Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 590, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Sep 20, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 3 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
- Sep 20, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646 FZAK51 PAFC 201142 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-210300- 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 997 MB LOW 180 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT WILL MOVE TO 90 NM WEST OF KODIAK AT 1000 MB LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE INLAND. A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN TO CENTRAL GULF WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH FRI. $$ PKZ120-210300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. DENSE FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-210300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-210300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-210300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-210300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY... .TODAY...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-210300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ138-210300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-210300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-210300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ JM
11 follow-up statements
763 FZAK51 PAFC 202354 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 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. PKZ197-211500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONTAL SYSTEM AIMED AT THE KENAI PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A 979 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 450 NM SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND SATURDAY. $$ PKZ120-211500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT E OF HINCHINBROOK ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-211500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-211500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT...EXCEPT E OF NAKED ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGER GUSTS 45 OUT OF EASTERN BAYS AND PASSES BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-211500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ130-211500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-211500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT AND...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-211500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-211500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-211500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
932 FZAK51 PAFC 210039 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 435 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 CORRECTED AREA 132 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. PKZ197-211500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONTAL SYSTEM AIMED AT THE KENAI PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A 979 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 450 NM SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND SATURDAY. $$ PKZ120-211500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT E OF HINCHINBROOK ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-211500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-211500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT...EXCEPT E OF NAKED ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGER GUSTS 45 OUT OF EASTERN BAYS AND PASSES BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-211500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ130-211500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-211500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-211500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-211500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-211500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
102 FZAK51 PAFC 210048 CCB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 448 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 CORRECTED AREA 125 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. PKZ197-211500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONTAL SYSTEM AIMED AT THE KENAI PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A 979 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 450 NM SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND SATURDAY. $$ PKZ120-211500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT E OF HINCHINBROOK ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-211500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-211500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT...EXCEPT E OF NAKED ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGER GUSTS 45 KT OUT OF EASTERN BAYS AND PASSES BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-211500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ130-211500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 3 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-211500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-211500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-211500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT...EXCEPT 25 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-211500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 20 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
014 FZAK51 PAFC 211151 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 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. PKZ197-220300- 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT. A 980 MB WILL MOVE TO 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK SAT MORNING AND THEN TO 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK AT 990 MB SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-220300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ121-220300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-220300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE...GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-220300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-220300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT...EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT...EXCEPT SEAS 9 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-220300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-220300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-220300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-220300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ JM
707 FZAK51 PAFC 211242 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 CORRECTED SYNOPSIS 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. PKZ197-220300- 442 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH TONIGHT. A 980 MB LOW WILL MOVE TO 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK SAT MORNING AND THEN TO 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK AT 990 MB SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-220300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ121-220300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-220300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE...GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-220300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT AND SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-220300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT...EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT...EXCEPT SEAS 9 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-220300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-220300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-220300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-220300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ JM
385 FZAK51 PAFC 212341 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 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. PKZ197-221500- 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 977 MB LOW 500 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK WILL WEAKEN TO 984 MB 220 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY SAT AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL THEN WEAKEN TO 1001 MB 55 NM SOUTHWEST OF SEWARD BY SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-221500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT EXCEPT E 45 KT NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ121-221500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-221500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGER GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. STRONGER GUSTS TO 55 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. STRONGER GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-221500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ130-221500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT EXCEPT 9 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 7 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ132-221500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-221500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-221500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-221500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO E 25 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
087 FZAK51 PAFC 221157 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 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. PKZ197-230300- 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 977 MB LOW 420 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK WILL MOVE TO 30 NM SOUTH OF HOMER AT 995 MB SUN MORNING THEN MOVE ASHORE NEAR SEWARD AT 1005 MB SUN EVENING. $$ PKZ120-230300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT EXCEPT E 45 KT NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-230300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-230300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT DURING THE MORNING. NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE...GUSTS TO 55 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT TOWARDS MORNING. NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE...GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-230300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-230300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS... SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-230300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT EXCEPT W 25 KT N OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 19 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-230300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT...GUSTING TO 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-230300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-230300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ JM
037 FZAK51 PAFC 221757 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 945 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 UPDATED 121 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. PKZ197-230300- 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 977 MB LOW 420 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK WILL MOVE TO 30 NM SOUTH OF HOMER AT 995 MB SUN MORNING THEN MOVE ASHORE NEAR SEWARD AT 1005 MB SUN EVENING. $$ PKZ120-230300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT EXCEPT E 45 KT NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-230300- RESURRECTION BAY 945 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-230300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT DURING THE MORNING. NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE...GUSTS TO 55 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT TOWARDS MORNING. NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE...GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-230300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-230300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS... SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-230300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT EXCEPT W 25 KT N OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 19 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ138-230300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT...GUSTING TO 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-230300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-230300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
584 FZAK51 PAFC 222310 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 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. PKZ197-231500- 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 983 MB LOW 250 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE TO 30 NM SOUTH OF HOMER AT 995 MB SUN MORNING THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR SEWARD AT 1005 MB SUN EVENING. A 987 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT MON MORNING WILL MOVE TOWARD THE ALASKA PENINSULA MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-231500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. ALONG THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-231500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND BECOMING N 15 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-231500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-231500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGER GUSTS 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ130-231500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-231500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-231500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-231500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 30 KT IN THE EARLY EVENING. S OF KALGIN ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FOOT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-231500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
386 FZAK51 PAFC 222329 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA...CORRECTION 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 CORRECTION FOR HEADLINE ZONE 129 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. PKZ197-231500- 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 983 MB LOW 250 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY WILL MOVE TO 30 NM SOUTH OF HOMER AT 995 MB SUN MORNING THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR SEWARD AT 1005 MB SUN EVENING. A 987 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT MON MORNING WILL MOVE TOWARD THE ALASKA PENINSULA MON AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-231500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT. ALONG THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-231500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND BECOMING N 15 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-231500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-231500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGER GUSTS 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. $$ PKZ130-231500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-231500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-231500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-231500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT. STRONGER GUSTS 30 KT IN THE EARLY EVENING. S OF KALGIN ISLAND...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FOOT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-231500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT SEP 22 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
477 FZAK51 PAFC 231126 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 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. PKZ197-240300- 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 989 MB LOW 65 NM EAST OF KODIAK MOVES INLAND OVER THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA LATE THIS MORNING WHILE WEAKENING TO 995 MB. A RESIDUAL 1001 MB LOW FORMS 80 NM SOUTHWEST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVES TO NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE SUN NIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWEST GULF MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-240300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .THU...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ121-240300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-240300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ129-240300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ130-240300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .THU...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ132-240300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-240300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND MONDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-240300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED AND THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-240300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SUN SEP 23 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT, 12 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT, 12 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKDT WED SEP 19 2012
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A LONGWAVE TROUGH IS COVERING THE BERING SEA...WITH MAINLAND ALASKA
CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND A RIDGE OVER WESTERN CANADA AND THE FAR
EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA. TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM INTO
MUCH OF THE MAINLAND...BRINGING ABUNDANT RAINFALL FROM BRISTOL BAY
EASTWARD TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND NORTH INTO THE INTERIOR. WIND IS
THE OTHER MAIN CONCERN TODAY...AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
BETWEEN A LOW OVER BRISTOL BAY AND A HIGH OVER THE ALASKA PANHANDLE
INCREASES TODAY.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON THIS FIRST SYSTEM...HOWEVER THERE
ARE BIGGER DIFFERENCES WITH THE NEXT LOW MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
WESTERN MAINLAND. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WITH THE TRACK OF THAT LOW IS
THAT THE GFS IS LAGGING BEHIND AS IT KEEPS THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH
FARTHER WEST. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MORE LIKELY CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
SHIFT EASTWARD...MAKING A NAM/ECMWF SOLUTION MORE PLAUSIBLE.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
.SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE KENAI PENINSULA AND PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH PEAK WINDS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH WINDS THROUGH TURNAGAIN
ARM WILL REMAIN AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT.
AS THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EASTWARD...SO WILL THE MAIN MOISTURE
PLUME. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL THEREFORE DIMINISH ACROSS THE WESTERN
KENAI PENINSULA AND ANCHORAGE BOWL TONIGHT...AND AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS
VALDEZ AND CORDOVA THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE COOK INLET AREA ON THURSDAY...HOWEVER IT WILL NOT BE AS
HEAVY AS THE RAINFALL SEEN TODAY.
.SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE MAIN RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND
WILL BE LIMITED TO ALONG THE ALASKA RANGE TONIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH
SLOWLY SHIFTS EASTWARD. THE NEXT LOW MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN.
.ALEUTIANS/BERING SEA...
A RELATIVELY BENIGN PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BERING SEA AND
ALEUTIAN CHAIN THROUGH FRIDAY. A LARGE LOW WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN
BERING SEA AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD ON SATURDAY...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS
AND PRECIPITATION WITH IT. ANOTHER RELATIVELY WEAK LOW WILL MOVE
EASTWARD ALONG THE ALEUTIANS DURING THE WEEKEND.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
AN ACTIVE AMPLIFIED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT WEEK. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DOMINATE THE BERING AND
SUPPORT A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE BERING AND GULF
COAST. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO INDICATE A PATTERN CHANGE BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
.HYDROLOGY...
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH HAVE BEEN SEEN ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE
MOUNTAINS ARE RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 0.6 TO 0.7 INCH PER HOUR. THIS
BAND OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD...BRINGING
THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO LOCATIONS SUCH AS VALDEZ AND CORDOVA TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. FLOODING CONCERNS CONTINUE ALONG THE ENTIRE GULF COAST AS
WELL AS THROUGH THE ANCHORAGE AREA AND SUSITNA VALLEY AS LONG AS THIS
TROPICAL CONNECTION CONTINUES.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING...101 125
FLOOD WARNING... 125 131 135
FLOOD WATCH...121 125
MARINE...GALE...120 125 175 176
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
SCHRECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Sep 19, 5:45 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFC | 6 days | |
| Sep 20, 1:58 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Sep 20, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 20, 10:02 AM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFC | 10 days | |
| Sep 20, 3:29 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Warning | AFC | 3 hr | |
| Sep 20, 3:55 PM AKDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AFC | 42 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.