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National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska

Broadcast elements:

Hourly weather roundup: "Local observations at [time], on [date]..."

Forecast: "Here is the forecast for ______..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following..."

USCG "High Site" transmitters for NWS Anchorage are not listed due to no current or reliable information about programming, unlike what NWS Juneau has published in 2025.

KEC43 Anchorage 162.550 "This is the NOAA Weather Radio KEC43 in Anchorage. Information on this broadcast may also be accessed on the Internet at www.weather.gov." "Local observation at 3 o'clock PM, on [date]. At Anchorage, it was [sky condition]. The temperature was _ degrees; the relative humidity _ percent. The wind was _ at _ miles per hour. The pressure was _ millibars and falling. At Birchwood... at Elmendorf [detailed conditions]... at Merrill Field... at Palmer [detailed conditions]... at Portage [detailed conditions]... at Kenai..." "Here is the forecast, for the Anchorage area..." "Here is the forecast, for the Matanuska Valley..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: north Gulf Coast. Synopsis: north Gulf Coast plus Kodiak Island waters plus Cook Inlet..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Resurrection Bay..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Prince William Sound..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Passage Canal..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Cook Inlet north of Kalgin Island..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Kachemak Bay..." "At [time, day], the (unintelligible) Anchorage pressure difference is..." (3/21)

KEC81 Seward 162.550 (old info) "Coastal forecast for Resurrection Bay and the north gulf coast waters, issued at [date and time]..." "This is the NOAA Weather Radio KEC81 in Seward. Information on this broadcast may also be accessed on the Internet at www.weather.gov." "Local observations at 2 PM, on [date]. At Seward [not detailed observation]... at Portage [detailed conditions]... at Anchorage... at Middleton Island... and here are some coastal reports. Pilot Rock... Augustine Island..." "Here is the forecast for western Prince William Sound..." (6/05)

KXI29 Whittier 162.475 Not currently in this database. This NWS Anchorage transmitter has a very small signal range and broadcasts from a village accessible only by sea, or shared vehicle/rail tunnel. Expect a format similar to the following: "This is the NOAA Weather Radio KXI29 in Whittier. Information on this broadcast may also be accessed on the Internet at www.weather.gov." “Local observations at 6 AM, on [date]..." "The coastal waters forecast, for the following: Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 nautical miles..."

KZZ98 Wasilla 162.400 (old info) "This is the NOAA Weather Radio KZZ98 in Wasilla. Information on this broadcast may also be accessed on the Internet at www.weather.gov." “Local observations at 6 AM, on [date]. At Wasilla... at Palmer [detailed conditions]... at Anchorage [detailed conditions]... at Talkeetna...” “Here is the forecast for the Anchorage area…” “Here is the forecast for the Matanuska Valley…” (6/05, 11/11)

WWG39 Soldotna 162.475 Not currently in this database. As a NWS Anchorage station, we can assume hourly observations in the format "Local observations at 4 o'clock PM, on [date]..." and pressure reports in millibars. Forecast introduced with "Here is the forecast, for..." and marine forecasts introduced with "The coastal waters forecast, for the following..."

WXJ24 Homer 162.400 Not currently in this database. As a NWS Anchorage station, we can assume hourly observations in the format "Local observations at 4 o'clock PM, on [date]..." and pressure reports in millibars. Forecast introduced with "Here is the forecast, for..." and marine forecasts introduced with "The coastal waters forecast, for the following..."

WXJ79 Cordova 162.400 Not currently in this database. As a NWS Anchorage station, we can assume hourly observations in the format "Local observations at 4 o'clock PM, on [date]..." and pressure reports in millibars. Forecast introduced with "Here is the forecast, for..." and marine forecasts introduced with "The coastal waters forecast, for the following..."