603  
FZAK62 PAFC 220046  
OFFALU  
 
OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK  
346 PM AKST SAT DEC 21 2024  
 
OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE BERING SEA  
 
WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION  
EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST  
ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT.  
 
PKZ499-221600-  
346 PM AKST SAT DEC 21 2024   
SYNOPSIS FOR CENTRAL BERING SEA
 
 
A 957 MB LOW AT 55N 158W LOOPS TO 55N 167W AT 975 MB FOR MON  
MORNING AND DISSIPATES MON AFTERNOON. ITS FRONT WRAPS OVER THE  
BERING BY MON MORNING AND DISSIPATES MON AFTERNOON. A 985 MB NORTH  
PACIFIC LOW MOVES TO 48N 172E AT 944 MB FOR MON AFTERNOON. ITS  
FRONT APPROACHES THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS THROUGH MON AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
PKZ411-221600-  
BERING SEA OFFSHORE WEST OF 180 AND EAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL  
DATELINE-  
346 PM AKST SAT DEC 21 2024  
   
TONIGHT
 
N WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.   
SUN
 
N WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.   
SUN NIGHT
 
NE WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT.   
MON
 
NE WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 13 TO 19 FT.   
MON NIGHT
 
NE WIND 40 KT. SEAS 16 TO 22 FT.   
TUE
 
N WIND 40 KT. SEAS 21 TO 25 FT.   
WED
 
N WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 15 TO 23 FT.   
THU
 
W WIND 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.  
 

 
 
PKZ412-221600-  
BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND NORTH OF 56N-  
346 PM AKST SAT DEC 21 2024  
   
..GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
NE WIND 15 TO 30 KT BECOMING N 25 TO 35 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.   
SUN
 
N WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT.   
SUN NIGHT
 
NE WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT.   
MON
 
NE WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.   
MON NIGHT
 
NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 11 TO 19 FT.   
TUE THROUGH WED
 
N WIND 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 16 TO 24 FT.   
THU
 
NW WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 17 FT.  
 

 
 
PKZ413-221600-  
BERING SEA OFFSHORE 171W TO 180 AND SOUTH OF 56N-  
346 PM AKST SAT DEC 21 2024  
   
TONIGHT
 
NW WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 FT.   
SUN
 
NW WIND 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.   
SUN NIGHT
 
N WIND 10 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO UP TO 15 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT.   
MON
 
E WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.   
MON NIGHT
 
NE WIND 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 16 FT.   
TUE THROUGH THU
 
NW WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 TO 22 FT.  
 

 
 
PKZ414-221600-  
BERING SEA OFFSHORE EAST OF 171W-  
346 PM AKST SAT DEC 21 2024  
   
TONIGHT
 
N WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT. SNOW AND RAIN.   
SUN
 
NE WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT. SNOW.   
SUN NIGHT
 
N WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT.   
MON
 
NE WIND UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.   
MON NIGHT
 
NE WIND 10 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.   
TUE
 
NE WIND 15 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.   
WED THROUGH THU
 
N WIND 20 TO 35 KT. SEAS 12 TO 20 FT.  
 

 
 
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