Sunday, January 6, 2013

Kulluk Salvage Attempt: 0900 Monday Morning

That's according to an insider:
guessing the "big pull" is on tomorrow morning's high tide, 0900...we'll see...
Here's the Unified Command's chart of the projected route:
 I was guessing they would try this afternoon and evening, mostly because of this:


Gale Warning

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.

Synopsis...A 965 MB LOW 75 NM EAST OF CHIGNIK WILL MOVE TO 80 NM NORTHEAST OF KODIAK ISLAND AT 981 MB MONDAY AFTERNOON THEN DRIFT AND WEAKEN TO 997 MB 210 NM SOUTH OF CAPE SUCKLING BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

Tonight: S wind 45 kt except S 35 kt N of dangerous cape. Seas 28 ft except 22 ft N of dangerous cape. Rain and snow showers.

Mon: SW wind 40 kt becoming W 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 21 ft. Rain and snow.

Mon Night: W wind 30 kt becoming NW 40 kt after midnight. Seas 14 ft.

Tue: NW wind 40 kt except 20 kt near dangerous cape. Seas 14 ft.

Tue Night: W wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft.

Wed Through Fri: S wind 30 kt. Seas 12 ft.

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