Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2013
Gale Warning 587, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Sep 18, 2013, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 60 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2013, 4:00 PM AKDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2013, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
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As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 FZAK51 PAFC 182311 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 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. PKZ197-191500- 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. A 971 MB PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 425 NM SOUTH OF SITKA THU AFTERNOON AND THEN WEAKEN TO 979 MB 180 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT FRI AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-191500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT...EXCEPT E 15 KT ALONG THE COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT OUT OF COPPER RIVER DELTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ121-191500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-191500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-191500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-191500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-191500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-191500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...W WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR WHITTIER INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-191500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT...INCREASING TO 35 KT E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-191500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ136-191500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-191500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT AND FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-191500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-191500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-191500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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157 FZAK51 PAFC 191156 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-200300- 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. A 972 MB PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 220 NM SOUTH OF SITKA THIS EVENING AND THEN WEAKEN TO 985 MB 60 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT FRI EVENING. BY SAT MORNING THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND AND DISSIPATE. $$ PKZ120-200300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ121-200300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-200300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-200300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-200300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-200300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-200300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-200300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT INCREASING TO NW 35 KT SE OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. NW OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-200300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ136-200300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-200300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-200300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-200300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-200300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
376 FZAK51 PAFC 191421 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 620 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 CORRECTED ZONE 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. PKZ197-200300- 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. A 972 MB PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 220 NM SOUTH OF SITKA THIS EVENING AND THEN WEAKEN TO 985 MB 60 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT FRI EVENING. BY SAT MORNING THE LOW WILL MOVE INLAND AND DISSIPATE. $$ PKZ120-200300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ121-200300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-200300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-200300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-200300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-200300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT SUBSIDING. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-200300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-200300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT...EXCEPT INCREASING TO NW 35 KT SE OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. NW OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-200300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ136-200300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-200300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-200300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-200300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-200300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
060 FZAK51 PAFC 192343 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-201500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH LATE FRI NIGHT. A 973 MB LOW 340 NM SOUTH OF SITKA WILL WEAKEN TO 986 MB 130 NM SOUTHEAST OF YAKUTAT FRI AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND FRI EVENING. A 973 MB LOW 150 NM NORTHWEST OF COLD BAY FRI AFTERNOON WILL STRENGTHEN TO 966 MB 190 NM EAST OF KODIAK CITY ON SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-201500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-201500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-201500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-201500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-201500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-201500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-201500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-201500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 15 KT. E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-201500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT BECOMING W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ136-201500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-201500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-201500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-201500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-201500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
491 FZAK51 PAFC 200615 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 1015 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 UPDATED ZONE 126 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. PKZ197-201500- 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH LATE FRI NIGHT. A 973 MB LOW 340 NM SOUTH OF SITKA WILL WEAKEN TO 986 MB 130 NM SOUTHEAST OF YAKUTAT FRI AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND FRI EVENING. A 973 MB LOW 150 NM NORTHWEST OF COLD BAY FRI AFTERNOON WILL STRENGTHEN TO 966 MB 190 NM EAST OF KODIAK CITY ON SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-201500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ121-201500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-201500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-201500- PORT VALDEZ 1015 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-201500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON AND TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-201500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-201500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-201500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 15 KT. E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-201500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 30 KT BECOMING W 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ136-201500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-201500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-201500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-201500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-201500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT THU SEP 19 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
962 FZAK51 PAFC 201159 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-210300- 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH LATE FRI NIGHT. A 976 MB LOW 120 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKA WILL WEAKEN TO 985 MB 110 NM SOUTHEAST OF YAKUTAT THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND THIS EVENING. A 970 MB LOW 110 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK SAT MORNING WILL STRENGTHEN TO 967 MB 210 NM SOUTHWEST OF YAKUTAT ON SUN MIDDAY. $$ PKZ120-210300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO W 15 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ121-210300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-210300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-210300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-210300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-210300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-210300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-210300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT TOWARD MORNING. RAIN. .SAT...NE WIND 45 KT EXCEPT N 35 KT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-210300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO NW 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ136-210300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-210300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-210300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT ON THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-210300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...S OF KALGIN ISLAND...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT...SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT EXCEPT N 20 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 9 FT EXCEPT 5 FT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-210300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT OR LESS BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
231 FZAK51 PAFC 202343 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 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. PKZ197-211500- 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A 970 MB LOW 30 NM NORTHEAST OF SAND POINT THIS EVENING WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 966 MB SAT AFTERNOON THEN TO 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF YAKUTAT AT 970 MB SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-211500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-211500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING NEAR SEWARD. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-211500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-211500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-211500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-211500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT.. NE 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-211500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. NEAR WHITTIER...GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-211500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 8 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-211500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT S OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-211500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-211500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-211500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING NE 40 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-211500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT EXCEPT 20 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT 4 FT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT EXCEPT 15 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-211500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
131 FZAK51 PAFC 210514 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 915 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 CORRECTED ZONE 128 COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA COAST UP TO 100 NM OUT INCLUDING KODIAK ISLAND AND COOK INLET. WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ197-211500- 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A 970 MB LOW 30 NM NORTHEAST OF SAND POINT THIS EVENING WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 966 MB SAT AFTERNOON THEN TO 150 NM SOUTHWEST OF YAKUTAT AT 970 MB SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ120-211500- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 40 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-211500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING NEAR SEWARD. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-211500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-211500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-211500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-211500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT.. NE WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-211500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. NEAR WHITTIER...GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE AND WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-211500- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT EXCEPT 8 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-211500- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...S WIND 30 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SE WIND 25 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT S OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-211500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE AND WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-211500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 12 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 40 KT BECOMING NW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-211500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING NE 40 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-211500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 35 KT EXCEPT 20 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 8 FT EXCEPT 4 FT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT EXCEPT 15 KT N OF KALGIN ISLAND. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-211500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
907 FZAK51 PAFC 211200 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 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. PKZ197-220300- 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 968 MB LOW 120 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK WILL MOVE TO 210 NM SOUTHWEST OF YAKUTAT AT 965 MB THIS EVENING THEN TRACK TO AROUND 150 NM SOUTHEAST OF CAPE SUCKLING AT 982 MB ON MONDAY MORNING. $$ PKZ120-220300- CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 40 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 50 KT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-220300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-220300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-220300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-220300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-220300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT AND SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-220300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. NEAR WHITTIER...GUSTS TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-220300- BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...STORM WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...E OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 15 FT EXCEPT 10 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ132-220300- SHUYAK ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 40 KT BECOMING NW 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 18 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 50 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ136-220300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-220300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-220300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...NW WIND 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES. SEAS 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-220300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KAMISHAK BAY AND ENGLISH BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. N OF KALGIN ISLAND...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-220300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ JM
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 Sep 18, 2:00 PM AKDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 2:00 PM AKDT, 2 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 200 PM AKDT WED SEP 18 2013 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... A LOOK AT THE MORNING WEATHER MAP CONTINUES TO SHOW A DEEP UPPER TROUGH ENCOMPASSING MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA. THE UPPER TROUGH THAT BROUGHT RAIN TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE COPPER RIVER BASIN HAS NOW WEAKENED AND DRIFTED INTO THE INTERIOR...WHILE A COLD UPPER TROUGH EXTENDED DOWN FROM AN UPPER LOW OVER NORTHWEST ALASKA IS SWINGING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL. LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH RESULTED IN A PERIOD OF STEADY RAIN FORMING OVER EAST ANCHORAGE AND THE MAT-SU VALLEY THIS MORNING...AND IS NOW BEING REPLACED INSTABILITY SHOWERS FORMING OVER COOK INLET AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ABOVE 2000-2500 FT IN THE NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AND COPPER RIVER BASIN...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION OBSERVED AT A FEW LOCATIONS. A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TOPPED BY A RELATIVELY ZONAL 140 KT JET REMAINS OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN BERING SEA. A DISSIPATING FRONT MOVED OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE THIS MORNING...BRINGING LITTLE MORE THAN SPRINKLES TO THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF A FORMER TROPICAL SYSTEM WEAKENING OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA OF RUSSIA ARE DIMINISHING. .MODEL DISCUSSION... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A COMPLEX LOW DEVELOPING DEEP IN THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. THERE ARE MULTIPLE UPPER LEVEL WAVES COMBINING AT THIS MOMENT...AND THE MODELS ALL AGREE THAT EVENTUALLY THIS SYSTEM WILL GET MORE ORGANIZED AND STRENGTHEN AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. THE MODELS HAVE ALL SHOWED A FASTER/FURTHER NORTH TRACK WITH THE LOW ONCE IT DEVELOPS...WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING THE STRONG 120 KT SOUTH-TO-NORTH JET THAT WILL BE CLIMBING OUT OF THIS TROUGH. THE NAM IS A NOTABLE OUTLIER COMPARED TO THE OTHER MODELS...LAGGING BEHIND THE CONSENSUS...AND WAS REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION FOR THE AFTERNOON FORECAST. MEANWHILE...MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE LOW THAT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA ON FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS BETTER AGREEMENT THAN YESTERDAY...ESPECIALLY AT THE UPPER LEVELS...BUT THE AMOUNT OF COLD AIR ENTRAINED BY THE SYSTEM IS NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON HOW STRONG THE SURFACE LOW (AND RESULTANT WIND FIELD) WILL BECOME. THE ECMWF IS PULLING IN THE MOST COLD AND AS A RESULT HAS THE STRONGEST SURFACE LOW. MEANWHILE THE NAM IS ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. UNTIL SOME BETTER MODEL AGREEMENT DEVELOPS...WILL STICK WITH THE GFS SOLUTION WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE INHERITED GRIDS. .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL...WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...WITH THE COPPER RIVER BASIN AND VALDEZ/CORDOVA THAT LAST PLACES TO SEE DRYING CONDITIONS. CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OVER UPPER COOK INLET WILL ALSO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING AS WEAK SUBSIDENCE ALOFT GRADUALLY SPREADS INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. CLOUDS WILL BE A BIT SLOWER TO CLEAR...AND LINGER ON WEST-FACING MOUNTAIN RANGES THE LONGEST...BUT WILL EVENTUALLY YIELD TO INCREASING SUNSHINE ON THURSDAY. MANY PLACES WILL SEE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR ON THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCATIONS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE KENAI PENINSULA DROPPING BELOW FREEZING BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST...DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE BERING SEA STORM WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...WITH CLOUDINESS AND SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES CONFINED LARGELY TO THE COAST. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING EASILY INTO THE 20S OVER INTERIOR AREAS. BERING SEA AND ALEUTIANS...MORE ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW DEVELOPS WITH GOOD JET SUPPORT AND SOME COLD AIR FILTERING DOWN THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT. MOST ALEUTIAN LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS THIS STORM GOES PAST. WITH THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK AS WELL AS THE VERY FAST FORWARD SPEED OF THE STORM ITSELF...EXPECT THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL SEE STRONGER WINDS THAN OTHER AREAS. AT THIS POINT THIS WILL LIKELY HAPPEN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH STRONG WINDS BLOWING FROM THE WEST. .LONG TERM FORECAST... THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SUGGEST THAT THE DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL RETROGRADE WESTWARD TO THE BERING SEA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SUGGEST SOUTHERN ALASKA COULD TRANSITION RETURN TO A SLIGHTLY WARMER AND WETTER PATTERN FOR MOST AREAS...WHILE THE ACTIVE STORM TRACK AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WOULD SHIFT BACK TO THE BERING SEA REGION. .AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE MARINE...GALE 130 FIRE WEATHER...NONE AMD SEP 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 4:00 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Sep 18, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 18, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 19, 3:59 PM AKDT | Freeze Warning | AFC | 17 hr |
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