Gale Warning 155, NWS Juneau, AK

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
127 PM AKDT TUE MAR 17 2009

.DISCUSSION...IN BACK UP MODE FOR WFO PAJK SO WILL KEEP THIS FAIRLY SHORT.
LARGE TROF WILL REMAIN OVER THE GULF THROUGH LATE WEEK AT LEAST.
SEVERAL SHORTWAVES WILL ROTATE AROUND THE TROF AND IMPACT SE AK
THROUGH LATE WEEK AT LEAST. FIRST SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE
IN FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WED...AND WILL HAVE A SFC LOW DEVELOP WITH
IT. THE LOW WILL TRACK INTO THE SE GULF LATE TONIGHT THEN CROSS
INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE WED BEFORE IT DISSIPATES OVER THE N
AREA WED EVENING. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE
SE GULF AROUND LATE THU NIGHT OR FRI. ENDED UP USING A BLEND OF
12Z GFS40 AND NAM12 FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...THEN LEFT FRI
ONWARD AS IS.

KEPT THE WINTER WX ADVYS GOING FOR THE SRN 3 ZONES LATE TONIGHT
AND WED MORNING AS FIRST LOW MOVES IN. ALSO KEPT THE WIND ADVY FOR
THE PAJN AREA FOR A COMBINATION OF OUTFLOW AND A WEAK TAKU WIND.
KEPT WIND ADVY FOR PAGY GOING THROUGH MIDDAY WED AS WELL. WILL
LIKELY ADD WIND ADVY CONDITIONS TO THE WINTER WX ADVY FOR ZONE 27
FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WED AS LOW WILL TRACK BY THEM JUST TO THE W.

.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WIND ADVISORY ZONES 18...25
      ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...ZONES 27...28...29
MARINE...GALE WARNING...PKZ011>013-036-041
      ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...ALL REMAINING WATERS

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