{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.61daeeecb1f588dc296ad6aaed86f118419d9ec2.034.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Small Craft Advisory issued July 20 at 3:24AM AKDT until July 21 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.61daeeecb1f588dc296ad6aaed86f118419d9ec2.034.1","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":195,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Small Craft Advisory: Small Craft Advisory issued July 20 at 3:24AM AKDT until July 21 at 5:00PM AKDT by NWS Anchorage AK\n\n**Severity:** Minor\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Kuskokwim Delta and Etolin Strait out to 15 NM\n**Issued by:** NWS Anchorage AK\n**Sent:** 2026-07-20T03:24:00-08:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-20T03:24:00-08:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-20T15:45:00-08:00\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.TODAY...S wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon.\nSeas 2 ft building to 5 ft in the afternoon.\n.TONIGHT...SE wind 20 kt increasing to 30 kt after midnight. Gusts\nto 40 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft building to 10 ft after midnight.\nRain showers.\n.TUE...SE wind 30 kt becoming SW 25 kt in the afternoon. Gusts to 40\nkt in the morning. Seas 10 ft subsiding to 5 ft in the afternoon.\nRain showers.\n.TUE NIGHT...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft.\n.WED...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft.\n.THU...W wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft.\n.FRI...W wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft."}