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...N wind increasing to 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .MON...N wind 10 kt becoming NE wind 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 1 ft. Rain showers. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 1 ft. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
Affected areas
- Valdez Narrows
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m14s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Z6N7KQC3HBG73984RK61XN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bce1c0b7217074ff4724e8da738152eabc370946.012.1
- 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.8252
- 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 | CWFAER |
| WMOidentifier | FZAK51 PAFC 201043 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.5217.260920T1300Z-260921T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T17:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Valdez Narrows
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058721 |
| UGC | PKZ721 |