Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2012
Small Craft Advisory 11, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jan 3, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2012, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929 FZAK51 PAFC 031211 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 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. PKZ197-040300- 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA BY TUE MORNING THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN CANADA BY THU MORNING. A WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-040300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING W 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-040300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI AND SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-040300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING N 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-040300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR WHITTIER...GUSTS TO 45 KT DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-040300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY FROM THE BARREN ISLAND WEST. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-040300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. WINDS BECOMING W 25 KT TOWARD EVENING. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-040300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-040300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-040300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
5 follow-up statements
152 FZAK51 PAFC 031523 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 UPDATED ZONES 121 125 140 141 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. PKZ197-040300- 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA BY TUE MORNING THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN CANADA BY THU MORNING. A WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-040300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-040300- RESURRECTION BAY 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI AND SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-040300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-040300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR WHITTIER...GUSTS TO 45 KT DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-040300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY FROM THE BARREN ISLANDS WEST. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-040300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. WINDS BECOMING W 25 KT TOWARD EVENING. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-040300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-040300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-040300- KACHEMAK BAY 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
927 FZAK51 PAFC 032100 AAB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1200 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 UPDATED ZONE 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. PKZ197-040300- 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA BY TUE MORNING THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN CANADA BY THU MORNING. A WEATHER FRONT WILL PASS OVER KODIAK ISLAND AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA WED NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-040300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-040300- RESURRECTION BAY 1200 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT AND WED...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI AND SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-040300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-040300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W WIND 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR WHITTIER...GUSTS TO 45 KT DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 55 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-040300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY FROM THE BARREN ISLANDS WEST. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-040300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. WINDS BECOMING W 25 KT TOWARD EVENING. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-040300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-040300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-040300- KACHEMAK BAY 620 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
536 FZAK51 PAFC 040033 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 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. PKZ197-041500- 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A SERIES OF STRONG LOWS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND THEN MOVE INLAND OVER CANADA TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT. A PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 160 NM EAST OF KODIAK THU AFTERNOON AT 992 MB. $$ PKZ120-041500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ121-041500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-041500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE EVENING. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-041500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-041500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IN THE EVENING. .THU...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...W WIND 55 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ132-041500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-041500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-041500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-041500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
000 FZAK51 PAFC 040944 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA...UPDATED 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 UPDATED ZONE 121 129 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. PKZ197-041500- 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A SERIES OF STRONG LOWS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND THEN MOVE INLAND OVER CANADA TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT. A PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 160 NM EAST OF KODIAK THU AFTERNOON AT 992 MB. $$ PKZ120-041500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ121-041500- RESURRECTION BAY 1240 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-041500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE EVENING. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-041500- PASSAGE CANAL 1240 AM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 60 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-041500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IN THE EVENING. .THU...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...W WIND 55 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ132-041500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ138-041500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-041500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT...EXCEPT 15 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-041500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI AND SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
888 FZAK51 PAFC 041213 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 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. PKZ197-050300- 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 976 MB LOW 90 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WED AFTERNOON. A 970 MB LOW 540 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY WILL WEAKEN TO 995 MB NEAR YAKUTAT WED NIGHT THEN MOVE INLAND AND DISSIPATE OVER WESTERN CANADA BY THU AFTERNOON. A 987 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL BECOME A 992 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-050300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO SE 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 55 KT BECOMING SW 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ121-050300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-050300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT TOWARDS MORNING. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-050300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 45 KT. GUSTS TO 75 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...W WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO W 15 KT TOWARDS MORNING. GUSTS TO 75 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-050300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. FROM THE BARREN ISLANDS EAST...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS IN THE MORNING. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ132-050300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...W WIND 50 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ138-050300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY AND THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ140-050300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY SOUTH OF KALGIN ISLAND. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT TOWARDS MORNING. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FOOT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 15 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. $$ PKZ141-050300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 2, 1:25 PM AKST, 14 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 1:25 PM AKST, 14 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
125 PM AKST MON JAN 2 2012
UPDATE
A LOOK AT THE 18Z RUNS SHOWS CONTINUING RUN-TO-RUN INCONSISTENCIES
IN THE EASTERN GULF WHICH COULD GREATLY AFFECT WHEN PRECIP MOVES
INTO SOUTHCENTRAL. THEREFORE...WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A THOMPSON
PASS BLIZZARD WATCH. HOWEVER...WITH MODELS BEGINNING TO HONE IN ON
TRACK OF LOW ACROSS BERING WILL ISSUE A BLIZZARD WATCH FOR THE
PRIBILOFS AS THE LOW PASSES BY TO THE SOUTH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
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PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...CLOSED UPPER LOW IS CENTERED OVER THE
SEWARD PENINSULA WITH SHORT-WAVES ROTATING AROUND MAINLAND ALASKA.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS ONE WAVE EXITING THROUGH THE COPPER RIVER
BASIN INTO INTERIOR ALASKA WHILE ANOTHER ENTERS SOUTHCENTRAL FROM
THE SOUTHWEST. AREAS OF SNOW CONTINUE ACROSS THE COPPER BASIN BUT
WILL BEGIN TO TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AS THE TROUGH EXITS. AREAS
OF LIGHT SNOW OR SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WESTERN KENAI/COOK
INLET REGION ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRATUS OR STRATO-CU. COLD
ADVECTION BEHIND THE SECOND SHORT-WAVE HAS BEEN PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE DIMINISHING SO EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO
RISE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
A LOW HAS FORMED IN THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN
BERING. WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW IT IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY OFF TO
THE EAST. THE FLOW OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC HAS BECOME MUCH MORE
AMPLIFIED THE PAST COUPLE DAYS WITH A TROUGH CENTERED AROUND 165W
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO AROUND 30N. THERE IS A COMPLEX SERIES OF
LOWS WITHIN THE TROUGH WITH DOWNSTREAM LOWS BEGINNING TO ROTATE
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE GULF OF ALASKA.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...AS HAS BEEN THE CASE IN THIS PATTERN MODELS
DID NOT INITIALIZE WELL WITH THE MULTIPLE LOW CENTERS OVER THE
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC AND ARE STRUGGLING WITH CONSISTENCY AS THIS
COMPLEX MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE GULF. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL
LIFT NORTHEASTWARD TO THE EASTERN GULF AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA...SO
THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AREA. FOR THE CENTRAL GULF UP
TO SOUTHCENTRAL WILL SEE THE TYPICAL INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING
BACK TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THE MODELS ARE MUCH CLOSER AND
CONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE SO ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE
MADE TO CURRENT FORECAST.
MODELS ARE ALSO STRUGGLING WITH LOW MOVING ACROSS THE BERING
SEA...ESPECIALLY AS IT REACHES THE BRISTOL BAY REGION MID WEEK
AND INTERACTS WITH A PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD THE WESTERN
GULF LATE IN THE WEEK. GFS/ECMWF DID TREND TOWARD A SIMILAR
SOLUTION WITH THESE TWO LOWS...SO WILL TREND FORECAST IN THAT
DIRECTION.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...THE SHORT-WAVE ENTERING SOUTHCENTRAL THIS
MORNING WILL SWING NORTHWARD TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW TO THE
NORTH TAKES A WESTWARD JOG. THE VORTICITY FIELD WILL BECOME VERY
ELONGATED...SO EXPECT VERTICALLY MOTION AHEAD OF IT TO BE WEAK
AND OVER A SMALL AREA. THUS...ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL WILL BE
VERY LIGHT WITH NO ACCUMULATION. THE ONE EXCEPTION WILL BE SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND REGION WHICH CONTINUE TO BE
FED BY LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AS ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE WARMER
WATERS OF THE GULF. AS MID TO UPPER LEVELS DRY OUT BEHIND THE
TROUGH CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR STRATUS AND
FOG...ESPECIALLY IN THE COOK INLET/SUSITNA VALLEY CORRIDOR.
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP AS SYSTEMS FROM THE PACIFIC
BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE GULF TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
WITH A STRONGER UPPER TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST THAN THE MOST
RECENT STORM PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT FURTHER WEST...PERHAPS
AS FAR WEST AS ANCHORAGE AND THE MAT-SU IN THE WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME FRAME. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE COPPER BASIN WILL
AGAIN SEE THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION. WITH STRONG GAP WINDS ALONG
THE COASTAL RANGE BLOWING SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AN ISSUE THROUGH
THOMPSON PASS....SO WILL ISSUE A BLIZZARD WATCH WITH THE AFTERNOON
FORECAST. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY EXPECT
ANOTHER SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH AND WEST TO MOVE IN RIGHT BEHIND IT.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM IS LOW...BUT WITH
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IN PLACE WIDESPREAD SNOW IS LIKELY.
SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE UPPER LOW WILL WANDER WESTWARD AND THEN
SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA ON TUESDAY...ENSURING ARCTIC
AIR REMAINS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALASKA. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WHEN
THE LOW CROSSING THE BERING SEA ARRIVES. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN
WHERE THIS LOW WILL ULTIMATELY TRACK...BUT WITH ARCTIC AIR IN
PLACE CLIMATOLOGY FAVORS A SOUTHERN TRACK. BASED ON THIS...BRISTOL
BAY WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW AND A BRIEF WARM-UP AS THIS
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...THE BERING LOW WILL TAKE A SIMILAR TRACK TO
THE ONE WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE REGION LAST WEEK. HOWEVER...THIS ONE
DOES APPEAR TO BE STRONGER...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED ALONG
ITS PATH. NORTHERLY FLOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...MODELS INDICATE THE SAME LARGE SCALE EVOLUTION
THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE UPPER LOW RETROGRADING
NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD EASTERN RUSSIA. THIS WILL ALLOW THE UPPER JET
TO LIFT NORTHWARD CLOSER TO ALASKA AND SET UP A MORE NORTHERLY STORM
TRACK. EXPECT SYSTEMS TO BEGIN TO TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIANS
AND THEN NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING...130 132 150 155 165 170 171 172 179.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING...121 129 130 132 138 140 141
150 155 160 165 179 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
SEB JAN 12The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:51 PM AKST | Blizzard Watch | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 6 days | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:00 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 days | |
| Jan 3, 4:09 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 29 hr | |
| Jan 3, 7:20 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 33 hr | |
| Jan 3, 12:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 hr |
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