Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 955, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Dec 7, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 60 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 7, 2009, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2009, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK52 PAFC 080031 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-081500- 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS...A 971 MB LOW 135 NM NORTHEAST OF SHEMYA WILL WEAKEN TO 1002 MB AS IT DRIFTS TOWARD SIBERIA. $$ PKZ150-081500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ155-081500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-081500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-081500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-081500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. .TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU...E WIND 25 KT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ170-081500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 65 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 15 FT BERING SIDE...24 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...19 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-081500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 65 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-081500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. E OF SEGUAM ISLAND...S WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT BERING SIDE...23 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ175-081500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ176-081500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-081500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 24 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 22 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. $$ PKZ179-081500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 50 KT. GUSTS TO 65 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 FZAK52 PAFC 081204 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-090300- 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 975 MB LOW 150 NM NORTH OF ATTU WEAKENS AS IT MOVES TOWARD SIBERIA. A COMPLEX 985 MB LOW MOVES NORTH TO 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF ADAK TONIGHT...THEN MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH AS IT DRIFTS TO 400 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR WED NIGHT. ANOTHER 985 MB LOW MOVES NORTHWEST TO NEAR ATKA WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-090300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ155-090300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ160-090300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-090300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ180-090300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-090300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...20 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ171-090300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-090300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT 35 KT E OF SEGUAM ISLAND. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ175-090300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ176-090300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-090300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ179-090300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 090007 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-091500- 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 986 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 220 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR TONIGHT AND WEAKEN TO 991 MB AS IT MOVES NEAR 100 NM WEST OF ADAK THURSDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-091500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ155-091500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-091500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-091500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-091500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-091500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...21 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...19 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ171-091500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-091500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ175-091500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ176-091500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. FROM SHEMYA W...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...N 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-091500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ179-091500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 090648 AAA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 945 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 UPDATED ZONE 170 AND 171 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-091500- 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 986 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 220 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR TONIGHT AND WEAKEN TO 991 MB AS IT MOVES NEAR 100 NM WEST OF ADAK THURSDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-091500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ155-091500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-091500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-091500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-091500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-091500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 945 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .WED...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...21 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...19 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ171-091500- UNALASKA BAY 945 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...E WIND 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-091500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ175-091500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI AND SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ176-091500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. FROM SHEMYA W...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED NIGHT...N 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-091500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ179-091500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
083 FZAK52 PAFC 091247 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-100300- 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A COMPLEX 987 MB AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS PERSISTS THROUGH THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-100300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ155-100300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO SE 45 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 21 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-100300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-100300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT AND SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-100300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-100300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT EXCEPT SEAS 14 FT BERING SIDE. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT EXCEPT SEAS 14 FT BERING SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ171-100300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT GUSTING 40 KT INCREASING TO E 35 KT GUSTING 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT GUSTING 45 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-100300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-100300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ176-100300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-100300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ179-100300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 091601 AAA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 700 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 UPDATED ZONE 171. COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-100300- 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A COMPLEX 987 MB AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS PERSISTS THROUGH THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-100300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ155-100300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO SE 45 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 21 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-100300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-100300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT AND SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-100300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-100300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT EXCEPT SEAS 14 FT BERING SIDE. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT EXCEPT SEAS 14 FT BERING SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ171-100300- UNALASKA BAY 700 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E 35 KT GUSTING TO 45 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT GUSTING 45 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-100300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-100300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ176-100300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-100300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ179-100300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 100103 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-101500- 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 989 MB LOW 230 NM SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO NEAR SHEMYA ON THURSDAY MORNING. A 981 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 330 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA ON FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL STRENGTHEN TO 977 MB AND MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ155-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-101500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-101500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-101500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT BERING SIDE...20 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-101500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT BERING SIDE...VARIABLE 10 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-101500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ179-101500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40. SEAS BUILDING TO 16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
747 FZAK52 PAFC 100654 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 RETRANSMITTED FOR CRS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-101500- 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 989 MB LOW 230 NM SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO NEAR SHEMYA ON THURSDAY MORNING. A 981 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 330 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA ON FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL STRENGTHEN TO 977 MB AND MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ155-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-101500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-101500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-101500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT BERING SIDE...20 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-101500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT BERING SIDE...VARIABLE 10 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-101500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ179-101500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40. SEAS BUILDING TO 16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 100741 CCB CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 CORRECTED ZONE 179 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. 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. PKZ199-101500- 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 989 MB LOW 230 NM SOUTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR WILL MOVE TO NEAR SHEMYA ON THURSDAY MORNING. A 981 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 330 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA ON FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL STRENGTHEN TO 977 MB AND MOVE TO 120 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ155-101500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-101500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-101500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-101500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT BERING SIDE...20 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-101500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ172-101500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ175-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 15 KT BERING SIDE...VARIABLE 10 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-101500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-101500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ179-101500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 101247 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-110300- 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 990 MB LOW NEAR SHEMYA MOVES SOUTHWEST AND DISSIPATES THIS EVENING. A 980 MB LOW MOVES NORTH TO 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF AMCHITKA FRI MORNING...THEN TO NEAR ATTU LATE FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-110300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-110300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-110300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ165-110300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ180-110300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. $$ PKZ170-110300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT SEAS 17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ171-110300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ172-110300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ175-110300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ176-110300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN AND MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-110300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN AND MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ179-110300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST THU DEC 10 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
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 7, 12:55 PM AKST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 12:55 PM AKST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
1255 PM AKST MON DEC 7 2009
CORRECTION TO WARNING AND MARINE TABLE
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
THE OVERALL PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL
DAYS...A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE IS IN PLACE OVER THE GULF AND MAINLAND
ALASKA WHILE A DEEP TROUGH PERSISTS OVER THE BERING SEA AND NORTH
PACIFIC. THE JET STREAM IS FLOWING NORTH-NORTHWEST BETWEEN THE TWO
FEATURES WITH A POTENT SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FLOW...CURRENTLY
CROSSING THE ALASKA PENINSULA. A 150 KT JET CORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS IMPULSE.
AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING OVER THE GULF AND
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE SLOWLY
ERODED RESULTING IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND
THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND. THE LARGE QUASI-BAROTROPIC LOW CONTINUES TO
WEAKEN AS IT DRIFTS NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS INTO THE
SOUTHERN BERING SEA...AND EVENTUALLY INTO EASTERN SIBERIA BY
WEDNESDAY.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH AS THE MAJOR
MODELS EXCLUDING THE NAM ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT THROUGH MID WEEK.
SOME SYNOPTIC DIFFERENCES IN THE BERING SEA ARISE ON WEDNESDAY
ALTHOUGH IT HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON THE FORECAST. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
WERE MADE...MAINLY A GENTLE NUDGE TOWARD THE LATEST GFS IN THE MEDIUM
RANGE.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE DECREASED
ACROSS THE REGION WHICH HELPED LEAD TO SOME FOG FORMING OVER THE
INLET OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE
FOG WILL DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT...BUT THIS TIME MAY BE A BIT EARLIER
AND MAY IMPACT A LARGER AREA. THIS IS ALL A RESULT OF THE HIGH
PRESSURE SETTLING OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA AND THE IMPRESSIVE LOW
LEVEL INVERSION. TEMPERATURES IN THE ANCHORAGE BOWL CURRENTLY RANGE
FROM 8 DEGREES AT THE CAMPBELL CREEK SCIENCE CENTER TO NEAR 40
DEGREES AT THE UPPER HILLSIDE. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEK WITH FOG AND LOW CLOUDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS BUT OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAILING.
TEMPERATURES WILL VARY WILDLY DEPENDING ON THE ELEVATION.
MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE COLD AIR INTRUSION THAT
WAS BEING ADVERTISED FOR THE WEEKEND. A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL
BUILD OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO SPILL INTO
SOUTHCENTRAL UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK AT THE EARLIEST.
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION IS DIMINISHING.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE NOW LIMITED TO THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND THE
WESTERN CAPES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE.
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK IN THESE
AREAS...ALTHOUGH NO WHERE NEAR AS STRONG AS THE WINDS HAVE BEEN THIS
PAST WEEKEND. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL AS THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...THE ACTIVE WEATHER AND MOST OF OUR FOCUS
REMAINS OUT WEST WHERE HIGH WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THIS LAST PUSH OF STORM FORCE
WINDS AND HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BERING SEA OVER NIGHT AND DIMINISH
TUESDAY. MUCH MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK WHEN
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP ACROSS THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS...BRINGING A
RETURN OF GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE REGION. WHILE THE LONGWAVE PATTERN
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNCHANGED...BROAD SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK ACROSS THE BERING SEA WITH
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING 185 AND 195.
MARINE...STORM WARNING...170 171 179 185
GALE WARNING...155 160 165 176 180.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
AB DEC 09The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Dec 7, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| Dec 7, 6:23 PM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AFC | 18 hr | |
| Dec 7, 10:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 8, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days |
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