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* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 12 to 17 ft expected. * WHERE...Cross Sound. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Where it happened
Southern Chatham Strait
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- certainty
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- Small Craft Advisory
- areas
- Cross Sound
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* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 12 to 17 ft expected. * WHERE...Cross Sound. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 13 to 18 ft expected. * WHERE...Yakutat Bay. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt expected. * WHERE...Southern Lynn Canal. * WHEN...Until 10 AM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt expected. For the Gale Warning, southeast winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 50 kt and seas 6 to 8 ft expected. For the second Small Craft Advisory, southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt expected. * WHERE...Northern Lynn Canal. * WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, until 7 AM AKDT Sunday. For the Gale Warning, from 7 AM Sunday to 10 AM AKDT Monday. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 10 AM to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 10 to 15 ft. * WHERE...Southern Chatham Strait. * WHEN...Until 10 PM AKDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 10 to 15 ft expected. * WHERE...Southern Chatham Strait. * WHEN...Until 10 PM AKDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 13 to 18 ft expected. * WHERE...Yakutat Bay. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 12 to 17 ft expected. * WHERE...Cross Sound. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt expected. * WHERE...Southern Lynn Canal. * WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt expected. For the Gale Warning, southeast winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 50 kt and seas 6 to 8 ft expected. For the second Small Craft Advisory, southeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt expected. * WHERE...Northern Lynn Canal. * WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, from 4 PM this afternoon to 7 AM AKDT Sunday. For the Gale Warning, from 7 AM Sunday to 10 AM AKDT Monday. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 10 AM to 4 PM AKDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 10 to 15 ft expected. * WHERE...Southern Chatham Strait. * WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, until 7 AM AKDT this morning. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 4 PM this afternoon to 7 PM AKDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.