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Gale Warning 42, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 8, 2018, 3:55 PM AKST. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Jan 8, 2018, 3:55 PM AKST (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2018, 3:45 AM AKST
- In force
- 3 days
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- NWS Anchorage, AK
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513 FZAK51 PAFC 090055 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 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. PKZ197-091400- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1002 mb low 30 nm southwest of Middleton Island remains nearly stationary through Tue evening at 1004 mb then dissipates Tue night. A trough of low pressure moves into the southwestern Gulf Wed afternoon. $$ PKZ119-091400- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt becoming NE 15 kt after midnight. Near the coast, NE wind 30 kt. Gusts to 40 kt out of the Copper River Delta. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...NE wind 25 kt. Gusts to 45 kt out of the Copper River Delta. Seas 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Gusts to 35 kt out of the Copper River Delta. Seas 10 ft. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. $$ PKZ120-091400- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind increasing to 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 17 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. $$ PKZ121-091400- Resurrection Bay- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .TONIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ125-091400- Prince William Sound- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ126-091400- Port Valdez- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt early becoming 25 kt. Seas building to 5 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ127-091400- Valdez Narrows- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind increasing to 40 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ128-091400- Valdez Arm- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind increasing to 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ129-091400- Passage Canal- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming W 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. Patchy freezing fog. .TUE...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU THROUGH SAT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ130-091400- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...GALE WARNING TUESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind increasing to 30 kt. Seas building to 10 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. .THU...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ131-091400- Barren Islands East- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .WED...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. $$ PKZ132-091400- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE wind increasing to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. .WED...E wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 17 ft. .SAT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft. $$ PKZ136-091400- Chiniak Bay- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming E 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SAT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ137-091400- Marmot Bay- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming E 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 7 ft after midnight. .WED AND WED NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ138-091400- Shelikof Strait- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas increasing to 7 ft. .TUE...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ139-091400- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt in the evening increasing to 30 kt. Seas building to 8 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .WED AND WED NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ140-091400- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TUESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt after midnight. Seas in ice free waters 2 ft building to 4 ft after midnight. .TUE...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Freezing spray. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. $$ PKZ141-091400- Kachemak Bay- 355 PM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$
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361 FZAK51 PAFC 091300 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 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. PKZ197-100200- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1001 mb low 100 nm southeast of Middleton Island remains nearly stationary as it weakens and dissipates by Wed morning. A 995 mb low 325 nm south of Akhiok Wed morning moves to 140 nm south of Akhiok and dissipates by Thu morning. $$ PKZ119-100200- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt. Gusts to 40 kt out of the Copper River Delta. Seas 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .THU...E wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 19 ft. $$ PKZ120-100200- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .WED...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. $$ PKZ121-100200- Resurrection Bay- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TODAY...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray in the morning. .TONIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ125-100200- Prince William Sound- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TODAY...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ126-100200- Port Valdez- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt diminishing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Gusts to 35 kt near Valdez in the early morning. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU THROUGH SAT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ127-100200- Valdez Narrows- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE wind 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt in the late afternoon. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...N wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ128-100200- Valdez Arm- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt in the late afternoon. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ129-100200- Passage Canal- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TODAY...W wind 10 kt in the morning becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ130-100200- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt in the morning. Seas 12 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. .THU...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 8 ft. $$ PKZ131-100200- Barren Islands East- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .WED...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. $$ PKZ132-100200- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. .WED...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 17 ft. $$ PKZ136-100200- Chiniak Bay- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TODAY...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ137-100200- Marmot Bay- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TODAY...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 7 ft after midnight. .WED...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. $$ PKZ138-100200- Shelikof Strait- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ139-100200- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. Heavy Freezing spray in the morning. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .THU...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ140-100200- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray in the morning. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. .THU THROUGH FRI...N wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 9 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. $$ PKZ141-100200- Kachemak Bay- 400 AM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TODAY...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$
529 FZAK51 PAFC 100040 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 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. PKZ197-101400- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET...A 1003 mb low 140 nm Southeast of Middleton Island dissipates Wed afternoon. A front pushes across the Gulf by Thu afternoon. A 993 mb North Pacific low moves to 115 nm Southeast of Chignik at 986 mb Wed evening and dissipates Thu morning. A 977 mb North Pacific low moves to 235 nm Southeast of Chignik for Thu afternoon. $$ PKZ119-101400- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Gusts to 40 kt out of the Copper River Delta in the evening. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 35 kt. Seas 19 ft. $$ PKZ120-101400- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas building to 9 ft. .WED...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...E wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. $$ PKZ121-101400- Resurrection Bay- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TONIGHT...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow showers. .WED NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ125-101400- Prince William Sound- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ126-101400- Port Valdez- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ127-101400- Valdez Narrows- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ128-101400- Valdez Arm- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ129-101400- Passage Canal- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TONIGHT...W wind 10 kt in the evening becoming variable wind less than 10 kt. Gusts to 15 kt near Whittier in the evening. Seas 2 ft. .WED...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ130-101400- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. $$ PKZ131-101400- Barren Islands East- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .WED...E wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Snow and rain. .THU...E wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. $$ PKZ132-101400- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 14 ft. .WED...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain. .WED NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 17 ft. .SUN...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 17 ft. $$ PKZ136-101400- Chiniak Bay- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas building to 4 ft. .WED...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain and snow. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ137-101400- Marmot Bay- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 7 ft after midnight. .WED...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Snow and rain. .WED NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Snow and rain. .THU AND THU NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ138-101400- Shelikof Strait- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...GALE WARNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas building to 11 ft. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Snow. .THU...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ139-101400- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ140-101400- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray and patchy freezing fog. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 8 ft. .FRI...N wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. $$ PKZ141-101400- Kachemak Bay- 340 PM AKST Tue Jan 9 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$
168 FZAK51 PAFC 101302 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 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. PKZ197-110200- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 996 mb low in the southcentral Gulf dissipates tonight. A front in the southwestern Gulf will move into the northern Gulf Fri morning. The associated 964 mb low develops in the Northern Pacific Fri morning. $$ PKZ119-110200- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Snow showers. .THU...E wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. .FRI...E wind 45 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 35 kt. Seas 21 ft. $$ PKZ120-110200- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing spray. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. Snow showers. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Freezing spray. Snow with rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. $$ PKZ121-110200- Resurrection Bay- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TODAY...N wind less than 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SUN...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ125-110200- Prince William Sound- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ126-110200- Port Valdez- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TODAY...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ127-110200- Valdez Narrows- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...N wind 35 kt diminishing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ128-110200- Valdez Arm- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ129-110200- Passage Canal- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TODAY...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ130-110200- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ131-110200- Barren Islands East- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 12 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 13 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. $$ PKZ132-110200- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Rain. .THU...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 17 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. $$ PKZ136-110200- Chiniak Bay- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain and snow showers. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Rain. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft subsiding to 4 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ137-110200- Marmot Bay- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 7 ft building to 11 ft after midnight. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft subsiding to 4 ft in the afternoon. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ138-110200- Shelikof Strait- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. .FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ139-110200- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ140-110200- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...N wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 8 ft. .FRI...N wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 5 ft. $$ PKZ141-110200- Kachemak Bay- 402 AM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TODAY...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow showers. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$
943 FZAK51 PAFC 110044 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 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. PKZ197-111400- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A front over the southern Gulf will move to the north Gulf coast Thu afternoon and hold stationary through Fri. Another stronger front will enter the southwest Gulf Thu night and move to the northern Gulf on Fri. A North Pacific low will move to 150 nm South of Sitkinak Fri afternoon at 968 mb. $$ PKZ119-111400- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 21 ft. .SUN...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .MON...E wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft. $$ PKZ120-111400- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Snow and rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 13 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. $$ PKZ121-111400- Resurrection Bay- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TONIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ125-111400- Prince William Sound- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 6 ft in the afternoon. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Snow and rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ126-111400- Port Valdez- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .THU...NE wind increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ127-111400- Valdez Narrows- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ128-111400- Valdez Arm- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ129-111400- Passage Canal- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ130-111400- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray in the morning near Kamishak Bay. Snow and rain. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain with snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ131-111400- Barren Islands East- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 40 kt becoming SE 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 13 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 9 ft building to 14 ft after midnight. Rain. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 15 ft. $$ PKZ132-111400- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...SE wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. .MON...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 13 ft. $$ PKZ136-111400- Chiniak Bay- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 9 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ137-111400- Marmot Bay- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 10 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ138-111400- Shelikof Strait- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ139-111400- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ140-111400- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 8 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. $$ PKZ141-111400- Kachemak Bay- 344 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$
920 FZAK51 PAFC 110751 AAA CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast...UPDATED National Weather Service Anchorage AK 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 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. PKZ197-112015- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A front over the southern Gulf will move to the north Gulf coast Thu afternoon and hold stationary through Fri. Another stronger front will enter the southwest Gulf Thu night and move to the northern Gulf on Fri. A North Pacific low will move to 150 nm South of Sitkinak Fri afternoon at 968 mb. $$ PKZ119-112015- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 21 ft. .SUN...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .MON...E wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft. $$ PKZ120-112015- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. Snow and rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 13 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. $$ PKZ121-112015- Resurrection Bay- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TONIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .THU...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...N wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ125-112015- Prince William Sound- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft building to 6 ft in the afternoon. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Snow and rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ126-112015- Port Valdez- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .THU...NE wind increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ127-112015- Valdez Narrows- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...N wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ128-112015- Valdez Arm- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ129-112015- Passage Canal- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ130-112015- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray in the morning near Kamishak Bay. Snow and rain. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain with snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ131-112015- Barren Islands East- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 40 kt becoming SE 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 13 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 9 ft building to 14 ft after midnight. Rain. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 15 ft. $$ PKZ132-112015- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...SE wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. .MON...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 13 ft. $$ PKZ136-112015- Chiniak Bay- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 9 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ137-112015- Marmot Bay- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 10 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .THU NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ138-112015- Shelikof Strait- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .THU...E wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 12 ft. Rain and snow. .THU NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ139-112015- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 12 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ140-112015- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING THROUGH THURSDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 8 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. $$ PKZ141-112015- Kachemak Bay- 1051 PM AKST Wed Jan 10 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. .THU...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$
501 FZAK51 PAFC 111257 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 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. PKZ197-120200- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A front in the northern Gulf will dissipate tonight. A second front will enter the southwestern Gulf tonight, then move into the northeastern Gulf Fri afternoon. A 959 mb North Pacific low will then approach the southern Gulf Sat morning. $$ PKZ119-120200- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E wind 35 kt increasing 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas 18 ft. Rain and snow. .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain with snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 20 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 23 ft. .SAT...E wind 50 kt. Seas 25 ft. .SUN...E wind 35 kt. Seas 20 ft. .MON...E wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft. $$ PKZ120-120200- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E wind 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 17 ft. Snow with rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 13 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 18 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 25 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 21 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 15 ft. $$ PKZ121-120200- Resurrection Bay- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY... .TODAY...N wind increasing to 20 kt, then diminishing to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...N wind 10 kt increasing to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft building to 4 ft after midnight. Snow. .FRI...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT...N wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ125-120200- Prince William Sound- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas building to 9 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 7 ft. Snow and rain. .FRI...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ126-120200- Port Valdez- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 .TODAY...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ127-120200- Valdez Narrows- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 4 ft. Heavy freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ128-120200- Valdez Arm- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ129-120200- Passage Canal- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 .TODAY...E wind increasing to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .FRI...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Snow. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ130-120200- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 45 kt. Seas 18 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .TONIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain with snow. .FRI...E wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 22 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ131-120200- Barren Islands East- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...E wind 35 kt becoming SE 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Rain and snow. .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. Rain. .FRI...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 23 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 21 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 14 ft. $$ PKZ132-120200- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt increasing to 35 kt S of Dangerous Cape in the afternoon. Seas 12 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SAT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 26 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 22 ft. .MON...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 14 ft. $$ PKZ136-120200- Chiniak Bay- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt. Gusts to 35 kt in the early morning. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain. .FRI...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft subsiding to 4 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ137-120200- Marmot Bay- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 20 kt. Gusts to 35 kt in the early morning. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Rain. .FRI...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft subsiding to 4 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ138-120200- Shelikof Strait- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt in the morning. Seas 10 ft. Snow. .TONIGHT...E wind increasing to 35 kt in the evening. Seas 14 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ139-120200- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SUN...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ140-120200- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING TODAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 8 ft. Heavy freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 8 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 7 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. $$ PKZ141-120200- Kachemak Bay- 357 AM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TODAY...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Freezing spray. .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$
424 FZAK51 PAFC 120010 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 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. PKZ197-121245- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A front along the north Gulf coast will remain stationary through Fri. A second front will enter the southwestern Gulf this evening and merge with the existing front over the northern Gulf on Fri afternoon, then weaken Fri night. Yet another front will quickly cross the Gulf on Sat. $$ PKZ119-121245- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...STORM WARNING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain with snow. .FRI...E wind 40 kt increasing to 50 kt in the afternoon. Seas 21 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 50 kt. Seas 25 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 25 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 25 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .MON...E wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft. .TUE...E wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. $$ PKZ120-121245- Cape Cleare to Gore Point- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 25 kt increasing to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 14 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 20 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 22 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 26 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 25 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 21 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 15 ft. .TUE...E wind 20 kt. Seas 12 ft. $$ PKZ121-121245- Resurrection Bay- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N wind 10 kt increasing to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft building to 4 ft after midnight. Snow with rain. .FRI...N wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft. Rain. .SAT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN THROUGH TUE...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ125-121245- Prince William Sound- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 9 ft. Snow and rain. .FRI...E wind 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ126-121245- Port Valdez- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray in the morning. Snow and rain. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .SAT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN THROUGH TUE...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ127-121245- Valdez Narrows- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 4 ft. Freezing spray in the morning. Snow and rain. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow and rain. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ128-121245- Valdez Arm- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain. .SAT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ129-121245- Passage Canal- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow. .FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Snow and rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain and snow. .SAT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ130-121245- West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 45 kt. Seas 18 ft. Rain with snow. .FRI...NE wind 45 kt. Seas 19 ft subsiding to 14 ft in the afternoon. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 45 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 11 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ131-121245- Barren Islands East- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt increasing to 45 kt after midnight. Seas 12 ft building to 17 ft after midnight. Rain. .FRI...E wind 45 kt diminishing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 19 ft. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 50 kt. Seas 26 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 45 kt. Seas 23 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 21 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...E wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. $$ PKZ132-121245- Marmot Island to Sitkinak- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain. .FRI...SE wind 15 kt becoming NE 25 kt in the afternoon. N of Dangerous Cape, SE wind 30 kt becoming E 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 16 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 27 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 26 ft. .SUN...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 22 ft. .MON...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 14 ft. .TUE...E wind 15 kt. Seas 12 ft. $$ PKZ136-121245- Chiniak Bay- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain. .FRI...SE wind 25 kt becoming NE 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 ft subsiding to 4 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .MON...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ137-121245- Marmot Bay- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. Rain. .FRI...SE wind 30 kt becoming NE 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 12 ft subsiding to 7 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ138-121245- Shelikof Strait- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 35 kt becoming NE 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 10 ft subsiding to 7 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain. .SAT...E wind 45 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ139-121245- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 11 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. Freezing spray. Snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SAT...NE wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SUN...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ140-121245- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 9 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 10 ft. Freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 10 ft. .SAT...NE wind 30 kt. Seas in ice free waters 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas in ice free waters 6 ft. .SUN THROUGH TUE...N wind 15 kt. Seas in ice free waters 4 ft. $$ PKZ141-121245- Kachemak Bay- 310 PM AKST Thu Jan 11 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Snow. .FRI...E wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain and snow. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON THROUGH TUE...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Jan 8, 4:19 AM AKST, 11 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 4:19 AM AKST, 11 hours 36 minutes before
Southcentral and Southwest Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Anchorage AK
419 AM AKST Mon Jan 8 2018
.ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS...
The upper level pattern remains in a weak, discombobulated mess
with a number of features affecting portions of the area. For
mainland Alaska, the main feature of note is a building upper
level high moving south out of the Arctic. The ridging has caused
the upper flow over Southcentral to turn to a rare clockwise
east to northeasterly flow. The primary effect of this in
conjunction with the approach of upper level troughing over the
Yukon is to advect some bitterly cold air southwestward into the
Copper River Basin. The cold will settle in over the next couple
days, more on that below. Elsewhere, the subsidence associated
with the clockwise flow is keeping the weather quiet as regards
precipitation. However, this same pattern favors localized
development of fog and low stratus. This is especially true in
Southwest Alaska, where a number of sites from Bethel to Naknek
are reporting dense fog. Weak flow will keep this moisture largely
in place.
Over the Bering, all eyes are on a powerful nearly vertically
stacked low located south of Adak this morning. The low is
producing widespread gales and even some localized storms through
the Aleutians between Dutch Harbor and Adak. The front and the
strongest winds are moving east into the eastern Aleutians.
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.MODEL DISCUSSION...
The models remain in excellent agreement through the next couple
days. All the models agree on very cold air moving into the Copper
River Basin, which will then drain through the Matanuska Valley,
Thompson Pass, and the Copper River Delta in the form of strong,
gusty winds. Elsewhere, the winds will be relatively light and
offshore, keeping conditions dry. The models are also tracking the
very strong low over the Aleutians very well. The NAM was used
once again for updates with this forecast package and confidence
is high once again. Short-term challenges remain forecasting the
fog and low stratus currently affecting portions of Southwest
Alaska, whether fog develops from Anchorage south through Kenai,
how strong the gap winds will be, and how cold it gets through the
Copper River Basin.
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.AVIATION...
PANC...VFR conditions and light winds will persist through much of
the day. Fog will be in the vicinity of the airport and may
briefly impact ceilings and visibilities through the morning. This
evening, down-Inlet winds will gradually increase in intensity
with the approach of a front from the south and cold air builds
in the Copper River Basin, accelerating the Matanuska Valley winds
across west Anchorage.
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.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (Days 1 and 2)...
As high pressure builds in over Southcentral through Wednesday,
an upper level trough will dig down from NW Canada across the
ALCAN border bringing strong northerly flow. The trough will bring
polar air from interior NW Canada into Alaska, which will bleed
into the Copper River Basin and interior sections of Southcentral.
The coldest air will be located over the Copper River Basin where
temperatures could drop to -40 F Wednesday morning. The large
thermal gradient between cold dry air in the interior and
relatively mild moist air near the coast will drive strong
northerly to northeasterly gap winds across the region, including
through the Matanuska Valley, Valdez, and out of the Copper River
Delta. Increasing cyclonic flow over the northern Gulf combined
with cold air over warm water will increase instability, leading
to some showers over the Gulf. Some of these showers will reach
Kodiak Island and the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula later
today, and northward through the eastern Kenai Tuesday and Tuesday
night.
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.SHORT TERM FORECAST SOUTHWEST ALASKA (Days 1 through 3)...
(Today through Wednesday evening)
Early this morning, Southwest Alaska remains sandwiched between a
very strong area of surface high pressure across the Arctic, and
a strong area of low pressure located just south of the central
Aleutians. The pressure gradient between these two intense systems
is allowing for two things two happen. The first being an
offshore flow pattern has developed, which in turn is allowing
much colder air to drain into both the lower and upper portions of
the Kuskokwim Delta. The other benefit of this wind direction is
fog formation will be much more localized, if it develops at all,
due to frictional heating via the down-sloping effects which help
to dry out the air. This pattern looks to hold for the next few
days.
Otherwise the main item of interest will be chances of
precipitation for the Tuesday through Wednesday morning time
frame, mainly for coastal locations. The numerical models have
trended further south with the track of the Aleutian low compared
to yesterday, thus its associated surface front struggles to swing
northward while undergoing frontolysis (the dissipation of a
front), which in turn reduces any surface convergence to act as a
source of lift. However, some upper-level spokes of vorticity
rotating around the low may be just enough to allow for some
showery type precipitation to develop.
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.SHORT TERM FORECAST BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS (Days 1 through 3)...
(Today through Wednesday evening)
A strong area of low pressure continues to spin just south of
Adak, with strong winds currently affecting much of the chain and
surrounding waters. As expected, rainfall intensity has been of
moderate intensity, with some visibility reductions noted.
Overall, not much has changed with the previous model runs, as
they mainly keep the low wobbling in place through tonight,
before weakening Tuesday as it heads out of the region to the
southeast. However, another developing storm will move into the
area from the west Tuesday night into Wednesday, with the original
low getting absorbed into the system in an inverted trough-like
fashion. This will maintain at least showery type precipitation
across all of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Chain for the next few
days.
As for the strength of the winds, look for a gradual decrease in
wind speeds to commence through the next 24 hours for both the
land and marine zones, with the exception being the Pribilof
Islands, as they'll see a rapid increase over the next several
hours due to the approaching front mentioned in the Southwest
Alaska portion of the discussion. Heading into Tuesday through
Wednesday, a continued decrease in wind speeds are expected as the
stronger winds will be located well south of the forecast area,
closer to the position of the jet stream.
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.LONG TERM FORECAST (Days 3 through 7)...
The long term forecast period begins Tuesday night with a high
latitude blocking high over the interior and a broad upper trough
extending across the Pacific Ocean to the eastern Bering Sea. The
main jet energy will remain well to the south of the AOR with the
blocking high acting as the main dominant weather feature for
Alaska. Expect a return to colder than average mainland
temperatures, especially in prone low lying areas and basins. Any
precipitation will be relegated to coastal regions like Kodiak and
the North Gulf Coast through Wednesday night.
Thereafter, the North Pacific jet will begin to shift the overall
trough position farther eastward. This will eventually result in
increasing cyclogenesis and more southerly flow Thursday through
the weekend. There will be a noticeable uptick in frontal
progression northward with increasing chances of coastal
precipitation (probably turning to predominantly rain as it warms
up by the weekend). Inland areas will gradually warm up as well as
clouds increase and mid level temperatures warm dramatically.
Precipitation looks to remain low, however, as cross-barrier flow
will likely play a strong role with this pattern. This means
stormy weather is likely for the immediate coast Thursday and
beyond.
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.AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...None.
MARINE...Gale Warning 127 155 165 170-180 185 411-414
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 180 181
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SYNOPSIS AND MODEL DISCUSSION...JPW
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA...BL
SOUTHWEST ALASKA/BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS...PD
LONG TERM...JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:32 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 14 days | |
| Jan 8, 3:55 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:55 PM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 71 hr | |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AFC | 35 hr | |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 6 days | |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 59 hr | |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM AKST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | AFC | 11 hr |
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