FZAK67 PAJK 311225 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144 WEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU ALASKA 400 AM AST SUN OCT 31 2004 WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WINDWAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ398-010300- .SYNOPSIS FOR GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55N AND EAST OF 144 WEST... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA SUNDAY MORNING WILL MOVE TO WESTERN CANADA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC TO TO THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF MONDAY MORNING AS A 970 MB LOW. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH SUNDAY AND INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE INLAND BY TUESDAY. A NEW STORM WILL START TO WEAKEN AS IT PASSES KODIAK ISLAND WHILE TRACKING ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA EARLY WEDNESDAY MOVING TO NEAR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF AND INTO SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ PKZ310-010300- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 400 AM AST SUN OCT 31 2004 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...RISING TO 35 TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 13 TO 17 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 17 TO 21 FT...BUILDING TO 22 TO 26 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. .MON...SW WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 23 TO 27 FT. .MON NIGHT...W GALES TO 40 KT. SEAS 20 TO 24 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 TO 20 FT. .WED THROUGH THU...SW GALES TO 40 KT. SEAS 24 TO 28 FT. $$