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OFFAER

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
400 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

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.

PKZ399-101500-
400 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA...
A 974 MB LOW NEAR 54N 140W WILL MOVE TO NEAR 59N 146W AT 989 MB
FRIDAY MORNING THEN WILL DISSIPATE OVER THE KENAI PENINSULA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. A 980 MB LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL MOVE NORTH
AND DISSIPATE NEAR 57N 150W FRI NIGHT.

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PKZ351-101500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE NORTH OF 57N AND WEST OF 144W
400 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...E OF 147W...NE WIND 35 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. W OF 147W...NE WIND 25 KT BECOMING W 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 13 FT. RAIN.
.FRI...E OF 147W...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING E 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. W
OF 147W...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13
FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WIND 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 17 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN.
.SAT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. 
.SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. 
.MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. 
.TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT.  

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PKZ352-101500-
GULF OF ALASKA OFFSHORE SOUTH OF 57N NORTH OF 55N AND WEST OF
144W
400 PM AKST THU FEB 9 2012

...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...E OF 147W...N WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
W OF 147W...NE WIND 20 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 13
FT. RAIN.
.FRI...SW WIND 25 KT BECOMING E 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 
11 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. PATCHY FOG. RAIN.
.SAT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 26 FT. 
.SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 24 FT. 
.MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 18 FT. 
.TUE...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT.  

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JAM