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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
400 AM AKDT SAT MAY 18 2013

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W

WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WINDWAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.

PKZ398-190100-
400 AM AKDT SAT MAY 18 2013
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA...
A 996 MB LOW NEAR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WILL MOVE NE INTO YUKON
AND WEAKEN THROUGH SUN. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE PANHANDLE SAT. A WEAK LOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE
NORTHERN GULF SAT NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE BY LATE SUN AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN GULF SAT NIGHT WILL
EXPAND NE TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF THROUGH SUN NIGHT.

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PKZ310-190100-
GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES
WEST-
400 AM AKDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.TODAY...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 10
FT. S SWELL.
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. W SWELL.
.SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. W SWELL.
.SUN NIGHT...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 7 FT. W SWELL.
.MON...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 6 FT. S SWELL.
.TUE...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.

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