Small Craft Advisory

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Small Craft Advisory Wednesday

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-16 04:04:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-16 13:00:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-16 15:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-17 01:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

Southeast Alaska Inside Waters from Dixon Entrance to Skagway Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. Showers in the morning. .WED NIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...Light winds. Seas 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .FRI...E wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SAT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft.

Affected areas

Cross Sound

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Juneau AK
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-16 04:05:10 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m11s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Alert
Lifecycle: New
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2M67P6NK0BZECPXD1Y9HKBH
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.93e579084f5c37cfa6a4808c4660c695fac806e7.006.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Juneau AK
AWIPS ID: CAPAJK
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.5918
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	CWFAJK
WMOidentifier	FZAK51 PAJK 160404 AAA
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.NEW.PAJK.SC.Y.1767.260916T1300Z-260917T0100Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-16T17:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS

Locations

Location data

Cross Sound

Name	Value
SAME	058022
UGC	PKZ022