Small Craft Advisory
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory issued September 15 at 2:37PM AKDT until September 16 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
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. .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt except SW 30 kt in the outer bay. Gusts to 30 kt except gusts to 40 kt in the outer bay. Seas 6 ft except 10 ft in the outer bay. .WED...SW wind 20 kt diminishing to 10 kt in the afternoon. In the outer bay, SW wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt in the afternoon. Gusts to 30 kt in the morning except gusts to 40 kt in the outer bay in the morning. Seas 5 ft subsiding to 3 ft in the afternoon except seas 8 ft subsiding to 6 ft in the afternoon in the outer bay. .WED NIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft building to 4 ft after midnight. .THU...S wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Affected areas
- Kachemak Bay
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KKGT03FASWD4Z71HBDSAY9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6d8c2aa845e1eb7004b773da024513d7ac100c61.025.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Anchorage AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7458
- WMO heading
- XOAK51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CWFAER |
| WMOidentifier | FZAK51 PAFC 152237 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.6441.260915T2200Z-260917T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T17:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Kachemak Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058741 |
| UGC | PKZ741 |