{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.32c5e4eefeb58223eb78c5f2e279013b25577e26.024.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Small Craft Advisory issued May 16 at 3:27AM AKDT until May 17 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.32c5e4eefeb58223eb78c5f2e279013b25577e26.024.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Anchorage AK"},"word_count":169,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Small Craft Advisory: Small Craft Advisory issued May 16 at 3:27AM AKDT until May 17 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK\n\n**Severity:** Minor\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Cook Inlet North Kalgin Island\n**Issued by:** NWS Anchorage AK\n**Sent:** 2026-05-16T03:27:00-08:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-16T03:27:00-08:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-16T16:00:00-08:00\n\n## Description\nCoastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast\nup to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet.\n\nWind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction\nexpected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest\none-third of the combined wind wave and swell height.\n\n.TODAY...NE wind 10 kt becoming E 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3\nft.\n.TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt becoming NE 30 kt after midnight. Seas 5\nft building to 8 ft after midnight.\n.SUN...NE wind 30 kt becoming E 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 ft\nsubsiding to 3 ft in the afternoon.\n.SUN NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft.\n.MON...NE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.\n.TUE...E wind 30 kt. Seas 7 ft.\n.WED...S wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft."}