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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
National Weather Service ANCHORAGE AK
531 AM AKDT Tue Sep 17 2024


AKZ181-185-180900-
Alaska Peninsula-Eastern Aleutians-
Including the cities of Cold Bay, Sand Point, Unalaska, 
and Nikolski
531 AM AKDT Tue Sep 17 2024

...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS FOR THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS AND
ALASKA PENINSULA THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...

A strong storm system is moving across the Pribilof Islands this
morning and is expected to continue through the eastern Bering Sea 
toward Bristol Bay through tonight. The strongest winds and 
highest wave heights remain on track for this morning.

Southwesterly to westerly wind gusts of 55 to 65 mph and wave
heights of 15 to 25 ft are expected for the eastern Aleutians,
Alaska Peninsula, and Bering side coastal waters for much of 
the day. Wind gusts could approach 70 mph around Cold Bay and 
Unimak Island to around Port Heiden this afternoon and evening.

Wave heights building to 15 ft are expected near the outer
portions of Unalaska Bay late morning through late tonight.

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