Alert archive / Alaska / Storm Warnings in 2014
Storm Warning 160, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this storm warning at Dec 12, 2014, 3:13 PM AKST. It was in force for 48 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
- Dec 12, 2014, 3:13 PM AKST (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2014, 3:14 PM AKST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
963 FZAK51 PAFC 130013 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 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. PKZ197-131330- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 996 MB LOW 50 NM SOUTH OF CAPE CLEARE WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT. A 981 MB LOW 400 NM SOUTHEAST OF SITKINAK LATE TONIGHT WILL MOVE TO 220 NM SOUTHEAST OF CHINIAK LATE SAT NIGHT AT 985 MB THEN TO 40 NM SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTINE SUN AFTERNOON AND DEEPEN TO 974 MB. $$ PKZ119-131330- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...STORM WARNING SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 35 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT BUILDING TO 25 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 50 KT. SEAS 27 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ120-131330- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ121-131330- RESURRECTION BAY- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ125-131330- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-131330- PORT VALDEZ- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-131330- VALDEZ NARROWS- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-131330- VALDEZ ARM- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-131330- PASSAGE CANAL- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-131330- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-131330- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ132-131330- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ136-131330- CHINIAK BAY- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-131330- MARMOT BAY- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ138-131330- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-131330- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-131330- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-131330- KACHEMAK BAY- 313 PM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
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680 FZAK51 PAFC 131258 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 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. PKZ197-140145- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 982 MB LOW 370 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK ISLAND WILL MOVE TO 10 NM EAST OF KODIAK ISLAND BY SUN AFTERNOON AT 974 MB...BEFORE BEING ABSORBED BY A 971 MB LOW OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-140145- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 40 KT BUILDING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT BUILDING TO 23 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 50 KT. SEAS 25 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ120-140145- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT BUILDING TO 18 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ121-140145- RESURRECTION BAY- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT BUILDING TO 25 KT TOWARDS MORNING. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-140145- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-140145- PORT VALDEZ- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-140145- VALDEZ NARROWS- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-140145- VALDEZ ARM- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-140145- PASSAGE CANAL- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-140145- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-140145- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT BECOMING NE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT BUILDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ132-140145- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ136-140145- CHINIAK BAY- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-140145- MARMOT BAY- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-140145- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT AND MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT.30 $$ PKZ139-140145- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-140145- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-140145- KACHEMAK BAY- 358 AM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
438 FZAK51 PAFC 140011 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 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. PKZ197-141315- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A COMPLEX 985 MB LOW CENTERED ROUGHLY AROUND 300 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK CITY MAKES LANDFALL ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF KODIAK ISLAND 40 NM SOUTH OF KODIAK BY SUN AFTERNOON WITH A PRESSURE OF 980 MB. A SERIES OF TROUGHS MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF SUN NIGHT INTO MON. $$ PKZ119-141315- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...STORM WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 FT BUILDING TO 23 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ120-141315- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT BUILDING TO 20 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-141315- RESURRECTION BAY- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-141315- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 40 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-141315- PORT VALDEZ- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-141315- VALDEZ NARROWS- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-141315- VALDEZ ARM- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ129-141315- PASSAGE CANAL- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. RAIN. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-141315- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-141315- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-141315- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ136-141315- CHINIAK BAY- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ137-141315- MARMOT BAY- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-141315- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ139-141315- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN...N WIND 40 KT BECOMING NE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-141315- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. SNOW. .SUN...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-141315- KACHEMAK BAY- 311 PM AKST SAT DEC 13 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
987 FZAK51 PAFC 141242 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 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. PKZ197-150200- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 983 MB LOW 130 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL MOVE TO 20 NM NORTHEAST OF KODIAK AT 977 MB THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA. A 983 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-150200- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 21 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ120-150200- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-150200- RESURRECTION BAY- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-150200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-150200- PORT VALDEZ- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-150200- VALDEZ NARROWS- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-150200- VALDEZ ARM- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-150200- PASSAGE CANAL- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-150200- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-150200- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-150200- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ136-150200- CHINIAK BAY- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-150200- MARMOT BAY- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-150200- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ139-150200- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-150200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-150200- KACHEMAK BAY- 342 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
727 FZAK51 PAFC 141715 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 UPDATED ZONES 121 130 131 132 138 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. PKZ197-150415- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 983 MB LOW 130 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK WILL MOVE TO 20 NM NORTHEAST OF KODIAK AT 977 MB THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA. A 983 MB NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE TO 150 NM SOUTH OF YAKUTAT MON NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-150415- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 21 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ120-150415- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 40 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ121-150415- RESURRECTION BAY- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE MORNING...WINDS SHIFTING TO S 10 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-150415- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ126-150415- PORT VALDEZ- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-150415- VALDEZ NARROWS- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-150415- VALDEZ ARM- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-150415- PASSAGE CANAL- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-150415- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-150415- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-150415- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TODAY...N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...E WIND 20 KT. S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .THU...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ136-150415- CHINIAK BAY- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ137-150415- MARMOT BAY- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-150415- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT IN THE MORNING. WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ139-150415- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ140-150415- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-150415- KACHEMAK BAY- 815 AM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
280 FZAK51 PAFC 150014 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 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. PKZ197-151315- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 977 MB LOW OVER KODIAK ISLAND MOVES NORTHWEST TOWARD BRISTOL BAY AND WEAKENS. A 983 MB LOW 370 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK ISLAND MON MORNING MOVES 90 NM SOUTH OF MIDDLETON ISLAND AT 981 MB MON NIGHT. THIS LOW THEN WEAKENS AS IT MAKES LANDFALL OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA TUE. $$ PKZ119-151315- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN. .TUE...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 21 FT. $$ PKZ120-151315- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ121-151315- RESURRECTION BAY- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-151315- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-151315- PORT VALDEZ- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-151315- VALDEZ NARROWS- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TUE THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-151315- VALDEZ ARM- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-151315- PASSAGE CANAL- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON AND MON NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-151315- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ131-151315- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-151315- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT EXCEPT SE N OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON...S OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SW WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT. N OF DANGEROUS CAPE...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ136-151315- CHINIAK BAY- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-151315- MARMOT BAY- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-151315- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-151315- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 6 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-151315- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ141-151315- KACHEMAK BAY- 314 PM AKST SUN DEC 14 2014 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT. RAIN. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .MON NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Dec 12, 5:07 AM AKST, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:07 AM AKST, 10 hours 6 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
507 AM AKST FRI DEC 12 2014
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
THERE IS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA WITH
A WEAK TROUGH STRETCHING NORTH-NORTHWEST INTO MAINLAND ALASKA.
WEAK SURFACE FLOW AND SOME CLEARING ALOFT OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHCENTRAL HAD LED TO FOGGY CONDITIONS AROUND THE AREAS
SURROUNDING COOK INLET. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRAVERSING
THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND AROUND THIS TROUGH HAS KEPT SOME SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS ALIVE OVERNIGHT...AND ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH AS
WE HEAD INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER THE
NORTHWEST BERING SEA WITH WEAK RIDGING OVER THE EASTERN BERING. AS
SEEN IN CURRENT OBSERVATIONS OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
ALEUTIANS/BERING...NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
BERING HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH AS THE OVERALL PATTERN BEGINS TO
SHIFT TODAY. THERE IS A FAIRLY STRONG EASTWARD MOVING UPPER LOW
IS SOUTH OF THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND ANOTHER STRONG LOW NORTHEAST
OF JAPAN TRACKING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST....WITH BOTH SYSTEMS BEING
ASSOCIATED WITH A FAIRLY STRONG SUBTROPICAL JET.
&&
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE THEY BEGIN TO DIVERGE SLIGHTLY FROM A
COMMON SOLUTION. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WORTH MENTIONING OVER THE
WEST WAS THE LOW FORMING OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC SATURDAY...AND
TRACKING OVER THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE ECMWF
BECAME THE OUTLIER TODAY...BEING THE ONLY MODEL TO BRING THE
TRIPLE POINT LOW NORTH OF THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN. THE AMERICAN AND
CANADIAN MODELS ARE KEEPING THE SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE
ALEUTIANS...WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE MORE VIABLE SOLUTION. OVER THE
EAST DOMAIN...THE MAIN DISCREPANCY WAS REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE
LOW MOVING INTO THE GULF SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GFS WAS THE PREFERRED
SOLUTION HAVING BETTER RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY REGARDING THIS
SYSTEM TRACKING INTO THE GULF...WITH THE NAM BEING THE SLIGHTLY
SLOWER OUTLIER AND THE ECMWF BEING MUCH SLOWER AND INCONSISTENT
FROM RUN TO RUN. OVERALL...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS NEAR TO ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING BELOW NORMAL AS TIME
PROGRESSES AND MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE FURTHER FROM EACH OTHER.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 THROUGH 3)...
THE MAIN FOCUS TODAY WILL BE FOG AND STRATUS AROUND THE COOK INLET
AND THE CHANCE FOR CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE NORTHEAST
GULF COAST. HIGHER CLOUDS STREAMING OVERHEAD TONIGHT HAVE NOT DONE
MUCH TO MITIGATE LOW CLOUDS AROUND KNIK ARM THROUGH THE NORTHERN
KENAI PENINSULA. LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS PRETTY SLACK WHILE HIGHER
CLOUDS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
RADIATIONAL COOLING. THE STRATUS SHOULD STICK AROUND AND EVEN
BUILD AGAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT DRIER
CROSS-BARRIER FLOW WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP EARLY SATURDAY AND DRY
OUT THE LOW LEVELS.
AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WILL COMBINE WITH AN
UPPER LOW PRESSURE TO SEND SNOW SHOWERS FROM CORDOVA THROUGH
VALDEZ TODAY WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. THESE AREAS WILL SEE A
BREAK LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE NEXT FRONT/LOW
MOVE CLOSER.
OVER THE WEEKEND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE GULF
BRINGING RAIN TO THE GULF COAST AREAS AS WELL AS A GALE TO STORM
FORCE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. THE COOK INLET REGION SHOULD
REMAIN DOWNSLOPED WITH INCREASING CROSS BARRIER FLOW BUT MOST
MODEL GUIDANCE IS HINTING AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DEFORMATION
BETWEEN THE DEVELOPING SYSTEM AND THE OPEN WAVE PASSING TO THE
NORTH. THE BEST CHANCES TO SEE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FEATURE
WILL BE AROUND KACHEMAK BAY AND PARTS OF THE KENAI PENINSULA WITH
THE ANCHORAGE AREA THROUGH THE MATANUSKA VALLEY REMAINING DRIER.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
A WEAK SHORTWAVE PASSING OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING SNOW FROM THE BETHEL AREA INTO THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM VALLEY
THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL BERING. THIS FEATURE WILL THEN SPREAD
SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND FOR MOST OF THE DAY
SATURDAY...THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR
TWO IN MOST INTERIOR LOCATIONS. CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL
THEN MOSTLY END ON SUNDAY UNDER CLEARING SKIES. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NOCTURNAL FOG AND STRATUS.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
A FRONT CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS WILL BRING
RAIN/SNOW AND GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY CENTRAL ALEUTIANS THIS EVENING...AND LASTLY
INTO THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND PRIBILOFS AS IT DISSIPATES ON
SATURDAY. A TRIPLE POINT LOW WILL THEN DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT TO
THE SOUTH OF ADAK AND ATKA LATE ON SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING OVER THE
DUTCH HARBOR/UNALASKA AREA SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A
PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA
OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE NEWLY FORMED LOWED CONTINUES TO PUSH
EASTWARD.
&&
.LONG TERM FORECAST (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
A VERY COMPLEX AND BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SET UP ACROSS
THE BERING SEA AND MUCH OF THE ALASKA MAINLAND LATE THIS WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MOST PROMINENT LOW CENTER WITHIN
THIS COMPLEX PATTERN WILL BE THE REMNANTS OF A TRIPLE POINT LOW
THAT DRIFTS FROM THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS TO NEAR KODIAK...WITH A
FRONT DRAPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE PATTERN IS NOT EXPECT TO SHIFT UNTIL WEDNESDAY
MORNING WHEN A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH
PACIFIC PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA AND BRING GALE
FORCE WINDS AND INCREASED PRECIPITATIONS CHANCES BACK TO
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA. AT THE SAME TIME...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL PUSH OFF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA AND DRIVE A FRONT ACROSS
THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS ON WEDNESDAY. WEAK RIDGING WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS FROM THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS TO THE GULF OF ALASKA BETWEEN
THE TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS.
&&
.AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY...185
GALE...119 170 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 185.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...TP
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...MTL/JR
SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...DEK
LONG TERM...MMCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:02 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 3 days | |
| Dec 12, 3:02 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 4 days | |
| Dec 12, 3:02 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:13 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 36 hr | |
| Dec 12, 3:13 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Dec 13, 12:46 AM AKST | Dense Fog Advisory | AFC | 2 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:51 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 47 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:51 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:58 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:58 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 35 hr |
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