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Small Craft Advisory 874, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Nov 30, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2011, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2011, 4:00 PM AKST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813 FZAK51 PAFC 301301 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 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. PKZ197-010300- 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT MOVES INLAND ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GULF TONIGHT INTO THU MORNING. A SECOND FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN GULF THU AFTERNOON AND REACHES THE NORTHEASTERN GULF THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-010300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT...EXCEPT SE 30 KT ALONG THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND IN THE EVENING. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ121-010300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .THU...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-010300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF CHANNELED AREAS. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING SW 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ129-010300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-010300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 7 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...S WIND 35 KT...EXCEPT S 25 KT BARREN ISLANDS WEST. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ132-010300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING S 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ138-010300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-010300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT EXCEPT NE 15 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND...SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-010300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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220 FZAK51 PAFC 010054 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 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. PKZ197-011500- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT STRETCHING ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF OVERNIGHT. A SECOND FRONT WILL ENTER THE WESTERN GULF THU AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF FRI MORNING. $$ PKZ120-011500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. W OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...WINDS BECOMING SW 30 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-011500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-011500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-011500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-011500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO W 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLAND...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-011500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ138-011500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-011500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-011500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW WIND 25 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ JAM
638 FZAK51 PAFC 011230 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 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. PKZ197-020300- 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN GULF BY MIDDAY AND REACHES THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST THU NIGHT. A 1012 MB LOW DEVELOPS THU EVENING NEAR THE BARREN ISLANDS AND THEN DISSIPATES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA THU NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS INTO THE GULF THROUGH FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-020300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-020300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-020300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-020300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-020300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT EXCEPT 7 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ132-020300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-020300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-020300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...SW WIND 20 KT...SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-020300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
919 FZAK51 PAFC 020006 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 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. PKZ197-021500- 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST THU NIGHT. ANOTHER WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF SAT. $$ PKZ120-021500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ121-021500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-021500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-021500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-021500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 15 FT EXCEPT 4 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-021500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-021500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-021500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-021500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST THU DEC 1 2011 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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 Nov 29, 1:15 PM AKST, 14 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 1:15 PM AKST, 14 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
115 PM AKST TUE NOV 29 2011
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS
THE ALASKA FORECAST REGION AS A POTENT JET STREAM INTENSIFIES AND
MOVES SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC AND BERING. THE MAIN FOCUS OF
TODAY'S FORECAST IS AN OCCLUDED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER UNALASKA ISLAND. WHILE THIS LOW HAS ALREADY
REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF 968 MB THIS MORNING...IT WILL IMPACT
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT 30 HOURS. THIS SYSTEM WILL
TRACK INLAND ACROSS BRISTOL BAY TODAY AND REACH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA
AT 995 MB BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONT ALREADY
STRETCHES ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND IS
SUPPORTING SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND. THIS FRONT WILL
REMAIN RELATIVELY STRONG AND CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD OVER THE
NEXT 30 HOURS...BRINGING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE SOUTHCENTRAL
ZONES.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS ARE NOW IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT IN BOTH
THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM THE
NORTH PACIFIC INTO THE BERING. HOWEVER...THE MODELS ARE SHOWING MORE
DISCREPANCIES IN THE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH THE HIGH RESOLUTION NAM CAPTURING GAP WINDS MORE
ACCURATELY...AND THE GFS PICKING UP ON MORE SUBTLE PRECIPITATION
PROCESSES. THEREFORE A BLEND OF THE NAM AND GFS WAS USED FOR THE
SHORT TERM FORECAST.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
.SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...
AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY GAP WINDS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL REGION BEGINNING IN KODIAK ISLAND
AND SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA BY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH MORE SOUTHERLY
WINDS ALOFT...DOWNSLOPING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS SIGNIFICANT WITH
THIS EVENT AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION TYPE
REMAINS A CHALLENGING PROBLEM FOR THIS FORECAST. WHILE THIS SYSTEM
WILL TRANSPORT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WARM AIR NORTHWARD...COLD AIR
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. FOR THE BULK OF THE EVENT...PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN SNOW WITH UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
ANCHORAGE BOWL AND MATANUSKA VALLEY. HOWEVER...WITH WARM
TEMPERATURES ALOFT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH SNOW AT
TIMES.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE
THROUGH BOTH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND SUSITNA VALLEY. SNOW WILL
BEGIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND REACH THE
WRANGELL MOUNTAINS BY LATE TONIGHT. STEADY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED
ALONG THE EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA...WHERE COOLER INLAND AIR WILL
KEEP SNOW FALLING FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW TOTALS FOR THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE ACROSS THE VALDEZ AREA
WHERE OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO SUPPORT STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
THROUGH SEVERAL GAPS ACROSS THE REGION. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY BY THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR
THOMPSON PASS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL START BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...WIND GUSTS UP TO
70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEST TURNAGAIN ARM THIS EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE SOUTHCENTRAL
ZONE INTO THURSDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE PROGRESSES
THROUGH BEHIND THE MAIN FRONT.
.SOUTHWEST ALASKA...A 974 MB LOW NEAR UNALASKA ISLAND AND ITS
ASSOCIATED FRONT ARE BRINGING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST
MAINLAND. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE LOW ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WHERE COLD AIR IS ALREADY
IN PLACE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED ACROSS THE BRISTOL BAY
ZONE...WITH TEMPERATURES ALREADY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AKPEN. HOWEVER...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF KING SALMON WHERE COLD AIR WILL
MAINTAIN ITS HOLD AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH. A MIXED BAG OF
PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT THE REST OF THE ZONE AS WARM AIR
PROGRESSES INLAND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS....A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER UNALASKA
ISLAND HAS BEEN BRINGING RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS FOLLOWING QUICKLY ON THE HEELS
OF THIS LOW...WITH A FRONT APPROACHING THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS BY
TONIGHT...AND REACHING THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WARNING...125 131 155 161
WINTER STORM WARNING...145
MARINE...STORM WARNING...155
GALE WARNING...120 125 130 132 150 165 170 171 172 175 176
179 180 185
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING...180 185
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
ELN NOV 11The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Nov 29, 6:06 PM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Nov 30, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 30, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.