Small Craft Advisory
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
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Small Craft Advisory Wednesday
- 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 Southwest Alaska+Bristol Bay+The Alaska Peninsula Waters and the Aleutian Islands up to 100 nm out. 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 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt E of Saint Matthew Island...SE 20 kt W of Saint Matthew Island. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E of Saint Matthew Island, S wind 15 kt becoming SE 25 kt in the afternoon. W of Saint Matthew Island, SE wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 17 ft. .THU...NE wind 45 kt. Seas 21 ft. .FRI...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. .SAT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft.
Affected areas
- Saint Matthew Island Waters
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M34H1PM3S2N5CTD70VRAFX8M
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9c7bfd9175061fae459c7278487d6938b7c0863c.037.1
- 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.537
- WMO heading
- XOAK52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CWFALU |
| WMOidentifier | FZAK52 PAFC 221221 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.5392.260923T1300Z-260924T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T17:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Saint Matthew Island Waters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058767 |
| UGC | PKZ767 |