Small Craft Advisory
NWS Juneau AK ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 1 AM AKDT Wednesday... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 1 AM To 10 AM AKDT Wednesday... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 10 AM Wednesday To 4 AM AKDT Thursday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the first Small Craft Advisory, east winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 9 to 14 ft. For the Gale Warning, southeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 10 to 13 ft expected. For the second Small Craft Advisory, southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 7 to 11 ft expected.
Where
Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather from 15 to 85 NM.
When
For the first Small Craft Advisory, until 1 AM AKDT Wednesday. For the Gale Warning, from 1 AM to 10 AM AKDT Wednesday. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 10 AM Wednesday to 4 AM AKDT Thursday.
Impacts
Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Instructions
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather from 15 to 85 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Juneau AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35A2T4WFZSRXHV3S962TH8Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.700d3700ec4b378c446f4e2b19e09829faa8e59f.002.3
- 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.2642
- WMO heading
- XOAK57
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 57
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWAJK |
| WMOidentifier | WHAK77 PAJK 221939 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM AKDT THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAJK.SC.Y.0307.260923T1800Z-260924T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T04:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather from 15 to 85 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058664 |
| UGC | PKZ664 |