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NWS Forecast

FZAK61 PAFC 240008
OFFAER

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W

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.

PKZ399-241500-
400 PM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA

A 975 MB LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN COOK INLET WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT.
TUE EVENING...A 978 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP NEAR 57N 148W AND DRIFT
NORTH TO NEAR 60N 148W AND THEN MOVE INLAND WED NIGHT.



PKZ351-241500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W
400 PM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

GALE WARNING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT


TONIGHT
SW WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
16 FT. RAIN SHOWERS.

TUE
SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
15 FT. RAIN.

TUE NIGHT
E WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
17 FT. RAIN.

WED
W WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

WED NIGHT
SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT.

THU
S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT.

FRI
S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

SAT
E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT. 



PKZ352-241500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF
144W
400 PM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

GALE WARNING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT


TONIGHT
SW WIND 30 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18
FT.

TUE
E WIND 30 KT BECOMING NE 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT.
RAIN.

TUE NIGHT
S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT. RAIN.

WED
W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT.

WED NIGHT
SW WIND 45 KT. SEAS 22 FT.

THU
SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT.

FRI
S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT.

SAT
E WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. 



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