Small Craft Advisory
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
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Small Craft Advisory Through Tonight
- 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...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft subsiding to 4 ft after midnight. Widespread rain showers. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Widespread rain showers. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE THROUGH WED...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Affected areas
- Central and Eastern Prince William Sound
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3F2S54EPWSMGWJ52FMK5R95
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ef23a71edbdb44af30e5d2c1972e8db004f12e9b.009.1
- 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.3769
- 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 261443 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.1761.260926T1400Z-260927T1300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T05:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Central and Eastern Prince William Sound
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058725 |
| UGC | PKZ725 |