Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2012
Small Craft Advisory 627, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Sep 5, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2012, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157 FZAK51 PAFC 052322 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 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. PKZ197-061500- 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF THROUGH THU. A PACIFIC LOW WILL TRACK TO 125 NM SOUTHEAST OF CAPE SUCKLING FRI AFTERNOON AT 1004 MB. $$ PKZ120-061500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-061500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-061500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-061500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-061500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ132-061500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT SUBSIDING TO 12 FT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ138-061500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-061500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-061500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ JM
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948 FZAK51 PAFC 061158 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 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. PKZ197-070300- 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH FRI MORNING. A 1015 MB LOW 275 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND THU NIGHT INTENSIFIES TO 1006 MB FRI AFTERNOON 30 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AND THEN MOVES INLAND. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS FRI NIGHT OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA. $$ PKZ120-070300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ121-070300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TODAY...S WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-070300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-070300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-070300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-070300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-070300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-070300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-070300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
247 FZAK51 PAFC 062337 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 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. PKZ197-071500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1020 MB LOW 525 NM SOUTH OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE TO 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1010 MB FRI MORNING AND THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR YAKUTAT AT 1015 MB FRI EVENING. A 1008 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHIGNIK FRI EVENING WILL MOVE TO 250 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 998 MB SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...EAST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING W WIND 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 1O KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
323 FZAK51 PAFC 070004 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 405 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 CORRECTED TYPO ZONE 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. PKZ197-071500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1020 MB LOW 525 NM SOUTH OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE TO 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1010 MB FRI MORNING AND THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR YAKUTAT AT 1015 MB FRI EVENING. A 1008 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHIGNIK FRI EVENING WILL MOVE TO 250 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 998 MB SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...EAST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING W WIND 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 405 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
460 FZAK51 PAFC 070048 CCB CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 405 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 CORRECTED TYPO ZONE 129 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-071500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1020 MB LOW 525 NM SOUTH OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE TO 175 NM SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 1010 MB FRI MORNING AND THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR YAKUTAT AT 1015 MB FRI EVENING. A 1008 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHIGNIK FRI EVENING WILL MOVE TO 250 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 998 MB SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-071500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ121-071500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-071500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-071500- PASSAGE CANAL 448 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-071500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...EAST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-071500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING W WIND 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-071500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-071500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-071500- KACHEMAK BAY 405 PM AKDT THU SEP 6 2012 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
567 FZAK51 PAFC 071156 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 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. PKZ197-080300- 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1018 MB LOW 310 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND INTENSIFIES TO 1013 MB FRI AFTERNOON 100 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT AND THEN MOVES INLAND. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA FRI NIGHT CONSOLIDATES INTO A 998 MB LOW SAT AFTERNOON 250 NM SOUTH OF CAPE SAINT ELIAS. THIS LOW THEN MAINTAINS STRENGTH AS IT MOVES TO 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKA SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-080300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ121-080300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-080300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-080300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-080300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ132-080300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-080300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-080300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-080300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 7 2012 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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 Sep 5, 12:45 PM AKDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 12:45 PM AKDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1245 PM AKDT WED SEP 5 2012 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...THE MAJOR STORM WHICH IMPACTED ALASKA THE PAST 36 HOURS OR SO HAS WEAKENED TO A 986 MB LOW OVER NORTON SOUND THIS MORNING. IT CONTINUES TO TRACK SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND WEAKEN. ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED FROM THEIR PEAKS THERE ARE STILL STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN MANY LOCATIONS DUE TO THE STILL TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AS WELL AS STRONG PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE LOW. SHORT-WAVES ROTATING UP THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARE MAKING THERE WAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND PRODUCING SHOWERS. AS PER AREA SOUNDING THE AIRMASS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM IS MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...SO SOME OF THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY. .MODEL DISCUSSION...THERE ARE MINOR DIFFERENCES WITH HANDLING OF UPPER TROUGH WHICH DROPS OUT OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC AS WELL AS WITH LOW WHICH GETS PICKED UP BY THIS TROUGH AND MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THESE SYSTEMS ARE COMING FROM DATA VOID REGIONS ALL SOLUTIONS SHOW THE SAME GENERAL IDEA. WILL GENERALLY USE AN AVERAGE POSITION AND STRENGTH FOR THESE FEATURES. .SHORT TERM FORECAST...AS LOW CONTINUES TO EXIT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY SLACKEN AND ALLOW WINDS TO LIGHTEN UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND OF ALASKA. SHORT-WAVES OVER THE AREA WILL ALSO EXIT TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER... THERE WON'T BE MUCH OF A BREAK AS AN UPPER LOW/SHORT-WAVE OVER THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC DROPS DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH THURSDAY AND QUICKLY DIGS SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE GULF ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAINTAIN GENERALLY COOL AND WET CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND OF ALASKA. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER TROUGH FURTHER SOUTH WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN BERING AT THE END OF THE WEEK FLATTENING OUT THE NORTH PACIFIC RIDGE WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOSING UP THAT WAY AND BRINGING ANOTHER STORM TO THE ALEUTIANS. .LONG TERM FORECAST...THE SYSTEM THAT MOVES INTO THE GULF AT THE END OF THE WEEK WILL EXIT TO THE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND ALLOWING THE EASTERN BERING AND SOUTHERN MAINLAND TO DRY OUT. THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE BERING WILL TAKE A MORE ZONAL TRACK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WHICH MEANS MAINLAND ALASKA WILL BE ON THE PERIPHERY AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING...132 140 160 175 180. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. SEB SEP 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 5, 10:43 AM AKDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1043 AM AKDT WED SEP 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ANCHORAGE 61.22N 149.87W
09/04/2012 M63 MPH AK OTHER FEDERAL
THE ANCHORAGE PORT RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH AT 1018
PM AKDT ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 2012.
0550 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 13 SE ANCHORAGE 61.08N 149.60W
09/04/2012 M88 MPH AK DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE MCHUGH CREEK RWIS WIND SENSOR RECORDED A WIND GUST TO
88 MPH AT 550 PM ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 2012.
0553 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 9 SE ANCHORAGE 61.12N 149.68W
09/04/2012 M75 MPH AK MESONET
A MESONET STATION NEAR POTTER MARSH RECORDED A WIND GUST
TO 75 MPH AT 553 PM AKDT ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 2012.
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ADIXONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 days | |
| Sep 6, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 6, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr |
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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.