Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2012
Small Craft Advisory 402, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at May 31, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 7:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 FZAK51 PAFC 312332 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 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. PKZ197-011500- 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF DISSIPATES THU NIGHT. A 998 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY MOVES 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY FRI EVENING AT 1004 MB AND CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE SAT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF. $$ PKZ120-011500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ121-011500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N LATE IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-011500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF EASTERN BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-011500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-011500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ132-011500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-011500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-011500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-011500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT. .SAT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT OVERNIGHT. SW WIND 15 KT AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS LESS THAN 2 FT OVERNIGHT AND 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$
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979 FZAK51 PAFC 010033 RRA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 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. PKZ197-011500- 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF DISSIPATES THU NIGHT. A 998 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY MOVES 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY FRI EVENING AT 1004 MB AND CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE SAT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF. $$ PKZ120-011500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ121-011500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N LATE IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-011500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF EASTERN BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-011500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-011500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ132-011500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-011500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-011500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-011500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT. .SAT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT OVERNIGHT. SW WIND 15 KT AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS LESS THAN 2 FT OVERNIGHT AND 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$
086 FZAK51 PAFC 010416 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 815 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 UPDATED ZONES 120 AND 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. PKZ197-011500- 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF DISSIPATES THU NIGHT. A 998 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY MOVES 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY FRI EVENING AT 1004 MB AND CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE SAT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF. $$ PKZ120-011500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 815 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 35 KT THIS EVENING NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ121-011500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N LATE IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-011500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 815 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE THIS EVENING. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-011500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-011500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ132-011500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-011500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-011500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-011500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FT. .SAT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT OVERNIGHT. SW WIND 15 KT AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS LESS THAN 2 FT OVERNIGHT AND 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$
239 FZAK51 PAFC 011159 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 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. PKZ197-020300- 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1001 MB LOW 180 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY WILL WEAKEN TO 1006 MB 340 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY LATE FRI NIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE NORTH PACIFIC. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-020300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ121-020300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-020300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-020300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-020300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ132-020300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-020300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-020300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-020300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
656 FZAK51 PAFC 012254 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 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. PKZ197-021500- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1005 MB LOW 250 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY CONTINUES TO DISSIPATE FRI NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE FORMS OVER THE GULF ON SAT AND PERSISTS THROUGH MON. $$ PKZ120-021500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ121-021500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-021500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-021500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-021500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-021500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ138-021500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-021500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-021500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 1 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 6 SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 May 31, 1:00 PM AKDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:00 PM AKDT, 3 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 100 PM AKDT THU MAY 31 2012 .MODEL DISCUSSION...GFS AND NAM IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON SOLUTION IN THE GULF BUT GFS RUNNING DEEPER ON WESTERN ALEUTIAN SYSTEM THAT MOVES INTO THE PICTURE FRI AFTERNOON. WILL USE GFS SOLUTION FOR SYNOPSIS. GULF LOW JUST OFF OF KODIAK WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN THROUGH SAT BUT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF BY SAT MORNING. FRONT ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL DISSIPATE OVER NIGHT. WEAKER EAST FLOW ON FRI SHOULD ALLOW CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL. A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW. .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...FRONT ALONG GULF COAST IS CHANGING OVER TO SHOWERS AND WILL WEAKEN OVER NIGHT. MODEST EAST WINDS IN THE SAME AREA WILL DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. RIDGE IN BERING GENERATING CONSIDERABLE STRATUS AND FOG. NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. EXPECTING THERMAL TROUGH TO FORM IN THE INTERIOR THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... BERING REGION...CLOUDS AND FOG. NORTH WINDS EASTERN AL AND AK PEN THROUGH FRI NIGHT. FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN AL THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST ZONES...GENERALLY NORTH FLOW ALOFT WEAKENING TONIGHT. MIX OF CLOUDS AND CLEAR AREAS WITH HIGHEST INSTABILITY AND POTENTIAL T-STORMS ALONG KUSKO MOUNTAINS THU AFTERNOON AND FRI AFTERNOON. SOUTHCENTRAL...RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING WITH MID-LEVEL CLOUDS INLAND. ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INLAND. MORE SUN ON FRI AND SAT AS GULF LOW WEAKENS AND EASTERLY FLOW DIMINISHES. KODIAK...MORE RAIN BUT TURNING TO SHOWERS ON FRI. .LONG TERM FORECAST...NO CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS THOUGHTS...A SERIES OF FRONTS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN AND BERING SEA SLOWLY WORKING INTO THE EASTERN AL EARLY NEXT WEAK. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GULF ON SUN ONWARD. THERMAL THROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. SHOULD SEE FAIRLY CONSISTENT SUNSHINE OVER MOST OF THE MAINLAND WITH CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS ON MOST DAYS. NO MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEMS IN REGION FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...NONE FIRE WEATHER...NONE JMP MAY 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 15 hr | |
| Jun 1, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.