Wind Advisory 65, NWS Juneau, AK

000 
WWAK77 PAJK 261857
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1057 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

AKZ018-270000-
/X.EXB.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.090926T1900Z-090927T0600Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
1057 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN LYNN CANAL WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. SOUTH WIND TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED OR CHANNELED AREAS.

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 4 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ022-023-026-262000-
/X.CON.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090926T2000Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...
PORT ALEXANDER...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE
1057 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY. 

WINDY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING AS WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EFFECT THE OUTER COASTAL AREAS.

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 NOON AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

000 
WWAK77 PAJK 261949
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1149 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

AKZ023-026-262100-
/X.CAN.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090926T2000Z/
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...PETERSBURG...
WRANGELL...KAKE
1149 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS
MAY PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGER GUSTS SHOULD
BE CONTINUING TO TAPER OFF.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

$$

AKZ022-262300-
/X.EXT.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090926T2300Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN
1149 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM AKDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR
EXPOSED AND CHANNELED REGIONS. WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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 3 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ018-270400-
/X.CON.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090927T0600Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
1149 AM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN LYNN CANAL WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. SOUTH WIND TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED OR CHANNELED AREAS.

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 4 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

BEZENEK

000 
WWAK77 PAJK 262245
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
245 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

AKZ022-270200-
/X.EXT.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090927T0200Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN
245 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR
EXPOSED AND CHANNELED REGIONS. WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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 6 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ018-270600-
/X.CON.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090927T0600Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
245 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN LYNN CANAL WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. SOUTH WIND TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED OR CHANNELED AREAS.

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 10 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

BEZENEK

000 
WWAK77 PAJK 270144
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
544 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

AKZ022-270245-
/X.EXP.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090927T0200Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN
544 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

THE VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE WEST HAVE RELAXED BUT GUSTY WEST
WIND TO 35 MPH ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

$$

AKZ018-270600-
/X.CON.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090927T0600Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
544 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN LYNN CANAL WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. SOUTH WIND TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED OR CHANNELED AREAS.

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 10 PM AKDT TODAY OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

000 
WWAK77 PAJK 270442
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
842 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

AKZ018-270545-
/X.CAN.PAJK.WI.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-090927T0600Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
842 PM AKDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DECREASED BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
CONTINUES TO RELAX.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

$$

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
130 PM AKDT FRI SEP 25 2009

.SHORT TERM...THE REMAINS OF THE PARENT LOW NEAR PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND JUMP INLAND. A WEAK
TROUGH WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE FRIDAY EVENING FROM
EASTERN GULF...AND THE LAST UPPER LEVEL (COLD) TROUGH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF AND TO THE COASTAL AREA SATURDAY MORNING
AND INLAND BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE WILL BE
BUILDING OVER THE GULF SATURDAY.

 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOW NEAR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND A BRISK WEST
WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF WILL LAST ROUGHLY 18 TO 24 HOURS OF
STRONG GALE TO MIN STORM STRENGTH WILL BUILD A LARGE FOLLOWING
SEA UP TO 25 FEET THAT WILL TRAVEL INTO THE EASTERN GULF WATERS
FOR SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS
COULD ALSO BRINGS WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 KT FOR EXPOSED CAPES OF
BRANIFF AND PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND.

 WILL BE ISSUING STORM WARNING FOR MARINE ZONE 310 BUT
ESSENTIALLY FOR THE EXTREME CENTRAL GULF PORTION REST OF THE AREA
WILL BE 40 TO 45 KT AND ONCE STORMS SUBSIDE EXPECT THE STRONG
GALES TO PERSIST.

 GUSTY WINDS IN THE CANAL OVER NIGHT WILL HAVE A WIND ADVISORY
LEVEL GUSTS IN THE SKAGWAY AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THROUGH
OUT THE LONG TERM PERIODS. THE NAM IS A LITTLE SLOWER AND MORE
AMPLIFIED THAN THE OTHER MODELS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN
GENERAL...HOWEVER...MODELS KEPT PRETTY GOOD CONSISTENCY FROM THE
PREVIOUS RUN. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL GULF
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WILL KEEP ITS SOUTHERN TRACK TO SOUTH OF THE
QUEEN CHARLOTTES BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A RIDGE WILL RAPIDLY BUILD
BEHIND THE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF BY TUESDAY. THE NEXT
SHORTWAVE TROUGH IN UPSTREAM OVER THE WESTERN ALASKA WILL PUSH THE
RIDGE EASTWARD AND FLAT DOWN THE RIDGE TOP BY EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE ECMWF IS ABOUT 6 TO 12 HOURS FASTER WITH THE
PROGRESSION OF THE TROUGH APPROACHING TO THE EASTERN GULF AND
PANHANDLE COAST. BEGINNING ON LATE THURSDAY...MODELS DIVERGE A
LITTLE MORE WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE PROGRESSIVE TROUGH MOVING
ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA. THUS OPTED TO BLEND
THE EXISTING GRIDS WITH THE GFS AND NAM THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
TIME FRAME FOLLOWED BY THE GFS SOLUTION INTO THE INHERITED GRIDS
THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.

 A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW DRIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN GULF THROUGH SUNDAY WILL MOVE TO THE
BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY MONDAY MORNING THEN NORTHEASTWARD
FARTHER INLAND THROUGH TUESDAY. A RIDGE BEHIND THE TROUGH WILL DRY
OUT THE PANHANDLE FROM THE NORTHWEST BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
RAIN FREE CONDITION WILL QUICKLY SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ALL THE WAY
TO THE QUEEN CHARLOTTES BY MONDAY MORNING THEN PERSIST THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT...IN WHICH TIME THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHING THE
NORTHEAST GULF WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND CHANCE POPS FROM THE
WEST, THE TRANSITION WILL ALSO BE A QUICK PROCESS BEGINNING ON
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE YAKUTAT AREA IN THE NORTH AND
ACROSS THE KETCHIKAN AREA TO THE SOUTH...THEN SPREAD EAST TO COVER
ENTIRE PANHANDLE. THE FRONT WILL INTENSIFY A BIT ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY TYPICAL SOUTHEAST ALASKA WET
PATTERN THROUGH FRIDAY. LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST TO WEST SWELLS WILL
MAINTAIN SMALL CRAFT SEAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTSIDE WATERS THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SMALL CRAFT WINDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OUTSIDE WATERS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHING THE PANHANDLE COAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT WILL GENERATE
SMALL CRAFT WINDS AS WELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS AND
OCEAN ENTRANCES.

&&

.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKDT SATURDAY FOR
     AKZ018.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR PKZ033-041>043-051-052.
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ012-021-022-031-032-034>036-053.

&&

BEZENEK/AHN