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Gale Warning
Issued: 11:40 AM Feb. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 15 to 25 kt
with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 9 to 14 ft. For the Gale
Warning, east winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 55 kt and
seas 16 to 21 ft expected.

* WHERE...Portions of Southeast Alaskan coastal waters.

* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 9 PM AKST this
evening. For the Gale Warning, from 9 PM this evening to 6 AM
AKST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 11:40 AM Feb. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 15 to 25 kt
with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 9 to 14 ft. For the Gale
Warning, east winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 55 kt and
seas 16 to 21 ft expected.

* WHERE...Portions of Southeast Alaskan coastal waters.

* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 9 PM AKST this
evening. For the Gale Warning, from 9 PM this evening to 6 AM
AKST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

High Wind Watch
Issued: 10:38 AM Feb. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM AKST EARLY THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 65 mph
possible.

* WHERE...Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait and City and
Borough of Sitka.

* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...High winds could blow around unsecured objects,
damage property and cause power outages. Travel by land, sea,
or air could be difficult.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure vessels and loose objects that could
be blown around or damaged by the wind.

&&

Marine Weather Statement
Issued: 6:27 AM Feb. 11, 2026 – National Weather Service
...STORM FORCE CONDITIONS BECOMING MORE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN
GULF OF ALASKA AND NEAR SHORE WATERS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA
THURSDAY...

Forecasters are closely watching a developing storm force low
that will be located near fifty six north latitude and one forty
five west longitude early Thursday morning, moving quickly into
the northeastern Gulf of Alaska by Friday morning. South to
southwesterly winds at storm force with gusts potentially to
hurricane force are becoming more probable in the eastern Gulf of
Alaska on Thursday. These winds will generate large southwesterly
seas, reaching 35 ft to potentially 40 ft Thursday over the
eastern Gulf of Alaska and near shore waters of southeast Alaska.
Mariners should make ready for storm force conditions from the
southwest by Thursday. Wind and seas begin to diminish Friday as
the low begins to weaken over the far northeastern Gulf of Alaska.


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