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NWS Forecast

FZAK61 PAFC 140008
OFFAER

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKST MON FEB 13 2012

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.

PKZ399-141500-
400 PM AKST MON FEB 13 2012

SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA

A 992 MB LOW AT 59N 149W MOVES ONSHORE IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
TONIGHT AT 1000 MB. A STRONG WEATHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE WESTERN
GULF LATE TUE MORNING AND THEN MOVES OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA AND
MIDDLETON ISLAND LATE TUE NIGHT.



PKZ351-141500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W
400 PM AKST MON FEB 13 2012

GALE WARNING TUESDAY NIGHT


TONIGHT
W WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 17 FT.

TUE
S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

TUE NIGHT
SE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 12 FT. RAIN.

WED
S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 FT.

WED NIGHT
S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 17 FT.

THU
S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 17 FT.

FRI
S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT.

SAT
SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. 



PKZ352-141500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF
144W
400 PM AKST MON FEB 13 2012

GALE WARNING TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT


TONIGHT
W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT.

TUE
S WIND 25 KT BECOMING SE 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT.
RAIN.

TUE NIGHT
SE WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN.

WED
SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 16 FT.

WED NIGHT
S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT.

THU
SW WIND 40 KT. SEAS 18 FT.

FRI AND SAT
S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT.