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Small Craft Advisory 749, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Sep 25, 2015, 3:37 PM AKDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2015, 3:37 PM AKDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2015, 3:49 AM AKDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
304 FZAK51 PAFC 252337 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 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. PKZ197-261215- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1007 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING 40 NM SOUTHWEST OF CORDOVA AND MOVE TO 10 NM SOUTHEAST OF YAKUTAT AT 1009 MB SAT MORNING...THEN DISSIPATE. A WEATHER FRONT WILL ENTER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF TONIGHT AND TRACK TO THE EASTERN GULF AND NORTHERN GULF COAST SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-261215- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT...EXCEPT E 25 KT ALONG THE COAST BECOMING NORTH 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ120-261215- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 30 KT LATE EVENING. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ121-261215- RESURRECTION BAY- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT BECOMING N 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING S LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-261215- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING N 10 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-261215- PORT VALDEZ- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-261215- VALDEZ NARROWS- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .TONIGHT...NE WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-261215- VALDEZ ARM- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-261215- PASSAGE CANAL- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-261215- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ131-261215- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ132-261215- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ136-261215- CHINIAK BAY- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ137-261215- MARMOT BAY- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ138-261215- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-261215- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 15 KT TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT. .SAT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-261215- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-261215- KACHEMAK BAY- 337 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 35 KT BECOMING SW 25 TOWARD MORNING. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
134 FZAK51 PAFC 261149 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 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. PKZ197-270030- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK TO THE EASTERN GULF SUN. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF SUN MORNING AND TRACK TO THE NORTHERN GULF SUN NIGHT...AND THEN TO THE EASTERN GULF MON. $$ PKZ119-270030- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$ PKZ120-270030- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ121-270030- RESURRECTION BAY- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ125-270030- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-270030- PORT VALDEZ- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ127-270030- VALDEZ NARROWS- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-270030- VALDEZ ARM- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-270030- PASSAGE CANAL- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-270030- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ131-270030- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ132-270030- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ136-270030- CHINIAK BAY- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ137-270030- MARMOT BAY- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ138-270030- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ139-270030- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-270030- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-270030- KACHEMAK BAY- 349 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2015 .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING SE 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Sep 25, 5:19 AM AKDT, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 5:19 AM AKDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 519 AM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2015 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... A PATTERN CHANGE IS IMMINENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A POTENT ARCTIC TROUGH SWINGS OVER THE NORTHERN MAINLAND FROM THE CHUKCHI SEA AND FLATTENS OUT THE RIDGE OVER THE BERING SEA... YIELDING MOIST ZONAL FLOW FROM THE CENTRAL BERING INTO THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND. LIGHT RAIN IS SPREADING OVER SOUTHWEST ALASKA ALONG AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHERN BERING INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA. A NARROW UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS PROMOTING ONE MORE MORNING OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA BEFORE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY. && .MODEL DISCUSSION... GUIDANCE IS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT CONTINUES TO DIFFER ON SOME OF THE SMALLER SCALE DETAILS AS VARIOUS DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE BROAD WESTERLY FLOW MOVE OVERHEAD THROUGH SATURDAY. MAINLY UTILIZED THE HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS FOR ENHANCED DETAIL EARLY ON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO GLOBAL MODELS TOWARDS THE MID TERM. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)... A FLATTENED UPPER RIDGE WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...BRINGING WARM AND MOIST AIR WITH IT. MEANWHILE...A STRONG UPPER JET WILL DRIVE A DEEP UPPER LOW EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA...WITH A SHORT-WAVE DIGGING INTO INTERIOR ALASKA FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A SURFACE COLD FRONT. ONE OF THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGES TODAY IS PRECIPITATION-TYPE. DEEP WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE ALASKA AND ALEUTIAN RANGES WILL LEAD TO A LEE SIDE TROUGH WHICH WILL CAUSE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL USHER WARMER AIR NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...THE AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL IS CURRENTLY COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW (AS INDICATED BY THE WET-BULB ZERO OF NEAR SEA LEVEL ON THE 12Z ANCHORAGE SOUNDING). THE WARM AIR WILL TAKE A WHILE TO MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD. THEREFORE...IT IS LOOKING LIKE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE MAT-SU. STILL EXPECT A FAIRLY QUICK TURNOVER TO RAIN...BUT HAVE INTRODUCED SOME VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS. MEANWHILE...IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY AS WELL AS ALONG THE NORTHERN TO EASTERN COPPER BASIN WILL STAY MOSTLY SNOW FOR THIS EVENT...SO HAVE TRENDED UPWARD WITH SNOW AMOUNTS. THE DEEP WESTERLY FLOW WILL WORK AGAINST PRECIP ON THE EAST SIDES OF THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO DOWNSLOPE DRYING. THUS MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL FALL IN UPSLOPE AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF MOUNTAIN RANGES. MOST PLACES WILL QUICKLY DRY OUT TONIGHT AS THE UPPER WAVE EXITS TO THE EAST AND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHCENTRAL. THIS WILL BE A SHORT-LIVED BREAK AS THE UPPER RIDGE SLIDES EASTWARD OPENING THE WAY FOR WARM TROPICAL AIR TO STREAM NORTHWARD FROM THE PACIFIC TOWARD MAINLAND ALASKA. RAIN WILL INITIALLY BE SPOTTY SATURDAY...BUT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL BY EARLY SUNDAY. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)... THE ARCTIC LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED OVER THE NORTHERN BERING INTO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND. THIS WILL BRING CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW AND WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS RAINFALL...AREAS OF FOG ARE PRESENT THIS MORNING IN LOW LYING AREAS...HOWEVER WITH THE RAIN BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS SHOULD BEGIN TO MIX OUT BY MID MORNING. THE MODELS HAVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY WARMER ALOFT OVER THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA AND LOWER VALLEY TONIGHT...AND WITH DEEP WARM AIR ADVECTION THE MENTION OF SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN KUSKOKWIM DELTA WAS REMOVED. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE KUSKOKWIM VALLEY TONIGHT TO ALLOW RAIN TO MIX OR BRIEFLY SWITCH OVER TO SNOW. TEMPERATURES HOWEVER WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING SO ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. THE FORECAST WILL THEN REMAIN WET IN MOST AREAS INTO THIS WEEKEND AS THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS MOVES INTO THE EASTERN BERING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE DEEP AND MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW THROUGHOUT THE AREA...CAUSING FREEZING LEVELS TO RISE HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP ALL PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THIS LOW WILL THEN SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN INTERIOR...KEEPING WIDESPREAD RAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (DAYS 1 AND 2)... THE WESTERN ALEUTIAN LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN BERING WILL BRING RAIN TO THE REGION INTO THIS WEEKEND. OVER THE ALASKA PENINSULA...WESTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SOUTHERLY TODAY...HOWEVER WITH GOOD WARM AIR ADVECTION EXPECTED WIND GUSTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE OVERLY STRONG. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BERING ON SATURDAY...SPREADING RAIN INTO THE SOUTHWEST COAST. ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THIS LOW...NORTHERLY GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN BERING AS COLD AIR ADVECTION DEVELOPS. && .LONG TERM FORECAST (DAYS 3 THROUGH 7)... THE GENERAL SYNOPTIC PATTERN IS SIMILAR AMONGST THE VARIOUS MODELS WITH A DISTURBANCE TRACKING FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC AND INTO THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS/BERING SATURDAY. THEN AN ARCTIC TROUGH DIGS DOWN OVER THE BERING WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW FORMING OVER THE NORTHERN BERING OVERNIGHT SUNDAY. THIS LOW WILL THEN TRACK OVER MAINLAND ALASKA EARLY NEXT WEEK USHERING IN COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH. HOWEVER...THE MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE MAJOR FEATURES AS THE TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE MAINLAND. THIS RESULTS IN SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE FORECAST...WITH THE FIRST BEING RAIN FOR THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL RAIN THIS WEEKEND...BUT LOW CONFIDENCE FOR WHEN THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL MOVE THROUGH. CURRENTLY WE ARE EXPECTING THE HEAVIER RAIN TO MAKE IT INTO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...AND THEN PUSHING INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FROM THIS POINT ON...BUT HAVE RECENTLY COME INTO SLIGHTLY BETTER AGREEMENT AS THE TROUGH TRACKS EASTWARD OVER THE GULF AND RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE BERING DURING THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK. EVEN THOUGHT THERE IS STILL SOME MODEL DISCREPANCY AS TO WHEN THE RAIN WILL LET UP AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL USHER IN OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND...MODELS ARE NOW IN FAIR ENOUGH AGREEMENT WHERE WE CAN SAY THAT THE RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY MORNING. AT THIS POINT THERE IS STILL LOW CONFIDENCE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN LONG ENOUGH TO INTERACT WITH THE COLDER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...RESULTING IN LOW CONFIDENCE FOR MEASURABLE SNOW TO MAKE IT INTO SOUTHCENTRAL. && .AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING...138. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...CB SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...SEB SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...DEK LONG TERM...TP/DK
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Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:57 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 25, 3:57 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Sep 25, 3:18 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 48 hr | |
| Sep 25, 3:19 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Sep 25, 3:37 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 12 hr |
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