NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE TEXT PRODUCTS
             COASTAL FORECASTS by ZONE for ALASKA 
            

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COASTAL FORECASTS by ZONE for ALASKA

Please note that many zones will contain identical forecast information at times. 


These files may be found in directory:
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/marine/coastal/pk


Synopsis for SE Alaska inside waters (PKZ098)
  Glacier Bay (PKZ011)
  Northern Lynn Canal (PKZ012)
  Southern Lynn Canal (PKZ013)
  Icy Strait (PKZ021)
  Cross Sound (PKZ022)
  Stephens Passage (PKZ031)
  Northern Chatham Strait (PKZ032)
  Southern Chatham Strait (PKZ033)
  Fredrick Sound (PKZ034)
  Sumner Strait (PKZ035)
  Clarence Strait (PKZ036)

Synopsis for SE Alaska outside waters (PKZ099)
  Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision (PKZ041)
  Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe (PKZ042)
  Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather (PKZ043)
  Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape (PKZ051)
  Icy Cape to Cape Suckling (PKZ052)
  Yakutat Bay (PKZ053)

Synopsis for North Gulf of Alaska Coast waters (PKZ197)
  Cape Suckling to Gore Point (PKZ120)
  Resurrection Bay (PKZ121)
  Prince William Sound (PKZ125)
  Port Valdez (PKZ126/058126)
  Valdez Narrows (PKZ127)
  Valdez Arm (PKZ128/058128)
  Passage Canal (PKZ129)
  Barren Islands and Kamishak Bay Waters (PKZ130)
  Shuyak Island to Sitkinak (PKZ132)
  Chiniak Bay (PKZ136)
  Marmot Bay (PKZ137)
  Shelikof Strait (PKZ138)
  Cook Inlet, north of Kamishak Bay and English Bay (PKZ140)
  Kachemak Bay (PKZ141)

Synopsis for Southwest Alaska Coastal waters and Aleutian Islands (PKZ199)
  Coastal waters from South of Alaska Peninsula, Sitkinak to Castle Cape (PKZ150)
  Coastal waters from South of Alaska Peninsula, Castle Cape to Cape Sarichef, (PKZ155)
  Bristol Bay Waters Cape Newenham to Port Heiden (PKZ160)
  Port Heiden to Cape Sarichef (PKZ165)
  Eastern Aleutian Islands, Cape Sarichef to Nikolski (PKZ170)
  Unalaska Bay (PKZ171)
  Eastern Aleutian Islands, Nikolski to Adak (PKZ172)
  Western Aleutian Islands, Adak to Kiska (PKZ175)
  Western Aleutian Islands, Kiska to Attu (PKZ176)
  Pribilof Island Near-Shore Waters (PKZ179)
  Southwest Alaska Waters Cape Newenham to Dall Point (PKZ180)
  St. Matthews Island waters (PKZ185)

Synopsis for Northwest Alaskan Coast(PKZ299)
  Norton Sound (PKZ200)
  Dall Point to Wales(PKZ210)
  Kotzebue Sound(PKZ215)
  Wales to Cape Thompson (PKZ220)

Synopsis for Arctic Coast(PKZ298)
  Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort (PKZ225)
  Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin (PKZ230)
  Point Franklin to Cape Halkett (PKZ235)
  Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island (PKZ240)
  Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point (PKZ245)



Author: Timothy Rulon, Office of Marine and Coastal Services W/OS21, 
        National Weather Service
	  Last Modified Aug 27, 2008
        Document URL: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/marine9.txt
                      ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/fax/marine9.txt