Warning Vector

Small Craft Advisory

NWS Juneau AK ยท US

New

Details

Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 7 AM To 6 PM AKDT Saturday

Event
Small Craft Advisory
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Minor
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

What

Southeast winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 7 to 10 ft expected.

Where

Yakutat Bay, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NM, Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe out to 15 NM and Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer out to 15 NM.

When

From 7 AM to 6 PM AKDT Saturday.

Impacts

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

Instructions

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

Affected areas

  • Yakutat Bay
  • Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NM
  • Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe out to 15 NM
  • Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer out to 15 NM

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Juneau AK

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~37s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M3DF2EKC118P039TBFHTTXHH
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bf9433c20a4ae9c15b32d2a340439cfdbafa272a.002.1
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.8996
WMO heading
XOAK57
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
Alaska (AK)
WMO bulletin number
57

Event codes

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceSCY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierMWWAJK
WMOidentifierWHAK77 PAJK 252340
NWSheadlineSMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM AKDT SATURDAY
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.PAJK.SC.Y.0310.260926T1500Z-260927T0200Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-26T18:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Yakutat Bay
  • Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NM
  • Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe out to 15 NM
  • Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer out to 15 NM
NameValue
SAME058053
SAME058641
SAME058642
SAME058643
UGCPKZ053
UGCPKZ641
UGCPKZ642
UGCPKZ643