{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.445a965cde051e1d77c73b340044f436a362e141.005.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Gale Warning issued May 17 at 2:43PM AKDT until May 19 at 5:00AM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-17","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.445a965cde051e1d77c73b340044f436a362e141.005.1","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":162,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Gale Warning: Gale Warning issued May 17 at 2:43PM AKDT until May 19 at 5:00AM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Castle Cape to Cape Tolstoi from 15 to 100 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Anchorage AK\n**Sent:** 2026-05-17T14:43:00-08:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-17T14:43:00-08:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T03:30:00-08:00\n\n## Description\nCoastal Waters Forecast for Southwest Alaska+Bristol Bay+The\nAlaska Peninsula Waters and the Aleutian Islands up to 100 nm out.\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.TONIGHT...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 12 ft.\n.MON...S wind 20 kt increasing to 35 kt in the afternoon.\nSeas 9 ft building to 15 ft in the afternoon. Rain.\n.MON NIGHT...SW wind 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt after midnight.\nSeas 17 ft subsiding to 12 ft after midnight.\n.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft.\n.WED THROUGH THU...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft.\n.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft."}