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Small Craft Advisory 580, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Aug 18, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2011, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2011, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989 FZAK51 PAFC 182358 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 COASTAL WATERS 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. PKZ197-191500- 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW WILL FORM 80 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK THU NIGHT AND MOVE TO 30 NM SOUTH OF SELDOVIA FRI NIGHT AT 980 MB. THIS LOW WILL THEN DISSIPATE OVER COOK INLET ON SAT. $$ PKZ120-191500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 KT W OF CAPE CLEARE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT 35 KT DURING THE EVENING ALONG THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-191500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-191500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-191500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-191500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...E WIND 35 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-191500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-191500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-191500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT... INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT S OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT EXCEPT NE 25 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-191500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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338 FZAK51 PAFC 191155 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 COASTAL WATERS 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. PKZ197-200300- 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A 985 MB LOW WILL FORM 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK CITY FRI MORNING... TRACK TOWARDS SOUTHERN COOK INLET FRI EVENING AND THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SAT. A WEAK 987 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND 150 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND SUN MORNING. $$ PKZ120-200300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 40 KT...GUSTING TO 50 KT. W OF CAPE CLEARE...WINDS BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF CAPE CLEARE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ121-200300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT DURING THE MORNING. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-200300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO E 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE THIS EVENING...BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ129-200300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-200300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 40 KT. E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT IN THE MORNING... BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...N WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-200300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...S WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO SW WIND 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-200300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-200300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND... NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-200300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ JAM
954 FZAK51 PAFC 192355 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 COASTAL WATERS 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. PKZ197-201500- 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 983 MB LOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES TO SOUTHERN COOK INLET TONIGHT AND THEN INLAND EARLY SAT. A SERIES OF FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE GULF SAT AND SUN. $$ PKZ120-201500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 45 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ121-201500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-201500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 55 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE EARLY THIS EVENING. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT THIS EVENING THEN SUBSIDING TO 4 FT TOWARD MORNING. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-201500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT THIS EVENING AND SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-201500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SE OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ132-201500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-201500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT SHIFTING TO SW 25 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-201500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-201500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI AUG 19 2011 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
698 FZAK51 PAFC 201146 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 COASTAL WATERS 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. PKZ197-210300- 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 980 MB LOW 50 NM SOUTHWEST OF HOMER WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE LATE SAT NIGHT OVER SOUTHERN COOK INLET. A 987 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND 150 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND EARLY SUN MORNING AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ120-210300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-210300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-210300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-210300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-210300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-210300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-210300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-210300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-210300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT AUG 20 2011 .TODAY...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Aug 18, 1:25 PM AKDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:25 PM AKDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 125 PM AKDT THU AUG 18 2011 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...A STRONG UPPER JET WITH MAX SPEED ESTIMATED AT 150KT+ EXTENDS OUT OF ASIA AND DUE EASTWARD ALONG THE ALEUTIANS. THIS IS CAUSING AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED TROUGH OVER THE BERING TO DIG EASTWARD. A STRONG SHORT-WAVE BETWEEN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS IS PLOWING EASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHWEST ALASKA WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF IT. AT THE SURFACE MULTIPLE WEAK LOWS ARE SITTING UNDER THE BERING TROUGH WITH A TRIPLE POINT JUST AHEAD OF THE STRONG SHORT-WAVE. DOWNSTREAM OF THIS SYSTEM A WARM FRONT IS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF TOWARD SOUTHCENTRAL. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS AN SOLID BAND OF STRATIFORM RAINING MOVING ONSHORE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA. THERE ARE AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT SOLELY DUE TO OVERRUNNING. MODELS ALSO INDICATE UPPER LEVEL WAVES OUT AHEAD OF THE BERING TROUGH SWINGING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND THE WESTERN GULF TOWARD SOUTHCENTRAL. THIS FEATURE IS NOT VISIBLE IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH LIFT AND MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE MAIN BERING TROUGH. FINALLY...THERE ARE STILL SHOWERS OVER INTERIOR SOUTHCENTRAL ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXITING SHORT-WAVE. .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS CONTINUE TO GAIN A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS EVOLVING STORM SYSTEM BUT THERE STILL ARE SOME KEY DIFFERENCES IN THE MESO-SCALE. THE NAM IS AN OUTLIER IN ROTATING THE STRONG BERING SHORT-WAVE NORTHWARD AND DEVELOPING A SINGLE CONCENTRIC UPPER LOW. THE OTHER MODELS ALL AGREE THAT THIS SWINGS FARTHER EAST INITIALLY MAINTAINING A MORE ELONGATED UPPER CENTER OR A SPLIT CENTER. THIS AFFECTS THE POSITION OF SURFACE LOW BENEATH THIS UPPER CENTER. OF COURSE...THE MODELS ALL COME TOGETHER WITH THIS LOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OVER THE GULF AND SOUTHCENTRAL REGION THE NAM IS AN OUTLIER IN MOVING THE WARM FRONT TOO RAPIDLY NORTHWARD WITH BARRIER JET ALL THE WAY INTO THE SOUND BY TONIGHT. BASED ON THE MSLP FORECAST THE COASTAL RIDGE WILL PUSH NORTHWARD AND EXTEND FROM THE COPPER BASIN SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE KENAI PENINSULA AND COOK INLET AND THEN DOWN TO A DEVELOPING TRIPLE POINT LOW SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA. THIS WOULD SUPPORT A SYNOPTIC NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WHICH MEANS BARRIER JET WILL NOT MAKE IT THAT FAR NORTH. THEREFORE...PLAN TO GO HEAVILY TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION WHICH SEEMS TO BETTER DEPICT THIS. IN FACT...A GLANCE AT THE 18Z NAM SHOWS THAT IT IS TRENDING IN THIS DIRECTION. THERE ARE ALSO DIFFERENCES IN THE TRACK OF THE TRIPLE POINT LOW WITH THE NAM BEING FASTEST IN MOVING IT INTO THE INLET. PREFER THE GFS/UKMET SOLUTION OF STALLING IT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BARREN ISLANDS FRIDAY NIGHT. A VERY LARGE UPPER LOW WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN GULF AT THIS TIME FRAME SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE SURFACE LOW WOULD STALL AND DISSIPATE. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS WARM FRONT PROGRESSES NORTHWARD AND UPPER LEVEL SHORT-WAVE MOVES THROUGH. SURFACE RIDGE ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL PUSH INLAND TONIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE TURNAGAIN ARM WIND TO DIMINISH A BIT. AT THE SAME TIME THE LOW LEVEL CROSS-BARRIER FLOW WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BE SHALLOW ENOUGH THAT DON'T EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT DOWNSLOPING AFFECT. ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE TRIPLE POINT LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG GEOSTROPHIC FLOW ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SECOND FRONT WILL RE-ENFORCE THE BARRIER JET ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL THEN MOVE INLAND FRIDAY EVENING PUSHING STRONGER WINDS INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND TURNAGAIN ARM BEFORE THE FRONT DISSIPATES OVERNIGHT. COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER WILL PERSIST OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS OVER THE GULF. SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE SOUTHWEST ALASKA COAST WILL SEE SOME OF THE STRONGEST VERTICAL MOTION FROM THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT AS THE STRONG SHORT-WAVE ALOFT AND SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM ARRIVE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE COASTAL ZONE AS THE BERING LOW WRAPS UP AND DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA BECOMES DOMINANT. THEREFORE...INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA...NAMELY THE SOUTHERN KUSKOKWIM VALLEY...WILL BE RIGHT ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RAIN. RAIN WILL BECOME CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTHWEST ALASKA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LOW OVER THE BERING MOVES INTO THE GULF. IT THEN LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A BREAK SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF A TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE ARCTIC. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...AS STRONG SHORT-WAVE REACHES THE EASTERN BERING TONIGHT IT WILL CURVE NORTHWARD AND CREATE A NEW UPPER CENTER EAST OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. THIS WILL CAUSE DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE LOW AT THE SURFACE. ALL OF THIS WILL SHIRT EASTWARD TO THE GULF OVER THE WEEKEND BRINGING A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS. ENERGY WILL BEGIN TO DROP OUT OF THE ARCTIC AS WE HEAD TO NEXT WEEK PROVIDING BRIEF SHOTS OF RAIN. WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT THE MARINE LAYER WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE WHICH MEANS FOG WILL BE MUCH LESS PREVALENT THAN IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT WEEKS. .LONG TERM FORECAST...ATTENTION WILL BE SHIFTED TO THE ARCTIC DURING THE DAY 4 THROUGH 7 TIME PERIOD. GFS/ECMWF AGREE ON THE GENERAL EVOLUTION OF THE PATTERN WITH ENERGY DROPPING DOWN OUT OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC CAUSING THE TROUGH TO BECOME RE-CENTERED OVER THE BERING SEA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENCES IN THE DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL FEATURES. UNDER THIS GENERAL PATTERN EXPECT FAIRLY CALM WEATHER AS WE HEAD THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH NO MAJOR FEATURES MOVING THROUGH. THE BERING SEA OVER TO THE WEST COAST OF ALASKA WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING...120 130 140 170 172. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. SEB AUG 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Aug 18, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Aug 19, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Aug 19, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| Aug 19, 9:40 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 5 days |
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