LEVELS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE FINALLY SUBSIDED AT KODIAK THANKS
TO THE SNOWFALL ENDING. HOWEVER...FOR KODIAK VERY STRONG WINDS
ESPECIALLY IN CHANNELED TERRAIN WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING WITH
LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A BREAK
IN THE ACTION FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE ANOTHER LOW
PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED FRONT MOVES IN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
SOUTHWEST MAINLAND...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING TRANQUIL WEATHER AND VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE
REACHES THE ALASKA PENINSULA FROM THE WEST. THIS LOW WILL BRING
PRECIPITATION...STRONG WINDS...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE COAST FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...
A SMALL SCALE BUT POTENT LOW IS BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW
SHOWERS TO THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN BERING AND PRIBILOFS TODAY. THE
NEXT LOW PRESSURE TO AFFECT THE REGION WILL BE MUCH LARGER SCALE
WITH STRONG UPPER JET SUPPORT. THIS LOW WILL TRACK ALONG OR JUST
SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW
WILL BRING IN MUCH WARMER AIR. HOWEVER...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA TONIGHT
BEFORE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO RAIN. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH THE
PRIBILOFS CLOSELY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THIS
SYSTEM...AS THEY WILL STAY IN THE COLD AIR WITH FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION AND WINDS.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
VERY COLD SHOWERY NORTHWEST FLOW IS LIKELY FOR THE BERING AND
ALEUTIANS THURSDAY ONWARD. UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW WILL BE PRESENT
FROM THURSDAY ONWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND AND GULF OF
ALASKA...WITH A FEW AREAS OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE EMBEDDED IN THIS
CYCLONIC FLOW. EXPECT SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCASIONAL SHOTS OF
SNOW.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WARNING ZONES 121 125.
BLIZZARD WATCH ZONE 181.
MARINE...STORM WARNING ZONES 130 132 138 150 155 165 170 351 352.
GALE WARNING ZONES 120 121 129 140 141 160 171 172 175 179
413 414.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING ZONES 120 121 125 129 130 132
138 140 141 150 160 165 180 185 411 412 414.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
FOISY DEC 07The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 59 hr | |
| Dec 24, 11:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 6 days | |
| Dec 24, 11:54 PM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFC | 16 hr | |
| Dec 25, 10:57 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 10 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 47 hr |
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