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FZAK61 PAFC 152314
OFFAER

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 15 2013

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF ALASKA WEST OF 144W

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.

PKZ399-161500-
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 15 2013
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...
A 997 MB LOW NEAR 54N 157W WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO 60N 148W AT 995 MB
BY FRI AFTERNOON.
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PKZ351-161500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 15 2013

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 10 FT. RAIN AND SNOW.
.THU...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 12 FT. RAIN AND SNOW.
.THU NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN.
.FRI...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT.
.SAT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 12 FT.
.SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT.
.MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.

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GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF 144W
400 PM AKDT WED MAY 15 2013

.TONIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. RAIN.
.THU...SE WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 11 FT. PATCHY FOG.
.THU NIGHT...E OF 149W...S WIND 15 KT. W OF 149W...S WIND 15 KT
BECOMING W 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 FT. PATCHY FOG.
.FRI...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT.
.SAT...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT.
.SUN...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT.
.MON...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT.

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