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Small Craft Advisory 37, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jan 12, 2014, 4:00 AM AKST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2014, 4:00 AM AKST (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2014, 4:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913 FZAK51 PAFC 121241 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 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. PKZ197-130300- 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 980 MB LOW 90 NM EAST OF KODIAK CITY WILL DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INLAND NEAR YAKUTAT TUE MORNING. A 985 MB LOW FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL MOVE TO 540 NM SOUTH OF SITKINAK MON MORNING AND THEN STRENGTHEN TO 965 MB AS IT MOVES TO 60 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK TUE MORNING. $$ PKZ119-130300- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ120-130300- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ121-130300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT AND MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-130300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-130300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-130300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT AND MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-130300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-130300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SNOW. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-130300- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ131-130300- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ132-130300- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 35 KT....EXCEPT SW 25 KT N OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 16 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT N OF DANGEROUS CAPE. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ136-130300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-130300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-130300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW BY AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ139-130300- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY DURING THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-130300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .WED...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. $$ PKZ141-130300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY DURING THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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867 FZAK51 PAFC 130008 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 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. PKZ197-131500- 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 985 MB LOW 100 NM EAST OF MIDDLETON ISLAND WILL MOVE INLAND NEAR YAKUTAT LATE TONIGHT. A 975 MB PACIFIC LOW CENTERED 450 NM SOUTHWEST OF KODIAK CITY MON MORNING WILL MOVE TO NEAR SITKINAK AT 969 MB LATE MON NIGHT THEN TRACK TO NEAR NEAR WHITTIER AT 981 MB TUE AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-131500- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TUE...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ120-131500- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .TUE...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ121-131500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-131500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-131500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-131500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON AND MON NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-131500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-131500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-131500- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ131-131500- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 15 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-131500- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...STORM WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT BUILDING TO 21 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ136-131500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 TO INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-131500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-131500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...GALE WARNING MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ139-131500- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-131500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FT BUILDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-131500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST SUN JAN 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW. .MON...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
134 FZAK51 PAFC 131257 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 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. PKZ197-140300- 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 970 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF AKHIOK THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TO KODIAK ISLAND TUE MORNING AT THE SAME STRENGTH...IT WILL CONTINUE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TUE AFTERNOON AND THEN DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INLAND TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-140300- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ120-140300- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 19 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT BUILDING TO 25 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ121-140300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-140300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ126-140300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-140300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-140300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-140300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-140300- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ131-140300- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-140300- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ136-140300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-140300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-140300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW WIND 35 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-140300- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-140300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-140300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
393 FZAK51 PAFC 131528 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 CORRECTED ZONE 120 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. PKZ197-140300- 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 970 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF AKHIOK THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TO KODIAK ISLAND TUE MORNING AT THE SAME STRENGTH...IT WILL CONTINUE TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND TUE AFTERNOON AND THEN DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INLAND TUE NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-140300- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ120-140300- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 19 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT BUILDING TO 25 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ121-140300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-140300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ126-140300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-140300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-140300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-140300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-140300- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ131-140300- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-140300- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .WED...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ136-140300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-140300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-140300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW WIND 35 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-140300- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-140300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. SNOW. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-140300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
285 FZAK51 PAFC 132358 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 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. PKZ197-141500- 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 967 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF HOMER AT 971 MB TUE MORNING THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR VALDEZ AT 979 MB BY TUE EVENING. A WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE SOUTHERN GULF LATE TUE NIGHT AND TRACKS TO THE NORTHERN GULF WED AFTERNOON. A 990 MB PACIFIC LOW MOVES TO AROUND 430 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-141500- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ120-141500- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ121-141500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-141500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-141500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-141500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-141500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU AND FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-141500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-141500- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU AND FRI..E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-141500- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-141500- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ136-141500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-141500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-141500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-141500- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY N OF ANCHOR POINT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY N OF ANCHOR POINT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-141500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-141500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
507 FZAK51 PAFC 140240 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 540 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 UPDATED 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. PKZ197-141500- 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 967 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF HOMER AT 971 MB TUE MORNING THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR VALDEZ AT 979 MB BY TUE EVENING. A WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE SOUTHERN GULF LATE TUE NIGHT AND TRACKS TO THE NORTHERN GULF WED AFTERNOON. A 990 MB PACIFIC LOW MOVES TO AROUND 430 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-141500- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ120-141500- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ121-141500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-141500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-141500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-141500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-141500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU AND FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-141500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-141500- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU AND FRI..E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-141500- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-141500- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ136-141500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-141500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-141500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 540 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-141500- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY N OF ANCHOR POINT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY N OF ANCHOR POINT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-141500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-141500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
537 FZAK51 PAFC 140241 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 540 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 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. PKZ197-141500- 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 967 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHWEST OF SITKINAK WILL MOVE TO 50 NM SOUTHEAST OF HOMER AT 971 MB TUE MORNING THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR VALDEZ AT 979 MB BY TUE EVENING. A WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE SOUTHERN GULF LATE TUE NIGHT AND TRACKS TO THE NORTHERN GULF WED AFTERNOON. A 990 MB PACIFIC LOW MOVES TO AROUND 430 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY WED AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-141500- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER NOON. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ120-141500- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 22 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 23 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ121-141500- RESURRECTION BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. SNOW. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-141500- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-141500- PORT VALDEZ 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-141500- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-141500- VALDEZ ARM 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU AND FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-141500- PASSAGE CANAL 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-141500- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU AND FRI..E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-141500- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...W WIND 45 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 22 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-141500- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ136-141500- CHINIAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-141500- MARMOT BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-141500- SHELIKOF STRAIT 540 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-141500- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. FREEZING SPRAY N OF ANCHOR POINT. .TUE...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY N OF ANCHOR POINT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ140-141500- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-141500- KACHEMAK BAY 400 PM AKST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU AND FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
055 FZAK51 PAFC 141249 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 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. PKZ197-150300- 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 969 MB LOW CENTERED OVER KODIAK ISLAND WILL MOVE INLAND NEAR VALDEZ AT 979 MB THIS EVENING. A WEATHER FRONT ENTERS THE SOUTHERN GULF LATE TUE NIGHT AND TRACKS TO THE NORTHERN GULF WED AFTERNOON. A 988 MB PACIFIC LOW MOVES TO 57N 148W THU MORNING. $$ PKZ119-150300- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF MIDDLETON ISLAND...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT BUILDING TO 26 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 27 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .THU...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. $$ PKZ120-150300- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 26 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 25 FT SUBSIDING TO 18 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ121-150300- RESURRECTION BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .WED...N WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-150300- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT E OF NAKED ISLAND. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS S OF SEAL ISLAND. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ126-150300- PORT VALDEZ 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT BY LATE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI AND SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-150300- VALDEZ NARROWS 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED NIGHT AND THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-150300- VALDEZ ARM 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-150300- PASSAGE CANAL 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. GUSTS TO 20 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-150300- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-150300- BARREN ISLANDS EAST 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...S WIND 50 KT. SEAS 23 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 21 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT AND THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .FRI...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-150300- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 45 KT. SEAS 26 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .WED...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ136-150300- CHINIAK BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-150300- MARMOT BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-150300- SHELIKOF STRAIT 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-150300- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT BY LATE MORNING. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ140-150300- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .WED...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N BY LATE MORNING. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. SNOW AND RAIN. .WED NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-150300- KACHEMAK BAY 400 AM AKST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING W 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .WED NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 11, 2:00 PM AKST, 14 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 2:00 PM AKST, 14 hours before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
200 PM AKST SAT JAN 11 2014
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
A FLAT RIDGE EXISTS OVER THE NE PACIFIC JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF WITH
LONGWAVE TROUGHING IN THE NW PACIFIC AND THE FAR WESTERN BERING/CHAIN
ANCHORED BY A COLD UPPER-LOW NEAR SAKHALIN ISLAND. A 965 MB LOW 150
MILES NORTH OF ATKA IS SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST AND FILLING. WIDESPREAD
GALE FORCE WINDS EXIST AROUND THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN QUADRANTS OF
THIS LOW. AN UPPER-LOW NEAR THE CENTRAL ALCAN BORDER IS EJECTING INTO
NW CANADA. THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND NESTLED IN BETWEEN THESE FEATURES
REMAINS IN A NEUTRAL FLOW ALOFT...THOUGH RESIDUAL LOW-LVL MOISTURE IN
THE STAGNANT FLOW HAS ALLOWED LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO PERSIST ACROSS
UPPER-COOK INLET. A FRONT IS ELONGATING OVER THE EASTERN BERING TO
SOUTHWESTERN GULF (THOUGH IT STRETCHES BACK AND STALLS IN THE N
PACIFIC)...WITH SNOW/RAIN HAVING OVERSPREAD KODIAK ISLAND AND NOSING
INTO BRISTOL BAY. A TRIPLE POINT HAVING FORMED ALONG THE FRONT OVER
THE ISLAND IS TRACKING QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD. PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IN THE BERING IS RATHER SHOWERY. MILD
TEMPERATURES ALLOWS MUCH OF IT TO FALL AS RAIN SHOWERS...THOUGH SOME
COOLER AIR WRAPPING IN BEHIND THE LOW SUPPORTS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN. ALSO OF NOTE IS
AN UPPER-LOW AROUND 500 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATTU MOVING EAST.
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE CLOSE IN SPIRIT WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE PATTERN ALOFT IN
THE COMING DAYS. OUT WEST...THE LOW NORTH OF ATKA IS DEPICTED
DRIFTING TO AROUND 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT PAUL SUN EVENING AND
THEN TRACKING ASHORE THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA NEAR KIPNUK MON EVENING.
THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE MODELS SAVE
FOR THE GFS WHICH IS ABOUT 12 TO 18 HOURS FASTER WITH THE SPEED THAN
THE CONSENSUS. FURTHER EAST...THE TRIPLE-POINT LOW OVER KODIAK IS
SHOWN QUICKLY MOVING TO AROUND 80 MILES EAST OF CAPE SUCKLING SUN
AFTERNOON THEN MOVING ASHORE NEAR YAKUTAT SUN NIGHT. AS THESE
FEATURES RUN THEIR COURSE...THE PATTERN ALOFT SHOWS AMPLIFICATION.
THE UPPER-LOW SOUTHWEST OF ATTU CONTINUES TO DIG THE LONGWAVE
EASTWARD SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF ENERGY
SPLITTING OFF FROM THE SAKHALIN ISLAND UPPER-LOW ADDING MORE TO THE
MIX BY MID NEXT WEEK. ALL OF THIS ENERGY WILL BEGIN INTERACTING WITH
THE OLD FRONTAL ZONE IN THE N PACIFIC...WITH A SURFACE LOW DEPICTED
BY THE MODELS FORMING NEAR 40N 164W SUN NIGHT AND MOVING TO AROUND
250 MILES SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY MON AFTERNOON. THE ECMWF AND NAM ARE
SIMILAR WITH TRACK AND SPEED MOVING THE SYSTEM TO NEAR SE PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND ON TUE. THE GFS LAGS BEHIND BY ABOUT 12 HOURS...WHILE
THE GEM IS SEVERAL HOURS FASTER AND FURTHER EAST WITH THE DEPICTION.
IN GENERAL HAVE NUDGED FORECASTS TOWARDS THE NAM/ECMWF AS THEY HAVE
REASONABLE CONSENSUS AND SOME CONSISTENCY.
.SHORT TERM FORECAST...
SOUTHCENTRAL/GULF...
THE TRIPLE-POINT OVER KODIAK QUICKLY MOVES THROUGH THE GULF
TONIGHT...WITH PERIPHERAL SNOWS EXPECTED TO CLIP THE SOUTHERN KENAI
PENINSULA AND EASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND...BUT WITH THE FEATURE
BEING FAST MOVING...NOT EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. SOME
DOWN INLET FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS UPPER-COOK INLET AS THE LOW MOVES
THROUGH THE GULF...BUT IT MAY NOT BE ROBUST ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY
SCOUR OUT THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THE
TRIPLE-POINT AND AMPLIFYING PATTERN ALOFT...A SERIES OF WEAK
SHORTWAVES WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. THESE FEATURES
MAY BE ENOUGH TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MON. THESE FEATURES APPEAR FAIRLY WEAK...SO HAVE ADVERTISED
CHANCE POPS BUT IF THINGS TREND TOWARDS THE 18Z NAM (WHICH IS HEAVIER
WITH QPF) SUN NIGHT...WILL NEED TO REVISIT FORECASTS TO INCLUDE SOME
ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE POPULATION CENTERS OF UPPER COOK INLET. BY MON
EVENING...PERIPHERAL SNOW/RAIN WITH STRONG WINDS WILL BE PUSHING
TOWARDS KODIAK ISLAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM.
SOUTHWEST/AKPEN...
LIGHT SNOW FOR BRISTOL BAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELONGATING FRONT
TONIGHT TO SUN MORNING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF MOISTURE TO OVERSPREAD
THE SW MAINLAND BY SUN NIGHT AS THE PARENT LOW IN THE BERING SNEAKS
BY THE PRIBILOFS AND TOWARDS THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST. THERE MAY BE
SOME LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AS THE
SNOW SHOULD BE RATHER LIGHTWEIGHT AND EASY TO BLOW AROUND IN 25 MPH
WINDS. BLOWING SNOW INTENSITY AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR ANY ADVISORIES/WARNINGS. WESTERN REACHES OF
BRISTOL BAY'S AKPEN OUT THROUGH COLD BAY ARE WEAKER SIDE OF THE
FRONT...WHERE TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING WILL ALLOW PRECIP TO FALL
AS MAINLY PASSING RAIN SHOWERS. THE S TO W GALES IN THE CENTRAL CHAIN
MIGRATE TO THE AKPEN AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT BEFORE
DIMINISHING TO SMALL CRAFT LEVELS OR LESS SUN NIGHT AS THE PARENT LOW
FILLS AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.
BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...
RUN OF THE MILL SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS WITH THE SLOW MOVING LOW TO
PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE CHAIN. TEMPERATURES ALOFT REMAIN FAIRLY
STEADY STATE...SO COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS LIKELY TO REMAIN
UNCHANGED THROUGH MON.
.LONG TERM FORECAST...
LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...WHILE THERE IS STILL QUITE A LARGE SPREAD
IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF...THE GLOBAL GUIDANCE
HAS TRENDED TOWARD A MUCH STRONGER LOW TRACKING FARTHER WEST THAN
INITIALLY EXPECTED. SNOW WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE COAST AND COPPER
RIVER BASIN LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS THIS LOW TRACKS
INLAND...WITH A POSSIBLE BRIEF CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST. INLAND
LOCATIONS FROM COOK INLET INTO THE SUSITNA VALLEY WILL BE QUITE
SENSITIVE TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. SUCH DETAILS WILL BE MORE CLEAR IN THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS.
THEREAFTER...A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE PACIFIC PATTERN WILL BEGIN AS A
POWERFUL 220 KNOT EAST ASIAN JET STREAM TRACKS EASTWARD INTO THE
NORTHEAST PACIFIC. THERE REMAINS GOOD CONTINUITY AMONG THE GLOBAL
GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO A LEADING WARM FRONT SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN
ALASKA SOMETIME ON WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THE COLD DOME IN PLACE...
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS OVERRUNNING SNOW...WITH A
CHANGEOVER TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST. LATE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
A DEEP NEGATIVE TILT TROUGH WILL THEN TAKE SHAPE OVER THE NORTHEAST
PACIFIC...WITH A WAVE TRAIN OF STRONG LOWS AND FRONTS TRACKING INTO
SOUTHERN ALASKA AND THE EASTERN BERING SEA. THE ENTIRE SUITE OF
GLOBAL GUIDANCE INCLUDING THE CANADIAN GLOBAL DETERMINISTIC
PREDICTION SYSTEM...GFS...ECMWF...AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ENSEMBLES
DEPICT SIMILAR PATTERNS. SUCH A PATTERN WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE LOCALLY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AS THE ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH NEXT
WEEKEND.
.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE
MARINE...GALE...132 150 155 165 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 185
351 352 411 412
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY...180 181 185 412 414
FIRE WEATHER...NONE
ANALYSIS/MODEL DISCUSSION/SHORT TERM FORECAST...MALOY
LONG TERM FORECAST...AHSENMACHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 11, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 11, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 9 days | |
| Jan 12, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 11 days |
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