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Small Craft Advisory

NWS Anchorage AK ยท US

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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

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

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceSCY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierCWFAER
WMOidentifierFZAK51 PAFC 152237
NWSheadlineSMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.6441.260915T2200Z-260917T0100Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-16T17:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Kachemak Bay
NameValue
SAME058741
UGCPKZ741