Warning Vector

Small Craft Advisory

NWS Anchorage AK ยท US

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Small Craft Advisory Today

Event
Small Craft Advisory
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
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. .TODAY...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. .TONIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...SE wind 10 kt becoming S 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...NE wind 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
Issue to receipt
~1m1s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2MWRT3560PC497Y5EP8HDXB
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a1408ece29fe41597aba97c29c9d6654b973a098.025.1
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.7850
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 161038
NWSheadlineSMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.1468.260916T1300Z-260917T0100Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-16T17:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Kachemak Bay
NameValue
SAME058741
UGCPKZ741