Gale Warning
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
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Details
Gale Warning Through Tonight
- Event
- Gale Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- 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...E wind 20 kt increasing to 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 ft building to 14 ft in the afternoon. Rain. .TONIGHT...SE wind 40 kt becoming S 25 kt after midnight. Seas 12 ft subsiding to 7 ft after midnight. Rain. .SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Rain showers. .SAT NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. .MON...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .TUE...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft.
Affected areas
- Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TD772EMCJSY8WP9AXJFW0P
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.414171dbeee3a6027ee787d38e3fc29dfa6da17a.002.1
- 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.2829
- 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 | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CWFAER |
| WMOidentifier | FZAK51 PAFC 181402 AAA |
| NWSheadline | GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.GL.W.7112.260918T1400Z-260919T1300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T05:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058710 |
| UGC | PKZ710 |