Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 199, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 16, 2012, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 4 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2012, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
673 FZAK52 PAFC 170039 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 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. PKZ199-171500- 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 985 MB LOW 70 NM SOUTH OF CAPE NEWENHAM MOVES NEAR MEKORYUK FRI AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATES. A NORTH PACIFIC FRONT CROSSES THE ALEUTIANS LATE TONIGHT AND DISSIPATES ACROSS THE BERING ON FRI.A LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THIS FRONT AND MOVES TO 60 NM SOUTHWEST OF KISKA AT 968 MB LATE TONIGHT AND THEN WEAKENS TO 978 MB SAT AFTERNOON 160 NM NORTH OF ADAK. A 988 MB LOW FORMS NEAR SAND POINT LATE FRI NIGHT AND MOVES INLAND NEAR BRISTOL BAY SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-171500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ155-171500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-171500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-171500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 35 KT NEAR COLD BAY. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ180-171500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ170-171500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-171500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-171500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ175-171500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ176-171500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-171500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ179-171500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. SNOW. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$
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232 FZAK52 PAFC 171258 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-180300- 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 994 MB LOW NEAR CAPE NEWENHAM WILL DISSIPATE FRI MORNING. A FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL ADVANCE TO THE CENTRAL BERING AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS ON FRI AND WEAKEN. A 971 MB LOW 220 NM SW OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 120 NM SE OF SHEMYA AT 976 MB LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE TO 300 NM NE OF SHEMYA SAT NIGHT AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ PKZ150-180300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ155-180300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ160-180300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ165-180300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ180-180300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT...EXCEPT INCREASING TO SE 25 KT S OF NUNIVAK ISLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ170-180300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 6 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ171-180300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-180300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 10 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 14 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT BERING SIDE...24 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ175-180300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT BERING SIDE...24 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT BERING SIDE...23 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ176-180300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-180300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ179-180300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$
593 FZAK52 PAFC 180024 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 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. PKZ199-181500- 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 975 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA MOVES TO 170 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK AT 978 MB SUN AFTERNOON. A 980 MB LOW NEAR 55N 164W THIS EVENING MOVES INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC MOVES TO 250 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT LATE SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-181500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ155-181500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-181500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-181500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT DURING THE EARLY EVENING. WIND BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-181500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ170-181500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 8 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS BUILDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 9 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ171-181500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS EVENING. SEAS 2 BUILDING TO 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-181500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 8 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 13 FT BUILDING TO 21 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 10 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 23 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 9 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 19 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ175-181500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 13 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 12 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 22 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ176-181500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF SHEMYA...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-181500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...NE WIND 25 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ179-181500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ JAM
203 FZAK52 PAFC 180630 AAA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 930 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 UPDATED ZONE 179 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-181500- 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 975 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHEAST OF SHEMYA MOVES TO 170 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK AT 978 MB SUN AFTERNOON. A 980 MB LOW NEAR 55N 164W THIS EVENING MOVES INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA SATURDAY. A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC MOVES TO 250 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT LATE SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-181500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ155-181500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ160-181500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-181500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT DURING THE EARLY EVENING. WIND BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-181500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ170-181500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 8 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS BUILDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 9 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ171-181500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT LATE THIS EVENING. SEAS 2 BUILDING TO 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-181500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 8 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 13 FT BUILDING TO 21 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 10 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 23 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 9 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 19 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ175-181500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 13 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 12 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 22 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ176-181500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF SHEMYA...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ185-181500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...NE WIND 25 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ179-181500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 930 PM AKST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ JAM
054 FZAK52 PAFC 181252 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 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. PKZ199-190300- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 979 MB LOW 160 NM EAST OF SHEMYA MOVES TO 100 NM WEST OF ST PAUL AT 974 MB SUN AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATES SUN EVENING. A 963 MB LOW MOVES FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO 380 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR SUN AFTERNOON AND MOVES TO 60 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY AND STRENGTHENS TO 957 MB LATE SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-190300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ155-190300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-190300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-190300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-190300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. $$ PKZ170-190300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...15 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ171-190300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-190300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT BERING SIDE...23 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...19 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ175-190300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...22 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-190300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT EXCEPT NE 25 KT FROM SHEMYA W. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-190300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...NE 30 KT W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ179-190300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$
187 FZAK52 PAFC 181624 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 720 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 CORRECTED HEADLINES FOR ZONES 165 AND 185 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-190300- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 979 MB LOW 160 NM EAST OF SHEMYA MOVES TO 100 NM WEST OF ST PAUL AT 974 MB SUN AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATES SUN EVENING. A 963 MB LOW MOVES FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO 380 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR SUN AFTERNOON AND MOVES TO 60 NM SOUTHEAST OF COLD BAY AND STRENGTHENS TO 957 MB LATE SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-190300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ155-190300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ160-190300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-190300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-190300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. $$ PKZ170-190300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...17 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...15 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ171-190300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-190300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT BERING SIDE...23 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...19 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ175-190300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT BERING SIDE...22 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-190300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT EXCEPT NE 25 KT FROM SHEMYA W. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ185-190300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...NE 30 KT W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. $$ PKZ179-190300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$
195 FZAK52 PAFC 190022 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 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. PKZ199-191500- 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 989 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF KIPNUK 100 NM MOVES NORTHWEST AND DISSIPATES SUNDAY MORNING. A PAIR OF 980 MB LOWS 140 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL AND 170 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK CONSOLIDATE INTO A 979 MB LOW 190 NM WEST OF SAINT PAUL MON AFTERNOON. A 963 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAND POINT MOVES TO NEAR KODIAK CITY AT 970 MB MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-191500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-191500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-191500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-191500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ180-191500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S BY MIDNIGHT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. $$ PKZ170-191500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUN NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...BERING SIDE...NE WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PACIFIC SIDE...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-191500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-191500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...20 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-191500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-191500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ185-191500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT EAST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...NE 30 KT WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ179-191500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$
096 FZAK52 PAFC 190314 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 615 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 CORRECTED SYNOPSIS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-191500- 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 989 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTH OF KIPNUK MOVES NORTHWEST AND DISSIPATES SUNDAY MORNING. A PAIR OF 980 MB LOWS 140 NM NORTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL AND 170 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK CONSOLIDATE INTO A 979 MB LOW 190 NM WEST OF SAINT PAUL MON AFTERNOON. A 963 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAND POINT MOVES TO NEAR KODIAK CITY AT 970 MB MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-191500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ155-191500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ160-191500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-191500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ180-191500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S BY MIDNIGHT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. $$ PKZ170-191500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUN NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...BERING SIDE...NE WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PACIFIC SIDE...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-191500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-191500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT BERING SIDE...20 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...16 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-191500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT BERING SIDE...18 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ176-191500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ185-191500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT EAST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...NE 30 KT WEST OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ179-191500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 18 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$
168 FZAK52 PAFC 191207 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 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. PKZ199-200300- 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 979 MB LOW 270 NM WEST OF SAINT PAUL WILL MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL BY LATE MON NIGHT AT 984 MB. A 967 MB LOW 370 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TO 170 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK AT 963 MB THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 981 MB BY LATE MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-200300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ155-200300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ160-200300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-200300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-200300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ170-200300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...15 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-200300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-200300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...15 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ175-200300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ176-200300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...N WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ185-200300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ179-200300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 192054 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 CORRECTED SYNOPSIS PKZ199 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-200300- 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 979 MB LOW 270 NM WEST OF SAINT PAUL WILL MOVE TO 100 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL BY LATE MON NIGHT AT 984 MB. A 967 MB LOW 370 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TO 170 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK AT 963 MB LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 981 MB BY LATE MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-200300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ155-200300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ160-200300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-200300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ180-200300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. $$ PKZ170-200300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...15 FT PACIFIC SIDE. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ171-200300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-200300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT BERING SIDE...15 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ175-200300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ176-200300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...N WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ185-200300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ179-200300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. $$
744 FZAK52 PAFC 200018 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 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. PKZ199-201500- 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 974 MB LOW 300 NM WEST OF ST PAUL WILL WEAKEN TO 989 MB AND DRIFT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF ST PAUL TUE AFTERNOON. A 962 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 200 NM SOUTH OF COLD BAY THIS EVENING THEN TO 80 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY AT 964 MB MON MORNING...THEN WEAKEN IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-201500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 35 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING W 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT IN THE EVENING DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ155-201500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH MONDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING W 40 KT BY NOON. SEAS 17 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT IN THE EVENING DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ160-201500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-201500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ180-201500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 15 KT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. $$ PKZ170-201500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT BERING SIDE...NW WIND 30 KT PACIFIC SIDE. SEAS 5 FT BERING SIDE...SEAS 12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT BERING SIDE...13 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT BERING SIDE...13 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU AND FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ171-201500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU AND FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-201500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ175-201500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ176-201500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ185-201500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. .TUE THROUGH WED...N WIND 20 KT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ179-201500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKST SUN FEB 19 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. $$
652 FZAK52 PAFC 201209 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-210300- 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 960 MB LOW 120 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND WEAKEN TONIGHT. A 975 MB LOW 200 NM SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL WILL MOVE TO NEAR SAINT PAUL AT 983 MB LATE TONIGHT THEN TO NEAR BETHEL LATE TUE NIGHT AT 998 MB. $$ PKZ150-210300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT BECOMING W WIND 50 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS BUILDING TO 18 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 19 FT. SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ155-210300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ160-210300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-210300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ180-210300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. .TONIGHT AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. $$ PKZ170-210300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT BERING SIDE...12 FT PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ171-210300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-210300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT AND TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ175-210300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TONIGHT AND TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .FRI...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ176-210300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ185-210300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 ...BRISK WIND ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...NE 30 KT W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. $$ PKZ179-210300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKST MON FEB 20 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. $$
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 Feb 16, 2:00 PM AKST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:00 PM AKST, 2 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
200 PM AKST THU FEB 16 2012
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A COMPLEX UPPER LOW JUST NORTH OF THE AKPEN IS SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTH
AND FILLING. ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTCENTRAL AK...WEAK RIDGING IS
RETREATING EAST TOWARDS THE ALCAN BORDER. AT THE SURFACE...A GALE
FORCE FRONT HAS ADVANCED TO THE NORTHERN GULF AND IS WEAKENING THOUGH
A SLUG OF MOISTURE IS PRODUCING SNOW AND RAIN ACROSS THE KENAI
PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN
AT TIMES ALSO FALLS OVER WESTERN BRISTOL BAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED COMPLEX UPPER LOW. OUT WEST...ANOTHER FRONT IS MOVING
TO THE WESTERN CHAIN AND ADVANCING EAST. SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS A
TRIPLE POINT LOW DEVELOPING ALONG THIS FRONT AND MOVING TOWARDS
KISKA.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ACCEPTABLY CAPTURE THE MAIN WEATHER PICTURE. IN THE EAST...THE
NAM HAS UTILITY FOR A DECENT DEPICTION OF LOCAL EFFECTS THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER IN THE SHORT TERM...IT APPEARS TO BE UNDER
DOING THE MOISTURE/QPF WITH THE CURRENT FRONT IN THE GULF. FORECASTS
WILL TREND TOWARDS THE ECMWF BY THE WEEKEND. IN GENERAL
THOUGH...MODELS AGREE THAT THE RESIDUAL COMPLEX LOW WILL OPEN INTO A
TROUGH AND MOVE NORTHEAST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. MODELS ALSO SHOW
AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO ARRIVAL AND SCOPE OF SENSIBLE WEATHER
IMPACTS FROM THE BERING SEA/ALEUTIAN SYSTEM WHICH APPROACHES THE
REGION BY EARLY THIS WEEKEND.
FURTHER WEST...THE ECMWF APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST OVERALL RUN TO RUN
CONSISTENCY WITH THE ALEUTIAN SYSTEM. IT CAPTURES A TRIPLE POINT
DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT WHICH IS ALREADY HINTED AT ON
SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE GFS AND NAM ARE TENDING TO CONSOLIDATE THE
ENERGY INTO A SINGLE WEAKER LOW INITIALLY. HOWEVER...SUBSEQUENT
TRIPLE POINT DEVELOPMENTS AS THE FRONT MARCHES EASTWARD ARE GENERALLY
HANDLED SIMILARLY TO THE ECMWF. ONE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS NEAR THE SW
AKPEN FRI NIGHT LOOKS TO BRING A DECENT SHOT OF WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION TO BRISTOL BAY ON SATURDAY.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL...
THE NORTHERN GULF FRONT HAS LARGELY CLEARED KODIAK ISLAND...WITH THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN/EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA
AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LOOKING TO DIMINISH AS THE FEATURE ELONGATES
AND WEAKENS TONIGHT. ONSHORE FLOW WILL STILL KEEP THINGS UNSETTLED IN
IT'S WAKE HOWEVER AS THE AKPEN LOW COMPLEX DRIFTS ASHORE THE SW
MAINLAND AND WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATE AROUND IT UP TOWARDS
SOUTHCENTRAL. THE ANCHORAGE BOWL AND OTHER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR
SOUTHERN MAINLAND WILL SEE INCREASED CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT CONCURRENT
WITH THE RESIDUAL TROUGH MOVING INLAND...SO THERE STILL WILL BE SOME
PASSING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE BERING SEA
FRONT NOSES TOWARDS THE WESTERN GULF AND KODIAK ISLAND ON SATURDAY
WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN/SNOW AND GALE FORCE WINDS.
SOUTHWEST...
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES PERSIST OVER SW AK IN THE WEAK BUT WARM SE
FLOW. LION'S SHARE OF PRECIPITATION OVER WESTERN AREAS OF BRISTOL BAY
ENHANCED BY EASTERLY FLOW. HOWEVER WITH THE UPPER-LOW WEAKENING...
WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ON THE
LIGHT SIDE. SHOWERS TO DIMINISH A BIT ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH TRANSITORY
RIDGING MOVING THROUGH...WITH A LARGER SLUG OF SNOW LOOKING TO IMPACT
THE SW MAINLAND ON SATURDAY ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER TRIPLE POINT LOW.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...
STEADY SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE FAR WESTERN CHAIN
AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY HOWEVER
NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. GALE FORCE
WINDS WILL ADVANCE TO THE EASTERN CHAIN AS WELL...BUT WARM ADVECTION
WILL HELP MIX RAIN WITH SNOW AND TEMPER ANY BLOWING SNOW THREAT IN
THOSE AREAS. ABOVE FREEZING AIR IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO REACH THE
PRIBILOFFS...BUT WINDS WITH THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE PEAKED AND
BEGIN WEAKENING BY THE TIME THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION ARRIVES
FRIDAY NIGHT.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM FORECAST. THE PATTERN LOOKS
TO BE DOMINATED BY SMALL AMPLITUDE TRANSIENT FEATURES WITH A STORM
TRACK RUNNING FROM SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS INTO THE EAST CENTRAL GULF
OF AK. TEMPERATURES STILL LOOK TO RUN NEAR OR ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS
THE AOR WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE...120 130 132 140 150 155 160 170 172 175 176 179 352
411 413 414
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
JAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:00 PM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Feb 17, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Feb 17, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Feb 17, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 5 days |
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