NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARINE TEXT PRODUCTS COASTAL FORECASTS by ZONE for ALASKA **** IMPORTANT NOTICES **** Effective September 07, 2016, the address of the FTPMAIL service changed from ftpmail@ftpmail.nws.noaa.gov to NWS.FTPMail.OPS@noaa.gov. If you restrict incoming e-mail as a means of preventing spam, you must configure your e-mail system to allow mail from NWS.FTPMail.OPS@noaa.gov Please note, as a further option, these zone forecasts and the associated synopsis are available as part of the complete Coastal Waters Forecast for those zones. See the FTPMAIL "help" file for information on downloading directory file marine3.txt Read the help file carefully - 99% of errors using FTPMAIL are simple typo's, incorrect capitalization, failure to send in plain text format, leading or trailing spaces, or failure to set up any spam filters properly. The "help" file contains a more detailed description of the FTPMAIL system and available products. To obtain a copy of the FTPMAIL "help" file. -In plain text format- Send an e-mail to: NWS.FTPMail.OPS@noaa.gov Subject Line: Put anything you like Body: help These instructions are subject to revision....download frequently. ********** This file is intended to assist mariners using the FTPMAIL system which is used to obtain National Weather Service products via e-mail. The following is an example in the use of the FTPMAIL system. NOTE CAPITALIZATION! -In plain text format- Send an e-mail to: NWS.FTPMail.OPS@noaa.gov Subject Line: Put anything you like Body: open cd data cd forecasts cd marine cd coastal cd pk get pkz098.txt get pkz036.txt get pkz099.txt get pkz052.txt quit COASTAL FORECASTS by ZONE for ALASKA Please note that many zones will contain identical forecast information at times. These files may be found in directories: ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/marine/coastal/pk http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/marine/coastal/pk PKZ098 Synopsis for Southeast Alaska Inner Channels Coastal Waters PKZ011 Glacier Bay PKZ012 Northern Lynn Canal PKZ013 Southern Lynn Canal PKZ021 Icy Strait PKZ022 Cross Sound PKZ031 Stephens Passage PKZ032 Northern Chatham Strait PKZ033 Southern Chatham Strait PKZ034 Frederick Sound PKZ035 Sumner Strait PKZ036 Clarence Strait PKZ099 Synopsis for Outside Waters PKZ041 Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision PKZ042 Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe PKZ043 Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather PKZ051 Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape PKZ052 Icy Cape to Cape Suckling PKZ053 Yakutat Bay PKZ197 Synopsis for the North Gulf Coast-Kodiak Island Waters-and Cook Inlet PKZ119 Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare PKZ120 Cape Cleare to Gore Point PKZ121 Resurrection Bay PKZ125 Prince William Sound PKZ126 Port Valdez PKZ127 Valdez Narrows PKZ128 Valdez Arm PKZ129 Passage Canal PKZ130 West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay PKZ131 Barren Islands East PKZ132 Marmot Island to Sitkinak PKZ136 Chiniak Bay PKZ137 Marmot Bay PKZ138 Shelikof Strait PKZ139 Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Pt. Bede PKZ140 Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island PKZ141 Kachemak Bay PKZ199 Synopsis for Southwest Alaska-Bristol Bay- the Alaska Peninsula Waters-and the Aleutian Islands PKZ150 South of the AK Peninsula Sitkinak to Castle Cape PKZ155 South of the AK Peninsula Castle Cape to Cape Sarichef PKZ160 Bristol Bay PKZ165 Port Heiden to Cape Sarichef PKZ170 Cape Sarichef to Nikolski Bering Side PKZ171 Unalaska Bay PKZ172 Cape Sarichef to Nikolski Pacific Side PKZ173 Nikolski to Seguam Island Bering Side PKZ174 Nikolski to Seguam Island Pacific Side PKZ175 Seguam Island to Adak Bering Side PKZ176 Seguam Island to Adak Pacific Side PKZ177 Adak to Kiska PKZ178 Kiska to Attu PKZ179 Pribilof Islands Near Shore Waters PKZ180 Kuskokwim Delta and Etolin Strait PKZ181 North and West of Nunivak Island PKZ185 Saint Matthew Island Waters PKZ298 Synopsis for Arctic Coast PKZ225 Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort PKZ230 Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin PKZ235 Point Franklin to Cape Halkett PKZ240 Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island PKZ245 Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point PKZ299 Synopsis for Northwest Coast PKZ200 Norton Sound PKZ210 Dall Point to Wales PKZ215 Kotzebue Sound PKZ220 Wales to Cape Thompson If you have access to the World Wide Web be certain to check out the following webpages. See these pages for further links. http://www.nws.noaa.gov NWS Homepage http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm NWS Marine Page cell.weather.gov Cellphone page mobile.weather.gov Mobile Page Author: Marine, Tropical, and Tsunami Services Branch, W/AFS26 National Weather Service Feedback or questions: marine.weather@noaa.gov Last Modified Dec 12, 2014 Document URL: http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/fax/marine9.txt ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/fax/marine9.txt