Small Craft Advisory
NWS Anchorage AK ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory 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. .TONIGHT...E wind increasing to 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt this evening, then diminishing to 10 kt after midnight. Seas building to 4 ft this evening, then subsiding to 2 ft after midnight. Rain. .THU...E wind 10 kt in the morning becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Widespread rain showers. .THU NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT AND SAT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.
Affected areas
- Passage Canal
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Anchorage AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m20s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M76FX5YJYMP0XAZ21J5VNBKN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0478daf1b1f4cfdc6e09175a8a34f37c8392a278.014.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Anchorage AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8999
- 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 112342 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFC.SC.Y.7711.261112T0200Z-261112T1400Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-12T05:00:00-09:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Passage Canal
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 058723 |
| UGC | PKZ723 |