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Small Craft Advisory 430, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jul 9, 2010, 8:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2010, 8:00 PM AKDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2010, 4:00 AM AKDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
330 FZAK51 PAJK 100336 AAA CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 800 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 SOUTHEAST ALASKA INSIDE WATERS FROM DIXON ENTRANCE TO SKAGWAY WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WINDWAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ098-101400- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A WEATHER FRONT IN THE CENTRAL GULF WILL MOVE ONSHORE THE EASTERN GULF COAST BY SAT MORNING WHILE WEAKENING. A SECOND WEATHER FRONT WILL FOLLOW ONSHORE SAT NIGHT. $$ PKZ011-101400- GLACIER BAY- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND BECOMING 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ012-101400- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ013-101400- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...S WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ021-101400- ICY STRAIT- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ022-101400- CROSS SOUND- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG WITH VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS LATE. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ031-101400- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...VARIABLE MOSTLY S WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ032-101400- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ033-101400- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 800 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 UPDATED .TONIGHT...S WIND TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN LATE. .SAT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 9 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. .TUE...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ034-101400- FREDERICK SOUND- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...SW WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT BECOMING SW 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ035-101400- SUMNER STRAIT- 400 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .TONIGHT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 15 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...E WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT...EXCEPT 6 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...W WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ036-101400- CLARENCE STRAIT- 800 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. PATCHY FOG WITH VISIBILITY 1 NM OR LESS LATE. STRONGEST WIND NORTH OF ERNEST SOUND. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TUE...NW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$
1 follow-up statement
766 FZAK51 PAJK 101132 CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 SOUTHEAST ALASKA INSIDE WATERS FROM DIXON ENTRANCE TO SKAGWAY WIND FORECASTS REFLECT THE PREDOMINANT SPEED AND DIRECTION EXPECTED. SEA FORECASTS REPRESENT THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE COMBINED WINDWAVE AND SWELL HEIGHT. PKZ098-110100- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A WEAKENING WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. A SECOND WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE THE PANHANDLE FROM THE GULF TONIGHT. $$ PKZ011-110100- GLACIER BAY- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...SE WIND INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN LATE. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ012-110100- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ013-110100- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...S WIND 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS BUILDING TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ021-110100- ICY STRAIT- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING E LATE. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ022-110100- CROSS SOUND- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN LATE. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .WED...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ031-110100- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...S WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ032-110100- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ033-110100- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...S WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .MON...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 7 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ034-110100- FREDERICK SOUND- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...SW WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING. .SUN...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SW WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ035-110100- SUMNER STRAIT- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...E WIND INCREASING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING. .TONIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN IN THE EVENING. .SUN...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...W WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$ PKZ036-110100- CLARENCE STRAIT- 400 AM AKDT SAT JUL 10 2010 .TODAY...SE WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .MON...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...NW WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Jul 9, 1:55 PM AKDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:55 PM AKDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 155 PM AKDT FRI JUL 9 2010 .SHORT TERM...THE BANDS ON THE POLAR FRONT ZONE ARE STILL WEAKENING AS THEY TRACK ENE ACROSS THE GULF AND ONSHORE THE PANHANDLE. THIS LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES SMALL ENERGY LEVELS FOR WIND, PARTLY DUE TO A PARENT LOW BEING DISTANT UPSTREAM. THE BARELY MEASUREABLE RAIN EVENT LAST NIGHT OCCURRED S OF FREDERICK SOUND, AND A SECOND RAIN EVENT WILL BEGIN TONIGHT THAT WILL COVER A LARGER AREA, YIELD ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH PER 12 HOURS EXCEPT FOR THE SRN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERNMOST INNER CHANNELS. THE PARENT LOW IS 300 NM SW OF PADU, 975 MB, AND IS TRACKING NE AND WEAKENING. THIS LOW SHOULD BE ABOUT 998 MB NEAR PADQ AT 00Z SUN. WE WILL NUMBER THE WAVES ON THE POLAR FRONT ZONE. WAVE NUMBER ONE IS EAST BEYOND THE COAST MTN RANGE AT THIS TIME. FRONTAL WAVE NUMBER TWO HAS A LOW LEVEL TRIPLE POINT ROUGHLY 300 NM SSE OF PAMD AT THIS TIME, AND THE UPPER LEVEL FRONTAL INFLECTION ABOUT 200 NM SE OF PAMD. WAVE ONE HAD ITS PRINCIPAL TRACK ACRS THE SRN PANHANDLE AS IT WENT ALOFT THIS MORNING. WAVE TWO HAS A TRACK ROUGHLY 200 NM FARTHER N AND WILL WEAKEN MORE SLOWLY THAN WAVE ONE. && .LONG TERM...AS RELATIVELY COLD SHORT WAVE MOVES OVER THE RIDGE OVER THE N PANHANDLE ON SUN IT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE YUKON. RIDGE BEGINS TO REBUILD ON MON AS SHORT WAVE S OF THE ALEUTIANS MOVES INTO THE W GULF. THIS WEAK SUMMER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AK GULF AN WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE PANHANDLE. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TRACKS INTO THE AK GULF AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. PRECIP OVER THE PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUN BECOMING MORE SHOWERY BY MON AS THE AREAS BEGINS TO DRY BRIEFLY. BY MID WEEK BANDS OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK LOW ENHANCED WITH ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD BREAK APART BY THE END OF THE WEEK. EXPECTING MAJORITY OF PRECIP TO BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 20 KTS BUT WILL SEAS WILL BUILD TO 14 TO 15 FT ALONG THE OUTSIDE AND COASTAL WATERS THIS WEEKEND BEFORE SUBSIDING MID WEEK. MODELS WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM. INITIALIZATION OF THE GFS LOOKED GOOD COMPARING UPPER LVL RH WITH SATELLITE WATER VAPOR. USED A BLEND OF GFS WITH INHERITED GRIDS OUT TO DAY 4...ONLY MINOR CHANGES. NEW HPC GRIDS SHOWED MORE DETAIL OF THE MID WEEK LOW WHICH WAS STILL SHOWN BY GFS AND EC...ALTHOUGH TIMING AND LOCATION FROM THESE MODELS WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT. LOADED NEW HPC FROM DAY 5 TO DAY 7 WITH MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WIND FIELD IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS ABOUT AVERAGE. .AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ051-052. && JBT/PRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 5 days | |
| Jul 10, 4:00 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 19 hr | |
| Jul 10, 2:21 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AJK | 14 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.