Alert archive / Alaska / Small Craft Advisories in 2016
Small Craft Advisory 90, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jan 27, 2016, 3:54 AM AKST. It was in force for 72 hr.
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- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016, 3:54 AM AKST (12:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2016, 3:35 AM AKST
- In force
- 72 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
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523 FZAK51 PAFC 271254 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 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. PKZ197-280145- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A STRONG FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF REMAINS STATIONARY THROUGH WED NIGHT THEN WEAKENS THROUGH THU AND DISSIPATES EARLY FRI MORNING. A 961 MB LOW 278 NM SOUTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY WED AFTERNOON MOVES TO 50 NM NORTHEAST OF KODIAK CITY AT 968 MB EARLY THU MORNING...THEN MOVES INTO THE KENAI PENINSULA. $$ PKZ119-280145- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 50 KT BECOMING SE 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 26 FT DIMINISHING TO 20 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .THU...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ120-280145- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 45 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 24 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ121-280145- RESURRECTION BAY- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .THU...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING S 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ125-280145- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 35 KT. GUSTS TO 50 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE IN THE MORNING. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-280145- PORT VALDEZ- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE WIND TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-280145- VALDEZ NARROWS- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-280145- VALDEZ ARM- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-280145- PASSAGE CANAL- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .THU...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-280145- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 55 KT BECOMING E 40 KT LATE MORNING. SEAS 19 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ131-280145- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 55 KT BECOMING E 40 KT LATE MORNING. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ132-280145- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ136-280145- CHINIAK BAY- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-280145- MARMOT BAY- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN WITH SNOW. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ138-280145- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT BECOMING E 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN WITH SNOW. .THU...W WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ139-280145- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...STORM WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT LATE MORNING. SEAS 15 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-280145- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...N WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 10 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-280145- KACHEMAK BAY- 354 AM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 45 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$
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429 FZAK51 PAFC 280007 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 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. PKZ197-281245- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 961 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF SITKINAK WILL TRACK TO 40 NM SOUTHWEST OF SEWARD AT 969 MB THU MORNING...THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL MAINLAND THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-281245- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT DIMINISHING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ120-281245- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-281245- RESURRECTION BAY- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-281245- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-281245- PORT VALDEZ- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-281245- VALDEZ NARROWS- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-281245- VALDEZ ARM- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-281245- PASSAGE CANAL- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING. GUSTS TO 50 KT IN THE EARLY EVENING NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-281245- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ131-281245- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ132-281245- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ136-281245- CHINIAK BAY- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-281245- MARMOT BAY- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-281245- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 25 KT BY THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ139-281245- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-281245- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-281245- KACHEMAK BAY- 307 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
484 FZAK51 PAFC 280640 AAA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 UPDATED 127 130 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. PKZ197-281930- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 961 MB LOW 300 NM SOUTHEAST OF SITKINAK WILL TRACK TO 40 NM SOUTHWEST OF SEWARD AT 969 MB THU MORNING...THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL MAINLAND THU AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-281930- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 35 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 19 FT DIMINISHING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ120-281930- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-281930- RESURRECTION BAY- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING N 15 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-281930- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-281930- PORT VALDEZ- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-281930- VALDEZ NARROWS- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-281930- VALDEZ ARM- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-281930- PASSAGE CANAL- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING. GUSTS TO 50 KT IN THE EARLY EVENING NEAR WHITTIER. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...E WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-281930- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ131-281930- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 FT. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ132-281930- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ136-281930- CHINIAK BAY- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-281930- MARMOT BAY- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-281930- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .THU...W WIND 15 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 25 KT BY THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ139-281930- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-281930- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 7 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-281930- KACHEMAK BAY- 940 PM AKST WED JAN 27 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .THU NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
935 FZAK51 PAFC 281236 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 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. PKZ197-290200- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 967 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL WEAKEN TO 970 MB AS IT TRACKS NORTHWEST TO THE KENAI PENINSULA TODAY THEN DISSIPATES AS IT MOVES NORTH AND INLAND OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF FRI AND FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-290200- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ120-290200- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT HIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-290200- RESURRECTION BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-290200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE THIS MORNING. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-290200- PORT VALDEZ- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-290200- VALDEZ NARROWS- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-290200- VALDEZ ARM- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-290200- PASSAGE CANAL- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-290200- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ131-290200- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW 20 KT BECOMING W 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-290200- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ136-290200- CHINIAK BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-290200- MARMOT BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-290200- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ139-290200- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-290200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-290200- KACHEMAK BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
122 FZAK51 PAFC 281236 CCA CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 CORRECTED 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. PKZ197-290200- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 967 MB LOW 150 NM SOUTH OF CORDOVA WILL WEAKEN TO 970 MB AS IT TRACKS NORTHWEST TO THE KENAI PENINSULA TODAY THEN DISSIPATES AS IT MOVES NORTH AND INLAND OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF FRI AND FRI NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-290200- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SE WIND 40 KT BECOMING S 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ120-290200- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 20 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ121-290200- RESURRECTION BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING N 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-290200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...E WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 KT NEAR HINCHINBROOK ENTRANCE THIS MORNING. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ126-290200- PORT VALDEZ- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-290200- VALDEZ NARROWS- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ128-290200- VALDEZ ARM- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ129-290200- PASSAGE CANAL- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN AND SNOW. .FRI...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-290200- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ131-290200- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NW 20 KT BECOMING W 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ132-290200- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. $$ PKZ136-290200- CHINIAK BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ137-290200- MARMOT BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ138-290200- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ139-290200- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ140-290200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...SW WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. $$ PKZ141-290200- KACHEMAK BAY- 336 AM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT BECOMING W 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$
757 FZAK51 PAFC 290031 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 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. PKZ197-291330- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 976 MB LOW IN WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DRIFT EAST THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF FRI AND FRI NIGHT AND REMAIN THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-291330- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ120-291330- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ121-291330- RESURRECTION BAY- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI...N WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .FRI NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ125-291330- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-291330- PORT VALDEZ- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN. .FRI...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-291330- VALDEZ NARROWS- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-291330- VALDEZ ARM- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-291330- PASSAGE CANAL- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW AND RAIN. .FRI...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-291330- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ131-291330- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ132-291330- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. $$ PKZ136-291330- CHINIAK BAY- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ137-291330- MARMOT BAY- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-291330- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ139-291330- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ140-291330- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. RAIN. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 4 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-291330- KACHEMAK BAY- 331 PM AKST THU JAN 28 2016 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
553 FZAK51 PAFC 291233 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 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. PKZ197-300200- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A TROUGH ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WILL MOVE INLAND AND DISSIPATE THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF TODAY THROUGH SAT. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN GULF SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-300200- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 22 FT. $$ PKZ120-300200- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ121-300200- RESURRECTION BAY- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG. SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...N WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. $$ PKZ125-300200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. GUSTS TO 20 KT THIS MORNING. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-300200- PORT VALDEZ- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. SNOW SHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-300200- VALDEZ NARROWS- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-300200- VALDEZ ARM- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-300200- PASSAGE CANAL- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...W WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 25 KT DEVELOPING NEAR WHITTIER THIS MORNING. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. GUSTS TO 30 KT NEAR WHITTIER. FREEZING SPRAY. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ130-300200- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ131-300200- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 25 FT. $$ PKZ132-300200- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .TUE...E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 24 FT. $$ PKZ136-300200- CHINIAK BAY- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ137-300200- MARMOT BAY- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$ PKZ138-300200- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$ PKZ139-300200- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ140-300200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN THROUGH MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-300200- KACHEMAK BAY- 333 AM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
184 FZAK51 PAFC 300020 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 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. PKZ197-301345- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF LATE SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON. $$ PKZ119-301345- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ120-301345- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ121-301345- RESURRECTION BAY- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. HIGHER SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-301345- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-301345- PORT VALDEZ- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-301345- VALDEZ NARROWS- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-301345- VALDEZ ARM- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-301345- PASSAGE CANAL- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...W WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 25 KT NEAR WHITTIER IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 35 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...W WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-301345- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ131-301345- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-301345- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .SAT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT EXCEPT 20 KT N OF DANGEROUS CAPE. SEAS 15 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ136-301345- CHINIAK BAY- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-301345- MARMOT BAY- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-301345- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ139-301345- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-301345- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SAT NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-301345- KACHEMAK BAY- 320 PM AKST FRI JAN 29 2016 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
250 FZAK51 PAFC 301235 CWFAER COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE ALASKA 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 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. PKZ197-310200- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT EAST INTO THE EASTERN GULF ON SUN. A WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF SUN AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF SUN NIGHT. $$ PKZ119-310200- CAPE SUCKLING TO CAPE CLEARE- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...W WIND 15 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. $$ PKZ120-310200- CAPE CLEARE TO GORE POINT- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SUNDAY... .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT BECOMING E 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$ PKZ121-310200- RESURRECTION BAY- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS S OF CAINES HEAD. .SUN NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ125-310200- PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING E 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY MORNING FOG. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ126-310200- PORT VALDEZ- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ127-310200- VALDEZ NARROWS- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ128-310200- VALDEZ ARM- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ129-310200- PASSAGE CANAL- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...W WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35 KT NEAR WHITTIER DEVELOPING THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .WED...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ PKZ130-310200- WEST OF BARREN ISLANDS INCLUDING KAMISHAK BAY- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TONIGHT...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. .SUN...E WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$ PKZ131-310200- BARREN ISLANDS EAST- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. $$ PKZ132-310200- MARMOT ISLAND TO SITKINAK- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .TUE...E WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$ PKZ136-310200- CHINIAK BAY- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .MON...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. $$ PKZ137-310200- MARMOT BAY- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 FT BUILDING TO 14 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .MON...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$ PKZ138-310200- SHELIKOF STRAIT- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TODAY...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SUN...NE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .MON...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT. $$ PKZ139-310200- COOK INLET KALGIN ISLAND TO POINT BEDE- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...NE WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. FREEZING SPRAY. .SUN...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .TUE...NE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$ PKZ140-310200- COOK INLET NORTH OF KALGIN ISLAND- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 10 KT BECOMING NE 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING NE 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 1 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 2 FT. FREEZING SPRAY IN THE MORNING. .SUN NIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 3 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS IN ICE FREE WATERS 5 FT. $$ PKZ141-310200- KACHEMAK BAY- 335 AM AKST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SUNDAY... .TODAY...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT BECOMING S. SEAS 1 FT. PATCHY FOG. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...NE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TUE THROUGH WED...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$
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 26, 4:32 PM AKST, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 4:32 PM AKST, 11 hours 22 minutes before
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
432 PM AKST TUE JAN 26 2016
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
THE SYNOPTIC SETUP OVER THE AOR REMAINS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE PAST
FEW DAYS AS LOWS DEVELOPING AT THE BASE OF A BROAD LONGWAVE
TROUGH CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND
AMID STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW. A BLOCKING RIDGE OVER WESTERN NORTH
AMERICA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSISTENCE OF THE BROAD LONGWAVE
TROUGH OVER THE BERING SEA AND EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. A STRONG
ZONAL JET STREAK AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH HAS SUPPORTED
STRENGTHENING OF A NORTH PACIFIC LOW TRACKING TOWARDS THE GULF OF
ALASKA. AN INCREASING NEGATIVE TILT OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH THIS
MORNING INDICATES THE EMBEDDED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS NEAR ITS
PEAK INTENSITY AND WILL START TO WEAKEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD
AWAY FROM ITS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. A STORM FORCE FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE NORTH PACIFIC LOW IS APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN GULF. IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ONSHORE
WITHIN MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOWERS ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST.
MEANWHILE FURTHER WEST...A WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE
EASTERN BERING SEA IS ATTRIBUTING TO THE CONTINUATION OF A SHOWERY
REGIME OVER THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND AND THE BERING SEA. INLAND
AREAS OF THE BRISTOL BAY REGION ARE SEEING LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OUT
OF THIS SYSTEM WHILE COOLER SURFACE AIR IN THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA IS
KEEPING THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AS MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF BETHEL.
FURTHER WEST...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE ADVECTING IN A SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIRMASS OVER THE ALEUTIANS AND THE BERING SEA. BENIGN
SHOWERY CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THIS REGION AMID A LACK OF ANY
MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE.
&&
.MODEL DISCUSSION...
SYNOPTICALLY THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT
TO MID TERM. MODELS HAVE GENERALLY CONVERGED ON A SOLUTION THAT
TRACKS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF TO
THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE NAM IS STILL
SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN THE OTHER MODELS MOVING THIS FEATURE AND ITS
ASSOCIATE WARMER AIR NORTHWARD AND INLAND. WITH REGARD TO THE
PARENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...ALL MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
MATURE NORTH PACIFIC LOW WEAKENING AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. DIFFERENCES ARISE WITH THE
TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRIPLE POINT LOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. THE GEM AND THE NAM DEVELOP THE
SECONDARY LOW WEDNESDAY MORNING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE ALASKA
PENINSULA...WHILE THE GFS AND THE EC DEVELOP THE FEATURE WED NIGHT
IN THE BRISTOL BAY VICINITY. DIFFERENCES IN IMPACTS OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SECONDARY LOW WERE FAIRLY MINIMAL AND A GFS/EC
SOLUTION WAS PREFERRED SYNOPTICALLY THIS SYSTEM.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
A WEAK SHOWERY REGIME WILL START OFF THE EVENING FORECAST IN MOST
PLACES. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHING INLAND WILL PROVIDE SOME WEAK
FORCING FOR SHOWERS PUSHING INTO THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...WHILE A
LITTLE LESSER CHANCE EXISTS AROUND THE COOK INLET REGION. THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL SOUTH IN THE PACIFIC WILL SWING OVER THE
SOUTHERN MAINLAND. HOWEVER...AS THE PARENT LOW IS SO FAR
AWAY...THE FRONT WILL BE WEAKENING AND ELONGATING AS IT
APPROACHES. STEADY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE NORTH GULF COAST
OVERNIGHT WHILE SNOW IS EXPECTED TOWARD HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS
THOMPSON PASS AND TURNAGAIN PASS. CROSS BARRIER FLOW SHOULD
DOMINATE MOST OF THE COOK INLET REGION WITH DOWNSLOPE/MOISTURE
BLOCKING CONDITIONS. THAT BEING SAID...THE FRONT IS COMING FROM
PRETTY FAR FROM THE SOUTH AND HAS A GOOD TAP OF SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE. WITH SUCH A DEEP FRONTAL CIRCULATION A FEW SPRINKLES OR
FLURRIES COULD MAKE IT DOWN BUT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FRONT ON THE LEE-SIDE OF THE
CHUGACH. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES OVERNIGHT...MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL
REMAINS IN A CYCLONIC FLOW REGIME WITH THE MAJORITY OF
PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO THE NORTH GULF COAST AND DRYING INLAND.
EXPECT TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS. GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ALONG THE GULF COAST AND
COOK INLET...REMAINING ALONG THE GULF COAST THROUGH THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
AN INTENSE PACIFIC JET STREAM CONTINUES TO SPIN UP LOWS ALONG THE
EXIT OF THE JET STREAK...WHICH THEN MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST
ALASKA THROUGH THE ALASKA PENINSULA. A DISSIPATING LOW HAS NOW
MOVED OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA...KEEPING SOME SNOW AND RAIN
SHOWERS ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF ALASKA. WARMER WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO SWEEP THROUGH THE THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND THROUGH THE
EVENING AS THE LOW TRACKS PARALLEL TO THE COAST...BRINGING
PACIFIC AIR INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL COOL DOWN AS THE LOW CONTINUES MOVING NORTH
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANOTHER STORM FORCE LOW WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST ALASKA FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY
EASTERLY WINDS AND A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. AS IS
TYPICAL WITH THIS PATTERN...DOWNSLOPE FORCING WILL BE RATHER
PRONOUNCED WITH PRECIPITATION REMAINING ON THE LIGHT SIDE OVER THE
SOUTHWEST MAINLAND...EXCEPT IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS.
&&
.SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (DAYS 1 AND 2)...
MOST OF THE BERING CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN A RATHER PERSISTENT
PATTERN OF CYCLONIC AND NORTHEASTERLY FLOW...WITH A SERIES OF
NORTH PACIFIC LOWS MOVING OUT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC INTO THE
EASTERN BERING EVERY FEW DAYS. THIS GENERAL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY AS BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING DOMINATES THE
REGION. THE THERMAL GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL BERING
WITH WARMER AIR TO THE EAST...AND COLDER/UNSTABLE AIR TO THE
WEST. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE QUITE ACTIVE FROM THE WESTERN BERING TO
THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER
THE EASTERN BERING. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
ALASKA PENINSULA TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN OVER THE EASTERN BERING
THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS MAINLY TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
BERING/ALEUTIANS THROUGH THURSDAY.
&&
.LONG TERM FORECAST (DAYS 3 THROUGH 7)...
THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL REMAIN MUCH THE SAME THROUGH THIS TIME
PERIOD. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME SMALL NUANCES THAT WILL CAUSE A BIT
OF VARIATION TO THE SENSIBLE WEATHER. THE FIRST ITEM OF INTEREST
WILL BE THU EVENING INTO FRI MORNING. WITH ALL OF THE FRONTS
SLAMMING INTO THE GULF COAST AND EXPENDING MOST OF THEIR ENERGY
THERE...THE FLOW SHIFTS EVER-SO SLIGHTLY TO MORE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST AS SOME UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TRACKS THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL.
THIS COULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION TO MAKE
IT INTO COOK INLET. WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING RIGHT NEAR
FREEZING...THIS COULD BE YET ANOTHER MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT.
FOR RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW WITH AN
OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR SOME ACCUMULATION. OUT OVER THE BERING THIS
TIME...ONE LOW FILLS JUST OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST WHILE ANOTHER
TAKES SHAPE OVER THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS. THIS NEW LOW DOES NOT LOOK
OVERLY IMPRESSIVE WITH MAYBE SOME MINIMUM GALE-FORCE WINDS.
FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO 1ST WEEK OF FEBRUARY...MODELS ARE IN
ASTONISHINGLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A SHARP HIGH-AMPLITUDE RIDGE
WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF AK. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN SET
THE STAGE FOR MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE GULF COAST. A
SURFACE HIGH SHOULD ESTABLISH ITSELF UNDER THE RIDGE SOMEWHERE
NEAR THE COPPER RIVER BASIN. SO PLACES IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
BE WARM AND WET...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. AREAS LIKE GULKANA
AND PAXSON...UNDER THE HIGH...WILL BE CLEAR...COLD...AND DRY. AT
THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE ANCHORAGE WILL BE CAUGHT RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE TWO WITH JUST SOMEWHAT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND DRY
CONDITIONS AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...STORM 119 120 130 131 132 137 138 139.
GALE 125 127 136 140 141 150 155 160 177 181 185
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY 181 185.
&&
SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...RSD
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...RF
SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...TP
LONG TERM...MSOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:02 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Jan 26, 3:02 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Jan 26, 3:36 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 7 hr | |
| Jan 26, 10:22 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Jan 26, 10:22 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Jan 27, 2:55 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 5 days | |
| Jan 27, 2:55 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 60 hr | |
| Jan 27, 3:54 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 11 hr |
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