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Wind Advisory 53, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this wind advisory at Sep 5, 2009, 6:13 PM AKDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2009, 6:13 PM AKDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2009, 3:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK77 PAJK 060213 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 613 PM AKDT SAT SEP 5 2009 AKZ025-061100- /X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0053.090906T0213Z-090906T1100Z/ JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JUNEAU 613 PM AKDT SAT SEP 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE CITIES OF JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM AKDT SUNDAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS SET UP OVER THE JUNEAU AREA AND WILL PRODUCE VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE CHANNELED TERRAIN IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 300 AM AKDT SUNDAY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWAK77 PAJK 061040 NPWAJK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 240 AM AKDT SUN SEP 6 2009 AKZ025-061145- /X.EXP.PAJK.WI.Y.0053.000000T0000Z-090906T1100Z/ JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JUNEAU 240 AM AKDT SUN SEP 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM AKDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM AKDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Sep 5, 1:22 PM AKDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 1:22 PM AKDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 122 PM AKDT SAT SEP 5 2009 .SHORT TERM...LATEST SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS A WEAK LOW DEVELOPING OVER DIXON ENTRANCE WITH A WEAK TROUGH STRETCHING NORTHWEST ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST TO YAKUTAT BAY. NORTH OF THE TROUGH...PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT WITH SMALL CRAFT NORTHERLY WIND ACROSS THE NORTHERN LYNN CANAL. A PARENT LOW WELL SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE QUEEN CHARLOTTES CONTINUES DRIFTING EAST TOWARDS BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST. THIN HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRD OF THE PANHANDLE FILTER OUT SUNSHINE WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISING INTO THE UPPER 50S TO THE LOWER 60S. MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINING ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED WEAK WEATHER FRONT WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH CHANCE POPS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CHANCE POP WILL REACH THE YAKUTAT AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...NORTHERLY SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN INNER CHANNELS THROUGH TONIGHT. BREEZY CONDITION IS EXPECTED OVER THE SKAGWAY AND HAINES AREAS THIS EVENING AS WELL. -AHN .LONG TERM... 12Z OPS MODELS AND NCEP ENSEMBLE SYSTEM IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE UPR LOW WILL KICK OUT INTO CANADA AND A WEAK UPR RIDGE WILL MOVE TO 140W BY 12Z MON FOR LOWER POPS INTO MON. ALONG WITH THIS IS A FRAGMENTED ZONAL JET ROUGHLY 45-50N AND A TROPICAL(EX-DUJUAN) LOW CENTER 38N 168E WHICH LUKS NASTY PROBLY IN THE 980S. WILL USE 12Z OPS GFS TO GET THE UPR RDG TO 130W BY 12Z TUE THEN THE UNCERTAINTY PROBLMS BEGIN BUT STILL WET AFTER. NCEPS ENSEMBLE SYSTEM 05/00Z RELATIVE MEASURE OF PREDICTABILITY IS VERY HIGH FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC AT 120 HOURS 091000Z. THIS SETS UP SW FLOW ALF OVR SE ALASKA FOR RAIN. THATS THE EASY PART. ON THE MARINE FCSTS BIG UNCERTAINTY IS DAY-5. OPS MODELS ALL FCST A STORM OUT THERE SOMEWHERE BUT 12Z OPS AK-GFS IS WEAKER AND FASTR FOR FURTHER E...WHILE 12Z ECMWF FCSTS STRONG STORM 954 MB SSW OF KODIAK. HPC SEEMS TO PREFER THIS POSN BUT MUCH LESS STRENGTH. WILL USE THE HPC IDEA THIS SHIFT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT TROPICAL SYSS REDUCE CERTAINTY IN SFC DETAILS IN CONTRAST W/RMOP MENTIONED ABOVE. SO WILL BET ON WET TUE & BEYOND BUT WILL ONLY SLGTLY TWEAK MID SHIFTS WIND DAYS-4 & 5. KEPT 0512Z OPS ECMWF IN MIND ON THIS SET OF FORECASTS. STAY TUNED FOR THU AND FRI. ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT A SLAMMER LIKE THIS ONE RECURVES IN THE ERN GULF. -JC .AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ011>013.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Sep 5, 9:00 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 7 hr | |
| Sep 6, 4:40 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.