Warning Vector

Small Craft Advisory

NWS Anchorage AK ยท US

New

Details

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...NW wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 25 kt in the evening becoming variable 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI THROUGH SAT...NW wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft.

Affected areas

  • Barren Islands East

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Anchorage AK

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~57s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M75AGTCP32MVQNBA64DDYEJC
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9387763a8893948702eb277a1502d2e925dbcb0c.016.1
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS Anchorage AK
AWIPS ID
CAPAFC
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.1151
WMO heading
XOAK51
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
Alaska (AK)
WMO bulletin number
51

Event codes

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceSCY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierCWFAER
WMOidentifierFZAK51 PAFC 111249
NWSheadlineSMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.6669.261111T1200Z-261112T1400Z/
eventEndingTime2026-11-12T05:00:00-09:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Barren Islands East
NameValue
SAME058731
UGCPKZ731