{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.39b555c97b7f6b0b889e14b0c7415baffe6e8b6c.011.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Gale Warning issued May 16 at 11:16AM AKDT until May 17 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Juneau AK","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-16","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.39b555c97b7f6b0b889e14b0c7415baffe6e8b6c.011.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Juneau AK"},"word_count":156,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Gale Warning: Gale Warning issued May 16 at 11:16AM AKDT until May 17 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Juneau AK\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape from 15 to 80 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Juneau AK\n**Sent:** 2026-05-16T11:16:00-08:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-16T11:16:00-08:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-17T05:30:00-08:00\n\n## Description\nSoutheast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to\nCape Suckling out 100 NM\n\nWind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction\nexpected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest\none-third of the combined windwave and swell height.\n\nUPDATED\n\n...GALE WARNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...\n\n.REST OF TODAY...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft.\n.TONIGHT...SE wind 25 kt increasing to gale force at 35 kt late.\nSeas 7 ft building to 13 ft late. Rain late.\n.SUN...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 18 ft. Rain.\n.SUN NIGHT...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 17 ft.\n.MON...S wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft.\n.TUE...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft.\n.WED...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft."}