FZAK67 PAJK 100025 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144 WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU ALASKA 400 PM AST MON FEB 9 2004 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. PKZ398-101500- .SYNOPSIS FOR GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55N AND EAST OF 144 WEST... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN TO 965 MB AS IT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF ALASKA TONIGHT INTO TUE MORNING. THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE PANHANDLE EARLY TUE. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN GULF ALONG 140W TUE AFTERNOON INTO TUE NIGHT. A 1002 MB LOW WILL DEVELOP ON THIS FRONT TUE NIGHT AND MOVE NORTH INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF BY WED MORNING...THEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE ON WED. A DEEP LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF THU AS ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN GULF. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF THU INTO FRI...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER LOW TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF FRI INTO SAT. $$ PKZ310-101500- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 400 PM AST MON FEB 9 2004 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TUE MORNING... .TONIGHT...S WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 16 TO 20 FT. RAIN. .TUE...S WINDS 30 TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 TO 24 FT. RAIN. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 20 TO 24 FT. .WED...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 16 TO 20 FT. .WED NIGHT AND THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...RISING TO GALES TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 TO 16 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE GALES TO 40 KT. SEAS 17 TO 21 FT. .FRI...S GALES TO 40 KT. SEAS 17 TO 21 FT. .SAT...SE GALES TO 35 KT. $$