Truly Wicked Storm A Comin'

Ohhhh, scary stuff. Let us pray that all fisherman on the Bering Sea will be safe this weekend.

From what I'm told most of the guys will have their season wrapped up by Friday.
King Cove is expecting their last delivery on Friday,and I would expect the rest of the fleet is not far behind.
Will be interesting to see if DC creates any drama from this particular storm.

Kiska Sea is scheduled to deliver on Thursday. Mike's brother Jim on the Incentive is right behind, scheduled on Friday.

Thanks for the update, King Cove. At least we know that most of the fleet will be in port.

They will be wrapped up for King crab, but doesn't Baardi crabbing start after that for some of them? I remember the Wizard and Northwestern both fished Baardi last year after Reds.

Stay safe up there Kingcove!

41 ft. seas at shemya

"The National Weather Service in Anchorage says that during that so-called "bombogenesis" the storm's central pressure — an important measure of intensity — will deepen from 970 MB late Thursday to between 918 to 922 MB late Friday."

www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/06/362008782/as-it-turns-extra-tropical-typhoon-nuri-could-challenge-all-time-record?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

As a follow-up, I hope that all of the fleet will be safely in harbor. This storm sounds like it could sink ships with no problem - and I'm quite sure the coast guard couldn't get to the survivors in time.

This is the forecasts that most boats use:
pafc.arh.noaa.gov/marfcst.php?fcst=FZAK52PAFC#PKZ155

It looks like the worst most will see is about 40 knot winds. The worst is way out west.
These forecasts cover most of the king crab grounds:
PKZ155-080130-
SOUTH OF THE AK PENINSULA CASTLE CAPE TO CAPE SARICHEF-
326 AM AKST FRI NOV 7 2014

...GALE WARNING SATURDAY...

.TODAY...NW WIND 30 KT. GUSTS TO 45 KT OUT OF BAYS AND PASSES.
SEAS 12 FT.
.TONIGHT...W WIND 20 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. FROM THE
SHUMAGIN ISLANDS E...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT.
.SAT...S WIND 40 KT. FROM THE SHUMAGIN ISLANDS E...S WIND 30 KT
INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 FT. RAIN SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 15 FT.
.SUN THROUGH MON...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT.
.TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT.

$$

PKZ160-080130-
BRISTOL BAY-
326 AM AKST FRI NOV 7 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND SATURDAY...

.TODAY...NE WIND 30 KT BECOMING N 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7
FT SUBSIDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.
.SAT...S WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
BUILDING TO 6 FT. PATCHY FOG.
.SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.SUN THROUGH MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT.

$$

PKZ165-080130-
PORT HEIDEN TO CAPE SARICHEF-
326 AM AKST FRI NOV 7 2014

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.TODAY...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. FROM
PORT MOLLER E...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.SAT...S WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. FROM PORT
MOLLER E...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT.
.SUN THROUGH MON...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT.
.TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT.

$$

PKZ170-080130-
CAPE SARICHEF TO NIKOLSKI BERING SIDE-
326 AM AKST FRI NOV 7 2014

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.TODAY...NW WIND 20 KT IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT.
SEAS 8 FT.
.TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
11 FT. RAIN.
.SAT...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
12 FT. RAIN.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 20 FT.
.MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 16 FT.
.TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT.

$$

PKZ171-080130-
UNALASKA BAY-
326 AM AKST FRI NOV 7 2014

...GALE WARNING TONIGHT...

.TODAY...NW WIND 15 KT BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
2 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN.
.SAT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS.
.SAT NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT.
.MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT.
.TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

$$

"'Deadliest Catch' Fishing Boats to Ride Out Killer Storm"

news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/deadliest-catch-fishing-boats-to-ride-out-killer-storm-141107.htm?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed#mkcpgn=rssnws1

rough ride ahead/

one boat is cape caution, whats the other two boats? they need to get to shelter pronto.

I can tear up listening to "Eternal Father".

ok thanks king for the updates. good to hear that where they guys are at will not be too bad for them, but with weather you never know. still sending out prayers their way and god bless them

It looks like Dutch Harbor came out ok. Hope everyone is safe.

*Mari-Thank You! My password worked. Lets hope it keeps working.

As far as I can understand from www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/hydrology/hec25c7.cfm chapter 7.2, 'height' is from the bottom of the trough to the top of the crest.