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Small Craft Advisory 457, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jun 26, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 7:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
563 FZAK52 PAFC 262243 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-271500- 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL SLOWLY STRENGTHEN AND MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SEA THU AFTERNOON. A 995 MB PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 110 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA LATE TUE AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-271500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-271500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-271500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ165-271500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED AND WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ180-271500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ170-271500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-271500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-271500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. E OF SEGUAM ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-271500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ176-271500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ185-271500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-271500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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211 FZAK52 PAFC 271146 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-280300- 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA WILL SLOWLY STRENGTHEN AND EASTERN BERING SEA THU NIGHT. A 1000 MB PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 150 NM EAST OF SHEMYA LATE THU NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-280300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI AND SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ155-280300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-280300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ165-280300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ180-280300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ170-280300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ171-280300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-280300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-280300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ176-280300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT EXCEPT NE 25 KT FROM SHEMYA W. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW 20 KT EXCEPT NW WIND 25 KT FROM SHEMYA W. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-280300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ179-280300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
732 FZAK52 PAFC 272255 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-281500- 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING THU NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO FRI. A 998 MB LOW 350 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 70 NM SOUTH OF SHEMYA AT 997 MB THU AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL THEN TURN EAST TO 150 NM NORTHWEST OF ADAK AT 1005 MB FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-281500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ155-281500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-281500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ165-281500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ180-281500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-281500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-281500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-281500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-281500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-281500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-281500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. $$ PKZ179-281500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED JUN 27 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ JM
183 FZAK52 PAFC 281138 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-290300- 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING THU NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO FRI. A 995 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 125 NM EAST OF SHEMYA AT 1000 MB THU NIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO 125 NM NORTH OF ATKA AT 1008 MB FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-290300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ155-290300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-290300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-290300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-290300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-290300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ171-290300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI THROUGH MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-290300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDDAY. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-290300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-290300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT EXCEPT SW 25 KT NEAR KISKA. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT EXCEPT SW 25 NEAR KISKA. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-290300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-290300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
725 FZAK52 PAFC 281442 CCA CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 641 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 CORRECTED ZONE 165 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-290300- 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL BERING WILL MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING THU NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO FRI. A 995 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 125 NM EAST OF SHEMYA AT 1000 MB THU NIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE TO 125 NM NORTH OF ATKA AT 1008 MB FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-290300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ155-290300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-290300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-290300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-290300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ170-290300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ171-290300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI THROUGH MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-290300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDDAY. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-290300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-290300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT EXCEPT SW 25 KT NEAR KISKA. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT EXCEPT SW 25 NEAR KISKA. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-290300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-290300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
848 FZAK52 PAFC 282300 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-291500- 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL DISSIPATE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST FRI EVENING. A 995 MB LOW NEAR SHEMYA WILL MOVE TO 200 NM EAST OF SHEMYA AT 1004 MB FRI AFTERNOON AND TO AROUND 100 NM SOUTH OF DUTCH HARBOR AT 1012 MB SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ150-291500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-291500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-291500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-291500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-291500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-291500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-291500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-291500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-291500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ176-291500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT EXCEPT SW 25 KT NEAR KISKA. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ185-291500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-291500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU JUN 28 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO SE 20 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. AREAS OF FOG. RAIN. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ JM
961 FZAK52 PAFC 291137 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-300300- 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BERING WILL DISSIPATE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST FRI EVENING. A 995 MB LOW 75 NM EAST OF SHEMYA WILL MOVE NEAR DUTCH HARBOR AT 1011 MB SAT AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-300300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ155-300300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-300300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ165-300300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ180-300300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-300300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-300300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 20 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-300300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ175-300300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT EXCEPT BUILDING TO 10 FT ON THE PACIFIC SIDE. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT EXCEPT 10 FT ON THE PACIFIC SIDE. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT EXCEPT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT ON THE PACIFIC SIDE. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-300300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-300300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT E OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND...S 20 KT W OF SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ179-300300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$
808 FZAK52 PAFC 292239 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-301500- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1005 MB LOW 35 NM NORTH OF AMCHITKA ISLAND WILL DISSIPATE ABOUT 65 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR SAT AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SAT AND MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SUN. A FRONT WILL DROP OUT OF EASTERN RUSSIA INTO THE WESTERN BERING ON SUN. $$ PKZ150-301500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-301500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-301500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ165-301500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ180-301500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-301500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ171-301500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-301500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 5 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 5 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 4 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-301500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 5 FT. PACIFIC SIDE... SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. BERING SIDE...SEAS 4 FT. PACIFIC SIDE...SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-301500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-301500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-301500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ JM
769 FZAK52 PAFC 301142 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-010300- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 1010 MB LOW 75 NM NORTHEAST OF ATKA WILL DISSIPATE NEAR SAND POINT SAT AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SAT AND MOVE TO THE EASTERN BERING SUN. A FRONT WILL DROP OUT OF EASTERN RUSSIA INTO THE CENTRAL BERING SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ150-010300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-010300- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ160-010300- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ165-010300- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE AND WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ180-010300- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE AND WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ170-010300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ171-010300- UNALASKA BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ172-010300- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT EXCEPT 10 KT ON THE BERING SIDE. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ175-010300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ176-010300- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT AND SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-010300- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ179-010300- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. AREAS OF FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE AND WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$
000 FZAK52 PAFC 302351 CWFALU COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS UP TO 100 NM OUT. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ199-011500- 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA+BRISTOL BAY+THE ALASKA PENINSULA WATERS AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS... A 997 MB LOW WILL DROP OUT OF SIBERIA INTO THE NORTHWEST BERING SUN EVENING AND TRACK TO 63N 174W MON AFTERNOON AT 993 MB. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BERING SEA SUN NIGHT AND MON. $$ PKZ150-011500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA SITKINAK TO CASTLE CAPE 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ155-011500- COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ160-011500- BRISTOL BAY WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO PORT HEIDEN 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ165-011500- PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ180-011500- SOUTHWEST ALASKA WATERS CAPE NEWENHAM TO DALL POINT 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ170-011500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ171-011500- UNALASKA BAY 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ172-011500- EASTERN ALEUTIANS NIKOLSKI TO ADAK 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ175-011500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS ADAK TO KISKA 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT THROUGH WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ176-011500- WESTERN ALEUTIANS KISKA TO ATTU 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ185-011500- ST MATTHEW ISLAND WATERS 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ179-011500- PRIBILOF ISLANDS NEAR-SHORE WATERS 400 PM AKDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
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 Jun 26, 5:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 5:00 AM AKDT, 11 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE ALASKAN DOMAIN IS IN A STATE OF TRANSITION THIS MORNING AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH AND CLOSED UPPER LOW FORMERLY ANCHORED IN THE BERING SEA IS REPOSITIONING EASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED ONSHORE THE NORTH GULF COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...ALSO SPREADING RAIN INTO COOK INLET AND THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA...A WEAKER UPPER LOW IS MOVING ACROSS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA BRINGING A NARROW BAND OF RAIN TO THE AREA. FURTHER WEST...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS MUCH OF THE BERING SEA AS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH SLIDES EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD MARINE FOG/STRATUS EXPANDING IN ITS WAKE. .MODEL DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN ABOVE AVERAGE SYNOPTIC AGREEMENT THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD THIS MORNING. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL FEATURE RELATIVELY WEAK SURFACE FEATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE DOMAIN...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT FEATURES ALOFT (PRIMARILY A CLOSED LOW LINGERING IN THE NORTHERN GULF). THE CHALLENGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE PINPOINTING THE TIMING AND POSITION OF WEAKER UPPER LEVEL WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE PATTERN AND BRINGING PERIODS OF STRATIFORM/STEADY RAIN TO SOME AREAS. FOR THE MORNING FORECAST THE NAM WAS THE PREFERRED MODEL WITH THE BEST DEPICTION OF COMPLEX TERRAIN INTERACTIONS. HOWEVER...OVERALL CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WERE FAIRLY MINIMAL IN BOTH THE SHORT AND LONG TERM FORECASTS. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL...WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALOFT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE AND BECOME CONFINED PRIMARILY TO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND SUSITNA VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE MANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ACROSS COOK INLET AND GULF AS LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO BRING COPIOUS LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. WEAK 1000 MB LOW WEST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND THIS MORNING WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AS THE UPPER LOW FORMS OVERHEAD TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW A RELATIVELY WEAK RIDGE TO BUILD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...RAISING WINDS A BIT THROUGH TURNAGAIN ARM. ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN WEDNESDAY WITH STEADY RAIN...BEFORE HEADING TOWARD UPPER COOK INLET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS REPRESENTS THE NEXT LIKELY PERIOD OF STEADY RAIN FOR THE GREATER ANCHORAGE AREA. SOUTHWEST...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...REMNANT UPPER LOW DROPPING ACROSS THE DELTA THIS MORNING IS FUELING A SMALL BUT INTENSE AREA OF RAIN SOUTHWEST OF BETHEL. THIS FEATURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE TOWARD BRISTOL BAY THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE MUCH OF THE AREA WITH LOW CLOUDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...EVEN AS THE REGION AS A WHOLE BEGINS TO DRY OUT. BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...WITH WEAK FEATURES DRIVING THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS EXPECT MARINE FOG/STRATUS TO REMAIN PRIMARY CHALLENGE. EXPECT INVERSION HEIGHTS TO GRADUALLY LOWER AND WINDS TO DECREASE AS RIDGING AND SUBSIDENCE/DOWNWARD MOTION SPREAD INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT FROM THE WEST. WITH FOG/STRATUS ALREADY ENTRENCHED FROM THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS TO ALASKA PENINSULA...EXPECT A GRADUAL TREND TOWARD LOWER CONDITIONS. .LONG TERM FORECAST... UPPER LOW REMAINS STATIONARY IN THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THAT A SIGNIFICANT EASTERLY WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH AND BRING MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL RAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBLE REPEAT SCENARIO ON SATURDAY. OVERALL...A CLOUDY AND SEASONABLY COOL WEEK IN STORE FOR MOST OF THE MAINLAND. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...NONE FIRE WEATHER...NONE DIXON JUN 12
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