Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 157, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Feb 7, 2013, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2013, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 FZAK51 PAFC 071210 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 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 AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHERN TO EASTERN GULF THIS AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS TO THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN GULF ON FRI BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT ADVANCES TO THE WESTERN GULF FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. $$ PKZ120-080300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO SE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-080300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-080300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-080300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-080300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-080300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-080300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-080300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 4 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-080300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ136-080300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-080300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-080300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-080300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT BY LATE MORNING. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-080300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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718 FZAK51 PAFC 071847 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 940 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 UPDATED ZONES 120 125 128 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-080300- 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A WEATHER FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHERN TO EASTERN GULF THIS AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS TO THE CENTRAL TO EASTERN GULF ON FRI BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT ADVANCES TO THE WESTERN GULF FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. $$ PKZ120-080300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 945 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING SW 25 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO E 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 14 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT TOWARD MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-080300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-080300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 945 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT TOWARD MORNING. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-080300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-080300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-080300- VALDEZ ARM 945 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT TOWARD MORNING. SNOW. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-080300- PASSAGE CANAL 500 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-080300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT EXCEPT 4 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-080300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SAT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ136-080300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT AND FRI...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-080300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-080300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-080300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT BY LATE MORNING. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 11 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-080300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
528 FZAK51 PAFC 080024 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 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. PKZ197-081500- 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTH OF SEWARD WILL MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THU EVENING AND DISSIPATE BY LATE THU NIGHT. A STRONG FRONT ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL DISSIPATE THU EVENING. A DEVELOPING PACIFIC LOW WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN TO 970 MB AS IT TRACKS TO 80 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK SAT AFTERNOON. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL CROSS THE GULF FRI NIGHT AND SAT. $$ PKZ120-081500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 50 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON AND TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-081500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-081500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-081500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-081500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-081500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO E WIND 35 KT THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-081500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-081500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...STORM WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-081500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 45 KT. S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...WINDS BECOMING S 30 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ136-081500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-081500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-081500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-081500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-081500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
765 FZAK51 PAFC 080634 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 CORRECTED ZONE 138 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-081500- 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 988 MB LOW 75 NM SOUTH OF SEWARD WILL MOVE INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND THU EVENING AND DISSIPATE BY LATE THU NIGHT. A STRONG FRONT ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL DISSIPATE THU EVENING. A DEVELOPING PACIFIC LOW WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN TO 970 MB AS IT TRACKS TO 80 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK SAT AFTERNOON. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL CROSS THE GULF FRI NIGHT AND SAT. $$ PKZ120-081500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 50 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON AND TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-081500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-081500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-081500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-081500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-081500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO E WIND 35 KT THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-081500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-081500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...STORM WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-081500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 45 KT. S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...WINDS BECOMING S 30 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ136-081500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-081500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON AND TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-081500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-081500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-081500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST THU FEB 7 2013 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
210 FZAK51 PAFC 081203 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 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. PKZ197-090300- 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF WILL RETREAT TO THE EASTERN GULF AND WEAKEN TONIGHT. A PACIFIC LOW CENTERED 550 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK LATE THIS EVENING WILL TRACK TO 40 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHIGNIK AT 968 MB SAT AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE ASHORE SOUTHERN BRISTOL BAY SAT EVENING. AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF TONIGHT TO THE NORTHERN TO EASTERN GULF ON SAT. A SECONDARY FRONT WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN GULF LATE SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ120-090300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-090300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-090300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-090300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-090300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-090300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-090300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-090300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ132-090300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .SUN...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ136-090300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ137-090300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ138-090300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ140-090300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-090300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
281 FZAK51 PAFC 090016 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-091500- 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 960 MB LOW 525 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT WILL WEAKEN TO 968 MB 55 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK SAT AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA SAT EVENING. A 989 MB LOW 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR EARLY SUN MORNING WILL MOVE TO 110 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY AT 990 MB SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-091500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-091500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S WIND 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-091500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-091500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SUN THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-091500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-091500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-091500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-091500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT EXCEPT 10 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ132-091500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-091500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ137-091500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-091500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO NE 45 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT BY MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN IN THE EVENING CHANGING TO SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-091500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-091500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
260 FZAK51 PAFC 090934 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 CORRECTED ZONE 128 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. PKZ197-091500- 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 960 MB LOW 525 NM SOUTH OF SAND POINT WILL WEAKEN TO 968 MB 55 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK SAT AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA SAT EVENING. A 989 MB LOW 160 NM SOUTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR EARLY SUN MORNING WILL MOVE TO 110 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY AT 990 MB SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-091500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-091500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S WIND 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-091500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-091500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SUN THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-091500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SAT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-091500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-091500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-091500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT EXCEPT 10 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ132-091500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-091500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ137-091500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING E 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-091500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO NE 45 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT BY MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN IN THE EVENING CHANGING TO SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-091500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-091500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT...E WIND 45 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
553 FZAK51 PAFC 091217 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-100300- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 962 MB LOW 260 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK WILL MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THIS EVENING WHILE AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WEAKENS TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. A SECONDARY FRONT MOVES FROM THE WESTERN GULF THIS EVENING TO THE NORTHERN GULF ON SUN. A LOW FORMING NEAR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY TRACK TO 220 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK SUN MORNING...THEN MOVE TO NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND EARLY MON MORNING WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH. $$ PKZ120-100300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT EXCEPT E 50 KT NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 18 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-100300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-100300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-100300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-100300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-100300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-100300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-100300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 50 KT BECOMING SE WIND 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT EXCEPT 10 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT EXCEPT 9 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-100300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-100300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT BY MID MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ137-100300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE BY MID MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-100300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT BECOMING E 25 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-100300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-100300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
006 FZAK51 PAFC 091307 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 CORRECTED ZONE 121 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-100300- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 962 MB LOW 260 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK WILL MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THIS EVENING WHILE AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WEAKENS TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. A SECONDARY FRONT MOVES FROM THE WESTERN GULF THIS EVENING TO THE NORTHERN GULF ON SUN. A LOW FORMING NEAR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY TRACK TO 220 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK SUN MORNING...THEN MOVE TO NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND EARLY MON MORNING WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH. $$ PKZ120-100300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT EXCEPT E 50 KT NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 18 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-100300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-100300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-100300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-100300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-100300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-100300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-100300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 50 KT BECOMING SE WIND 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT EXCEPT 10 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT EXCEPT 9 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-100300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-100300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT BY MID MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ137-100300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE BY MID MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-100300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT BECOMING E 25 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-100300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-100300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
337 FZAK51 PAFC 091933 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1030 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 UPDATED ZONE 121 136 137 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-100300- 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 962 MB LOW 260 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK WILL MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THIS EVENING WHILE AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WEAKENS TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. A SECONDARY FRONT MOVES FROM THE WESTERN GULF THIS EVENING TO THE NORTHERN GULF ON SUN. A LOW FORMING NEAR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY TRACK TO 220 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK SUN MORNING...THEN MOVE TO NEAR MIDDLETON ISLAND EARLY MON MORNING WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH. $$ PKZ120-100300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT EXCEPT E 50 KT NEAR THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 18 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-100300- RESURRECTION BAY 1030 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-100300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-100300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-100300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-100300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-100300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-100300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 50 KT BECOMING SE WIND 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT EXCEPT 10 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT EXCEPT 9 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-100300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-100300- CHINIAK BAY 1030 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ137-100300- MARMOT BAY 1030 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-100300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT BECOMING E 25 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ140-100300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-100300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
408 FZAK51 PAFC 092355 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 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. PKZ197-101500- 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 968 MB LOW 60 NM SOUTHEAST OF CAPE NEWENHAM WILL MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA THIS EVENING. A 987 MB LOW 100 NM SOUTH OF CHIGNIK SUN MORNING WILL WEAKEN TO 995 MB 45 NM EAST OF SEWARD LATE SUN NIGHT AND MOVE INLAND OVER PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND MON MORNING. $$ PKZ120-101500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ121-101500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-101500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...S WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-101500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-101500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-101500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-101500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-101500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT EXCEPT 8 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SW WIND 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 22 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ132-101500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ136-101500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ137-101500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-101500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 45 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-101500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. S OF KALGIN ISLAND...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT S OF KALGIN ISLAND. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-101500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
371 FZAK51 PAFC 101236 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-110300- 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 989 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 90 NM EAST OF SITKINAK AT 993 MB THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE TO NEAR VALDEZ AND DISSIPATE MON EVENING. $$ PKZ120-110300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED AND THU...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-110300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND MONDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .MON NIGHT THROUGH THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-110300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-110300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-110300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-110300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-110300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MONDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .MON...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-110300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT EXCEPT 8 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 6 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .MON...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ132-110300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ136-110300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ137-110300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-110300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-110300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 30 KT BY MID MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 6 FT. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-110300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST SUN FEB 10 2013 .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT AND TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Feb 6, 12:50 PM AKST, 15 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 12:50 PM AKST, 15 hours 10 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1250 PM AKST WED FEB 6 2013 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH IS TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL TODAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION. A MUCH LARGER SYSTEM IS AFFECTING THE BERING SEA THIS MORNING WITH A MATURE DEEP LOW NEARLY STATIONARY JUST SOUTH OF THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS AND AN OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BERING AND THEN SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS. THIS FRONT IS VERY SLOWLY WEAKENING AS IT SPREADS NORTH AND EAST. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING ALONG THE PRIBILOFS WHILE FURTHER SOUTH PRECIPITATION IS TRANSITIONING FROM SNOW TO RAIN AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. IN BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALASKA WEAK RIDGING IS SUPPORTING LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG. .MODEL DISCUSSION...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH HANDLING OF SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES THROUGH FRIDAY AND SHOW GOOD RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. THE ONE FEATURE THAT MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON IS THE TRACK OF THE TRIPLE POINT LOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON THE 12Z MODEL CYCLE ALL BUT THE GFS TRACKED THIS LOW UP COOK INLET AND THE WESTERN KENAI. THE 18Z NAM HAS NOW COME IN FURTHER EAST...TRACKING IT ALONG THE EASTERN KENAI INTO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. THE TRACK OF THIS LOW IS CRITICAL TO DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF DOWNSLOPE WINDS FROM THE WESTERN KENAI TO ANCHORAGE AND THE MAT VALLEY WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS HOW MUCH PRECIP WILL FALL. FOR NOW WILL LEAN HEAVILY TOWARD THE WESTERN SOLUTION...BUT WILL WATCH NEWER MODEL RUNS CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THEY HANDLE THIS FEATURE. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS UPPER TROUGH TRACKS QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST. WITH LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE EXPECT LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND THE TROUGH AND HOLD IN UNTIL CLOUDS AND PRECIP WITH NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVE THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT CURRENTLY CROSSING THE BERING WILL ARRIVE IN THE WESTERN GULF THURSDAY MORNING AND TRACK QUICKLY NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH MULTIPLE EMBEDDED WAVES IS FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING PRECIP IN MOST AREAS. THE UNCERTAINTY LIES IN THE TRACK OF THE TRIPLE POINT LOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE CHUGACH AND KENAI MOUNTAINS. CURRENTLY MOST OF THE MODELS SUPPORT A MORE WESTERN TRACK TO THIS LOW WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG DOWNSLOPING WINDS FOR MUCH O FTHE DAY TOMORROW. EVEN WITH THIS...THINK THE UPPER LEVEL LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME PRECIP IN THE TYPICAL DOWNSLOPE AREAS. IF THE LOW TRACKS A LITTLE FURTHER EAST THEN DOWNSLOPING WILL BE REDUCED AND THERE WILL BE MORE PRECIP. UNLESS THE TRACK VARIES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM CURRENT THINKING...EXPECT A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH PORTAGE VALLEY AND EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM WHERE SNOW WILL COINCIDE WITH THE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS. NO MATTER WHERE THE LOW TRACK LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES WILL SUPPORT MOSTLY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL...WITH RAIN FROM KODIAK ISLAND TO THE NORTH GULF COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL EXIT TO THE NORTH AND EAST THURSDAY NIGHT... ALTHOUGH CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH WEAK UPPER WAVES MOVING THROUGH. THEREFORE AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE. SOUTHWEST ALASKA...CURRENT FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST ALASKA LOOKS ON TRACK WITH SNOW ARRIVING ALONG THE COASTAL ZONE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREADING INLAND THURSDAY. BLOWING SNOW FROM THE WESTERN CAPES TO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST WILL RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITIES...BUT WILL BE FAIRLY SHORT-LIVED AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES THROUGH. CONDITIONS WILL DRY OUT FOR MOST AREAS BY THURSDAY EVENING ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY AS WEAK UPPER WAVES PASS OVERHEAD. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...THE ALEUTIAN LOW WILL BE VERY SLOW TO WEAKEN AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE CHAIN. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER WHERE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS VERY TIGHT BETWEEN THE ALEUTIAN LOW AND A STRONG RIDGE OVER SIBERIA. THE OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MAKE A LITTLE PROGRESS NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND STALL RIGHT NEAR THE PRIBILOFS WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE. THE ALEUTIAN LOW WILL EVENTUALLY MERGE WITH ANOTHER LOW MOVING UP FROM THE PACIFIC ON FRIDAY. ALL MODELS INDICATE THIS SYSTEM WILL HEAD TOWARD BRISTOL BAY THIS WEEKEND WHILE ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM APPROACHES THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. .LONG TERM FORECAST...UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WITH STRONG STORMS TRACKING QUICKLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER WITH POTENTIAL FOR ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS AS THESE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...BLIZZARD WARNING 125 195. MARINE...GALE WARNING...120 125 130 172 175 176 179 185. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. SEB FEB 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:57 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 21 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 4 days | |
| Feb 7, 8:56 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Feb 7, 9:40 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Feb 7, 9:40 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AFC | 54 hr |
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