Gale Warning
NWS Juneau AK ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 9 AM AKST Wednesday... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 9 AM To 3 PM AKST Wednesday... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 3 PM To 6 PM AKST Wednesday
- Event
- Gale Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the first Small Craft Advisory, east winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 6 to 11 ft. For the Gale Warning, south winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 6 to 11 ft expected. For the second Small Craft Advisory, seas 7 to 10 ft expected.
Where
Cross Sound.
When
For the first Small Craft Advisory, until 9 AM AKST Wednesday. For the Gale Warning, from 9 AM to 3 PM AKST Wednesday. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 3 PM to 6 PM AKST Wednesday.
Impacts
Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Additional details
Multiple gale force fronts will imapct the coastal waters from the Fairweather Grounds south to Dixon Entrance thru Wednesday. Winds may subside briefly at times for several hours but anticipate winds to increase to gale force as fronts move over.
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
- Cross Sound
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Juneau AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M73NJZR26MJ89F82J8J0ABC5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6aab059bb89403d4df38806998175ec3f627e20d.008.2
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Juneau AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAJK
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5136
- 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 | GLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWAJK |
| WMOidentifier | WHAK77 PAJK 102124 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST WEDNESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM AKST WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM AKST WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAJK.GL.W.0138.261111T1800Z-261112T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T15:00:00-09:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cross Sound
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058022 |
| UGC | PKZ022 |