Winter Storm Warning 32, NWS Juneau, AK

606 
WWAK47 PAJK 081958
WSWAJK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1058 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

AKZ017-020-090200-
/X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0032.121208T2100Z-121209T1500Z/
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA-GLACIER BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...GUSTAVUS
1058 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM SATURDAY AND
  6 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

* WIND...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KT EXPECTED OVER OPEN WATER.

* MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW MAY START
  OUT POWDERY AND LIGHT BUT BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER TO MOVE
  SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS. 

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 5 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ019-021-024>026-090200-
/X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0032.121209T0300Z-121209T1500Z/
HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...HOONAH...ANGOON...JUNEAU...
PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE
1058 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM SATURDAY AND
  6 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING SOUTH OF HAINES.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

* WIND...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KT OVER OPEN WATER.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR OVER
  NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW MAY
  START OUT POWDERY AND LIGHT BUT BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER TO
  MOVE SUNDAY MORNING SOUTH OF HAINES. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 5 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ022-090200-
/X.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.121208T2100Z-121209T1500Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN
1058 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING INTO 
  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START TO 
  CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WIND...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KT EXPECTED OVER OPEN WATER.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT 1 INCH PER HOUR.
  PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL
  RAIN SUNDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE DUE 
  TO HIGH WATER CONTENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 5 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ018-029-090200-
/X.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.121209T0300Z-121209T1500Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-MISTY FJORDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKAGWAY...HYDER
1058 AM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6
PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING INTO
  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY HYDER.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 

* MAIN IMPACT...DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
  REDUCED IN SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 5 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

159 
WWAK47 PAJK 090113
WSWAJK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

AKZ018-091415-
/X.UPG.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.121209T0300Z-121209T1500Z/
/X.EXB.PAJK.WS.W.0032.121209T0300Z-121209T2100Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SKAGWAY
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM SATURDAY AND
  9 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO MIXED RAIN AND SNOW
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...RATE OF SNOW FALL MAY BE 1 INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW. DRIVING MAY BE
  DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER TO LIFT ON SUNDAY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

$$

AKZ020-091415-
/X.EXT.PAJK.WS.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121209T2100Z/
GLACIER BAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GUSTAVUS
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM SATURDAY AND
  9 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 7 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* WIND...GUSTS TO 40 KT EXPECTED ALONG ICY STRAIT.

* MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL BECOME
  WETTER AND HEAVIER TO MOVE SUNDAY MORNING. WATER MAY POND ON ROADS
  SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS AND WEAK STRUCTURES.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ019-021-024-025-091415-
/X.EXT.PAJK.WS.W.0032.121209T0300Z-121209T2100Z/
HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAINES...HOONAH...ANGOON...JUNEAU
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM UNTIL NOON AKST
SUNDAY...

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM SATURDAY AND
  9 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 6 TO 10 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR OVER
  NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL
  BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER TO MOVE SUNDAY MORNING. DRIVING WILL
  BE HAZARDOUS. WATER MAY POND ON ROADS SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS AND WEAK STRUCTURES.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ017-091415-
/X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121209T1500Z/
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YAKUTAT
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM SATURDAY 
  AND 6 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN 
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 5 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* WIND...GUSTS TO 40 KT EXPECTED ALONG BEACHES.

* MAIN IMPACTS...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR. 
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW MAY START 
  OUT POWDERY AND LIGHT BUT BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER TO MOVE 
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS AND WEAK STRUCTURES.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ026-091415-
/X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0032.121209T0300Z-121209T1500Z/
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL
6 AM AKST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 
AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM SATURDAY AND
  6 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR OVER
  NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW MAY
  START OUT POWDERY AND LIGHT BUT BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER TO
  MOVE SUNDAY MORNING. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS AND WEAK STRUCTURES.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ023-091415-
/X.EXA.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.121209T0300Z-121209T1500Z/
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL
6 AM AKST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM SATURDAY AND
  3 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED.

* MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW. SNOW WILL BE
  SLUSHY MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ029-091415-
/X.EXT.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.121209T0300Z-121209T2100Z/
MISTY FJORDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HYDER
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL
NOON AKST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM SATURDAY AND
  9 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY MORNING
  ALONG THE COAST.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 9 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW. SNOW
  WILL BECOME HEAVIER TO LIFT ON SUNDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ022-091415-
/X.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121209T1500Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN
413 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM SATURDAY AND
  6 AM SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE FROM SNOW TO
  RAIN SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 4 TO 6 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT 1 INCH PER HOUR.
  PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND THEN
  CHANGE TO ALL RAIN SUNDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER TO LIFT ON SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST SAT OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

513 
WWAK47 PAJK 090742
WSWAJK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1042 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

AKZ017-026-091500-
/X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121209T1500Z/
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE
1042 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT UNTIL 6 AM
  SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 5 TO 12 INCHES IN YAKUTAT AND 4 TO 8 INCHES
  PETERSBURG AND WRANGELL.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR 
  OVER NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. 
  SNOW MAY START OUT POWDERY AND LIGHT BUT BECOME WETTER AND 
  HEAVIER TO MOVE SUNDAY MORNING. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS AND WEAK STRUCTURES.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 6 AM AKST SUN OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ018>021-024-025-091500-
/X.CON.PAJK.WS.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121209T2100Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-
GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS...HOONAH...
ANGOON...JUNEAU
1042 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM
  SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN SUNDAY
  MORNING...EXCEPT OVER NORTHERN LYNN CANAL. 

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION VARYING BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES DEPENDING
  ON LOCATION BY BY SUNDAY MORNING. LOWER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED
  NEAR COASTAL AREAS.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR 
  OVER NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. 
  SNOW WILL BECOME WETTER AND HEAVIER TO MOVE SUNDAY MORNING. 
  DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS. WATER MAY POND ON ROADS SUNDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CLEAR WET HEAVY SNOW FROM BOATS AND WEAK STRUCTURES.

A WARNING MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM IS ALREADY OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. THIS STORM COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 6 AM AKST SUN OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ022-023-091500-
/X.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121209T1500Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...
PORT ALEXANDER
1042 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT UNTIL 6 AM
  SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW...ACCUMULATION 3 TO 6 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE AT 1 INCH PER HOUR.  

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER TO LIFT ON SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 6 AM AKST SUN OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

AKZ029-091500-
/X.CON.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121209T2100Z/
MISTY FJORDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HYDER
1042 PM AKST SAT DEC 8 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
AKST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM
  SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY MORNING ALONG
  THE COAST.

* SNOW...SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 9 INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW. SNOW WILL 
  BECOME HEAVIER TO LIFT ON SUNDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADVISORY MEANS THAT A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EVENT IS ALREADY
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 6 AM AKST SUN OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

&&

$$

BEZENEK

796 
WWAK47 PAJK 091357
WSWAJK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
457 AM AKST SUN DEC 9 2012

...THE WEATHER FRONT HAS MOVED INLAND TO CANADA...

.THE SNOW HAS ALREADY TAPERED OFF OR ENDED IN MOST LOCATIONS.

AKZ017-026-091500-
/X.CAN.PAJK.WS.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121209T1500Z/
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE
457 AM AKST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WERE TYPICALLY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES DURING
A 12 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATTION.


$$

AKZ018>021-024-025-091500-
/X.CAN.PAJK.WS.W.0032.000000T0000Z-121209T2100Z/
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-
GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS...HOONAH...
ANGOON...JUNEAU
457 AM AKST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WERE TYPICALLY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES DURING
A 12 HOUR PERIOD. THERE WILL BE LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATTION.

$$

AKZ022-023-091500-
/X.CAN.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121209T1500Z/
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...
PORT ALEXANDER
457 AM AKST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL OCCUR. 

$$

AKZ029-091500-
/X.CAN.PAJK.WW.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121209T2100Z/
MISTY FJORDS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HYDER
457 AM AKST SUN DEC 9 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SNOW HAS ALREADY CHANGED TO RAIN EXCEPT NEAR HYDER WHERE THE SNOW
WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. ABOUT 2 INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL WILL OCCUR NEAR HYDER THIS MORNING.


$$
JBT

SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
446 PM AKST FRI DEC 7 2012

.SHORT TERM...SHORT TERM FORECAST IS RATHER QUIET FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS. A WEAKENING LOW JUST OFF OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND IS
MOVING TOWARD DIXON ENTRANCE AND WILL BE IN CANADA BY THIS
EVENING. A SECOND LOW IS JUST SOUTH OF CROSS SOUND AND IS SLOWLY
DRIFTING AND WEAKENING THERE. BOTH FEATURES ARE BRINGING
CONTINUED SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES HAVE
BEEN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE SHOWERS TO FALL AS SNOW OVER MOST OF THE
PANHANDLE. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND 2 INCHES OR
LESS. WINDS IN LYNN CANAL AND SKAGWAY CONTINUE TO BE AN ANNOYANCE
DUE TO THE PERSISTENT PRESENCE OF A RELATIVELY STRONG YUKON HIGH.
ELDRED ROCK HAS BEEN BLOWING GALE FORCE FOR MOST OF THE MORNING
BUT WIND SPEEDS ARE ON THE DECREASE. LIKEWISE, SKAGWAY HAS BEEN
EXPERIENCING GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING BUT WINDS ARE ON THE
DECREASE THERE AS WELL.

 FOR TONIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE PANHANDLE
AS THE REMAINS OF THE WEAK LOWS EITHER MOVE INTO CANADA OR
DIMINISH ALTOGETHER. LIKEWISE THE NORTHERLY WINDS IN LYNN CANAL
AND SKAGWAY WILL BE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND AS WELL EVENTUALLY
BECOMING LESS THEN 25 KT BY SAT AFTERNOON. BOTH WILL BE DUE TO A
WEAK RIDGE THAT WILL BE ENTERING THE PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT WHICH
SHOULD BEING DRYER WEATHER AND HIGHER ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES TO
THE PANHANDLE THUS DECREASING THE WINDS IN THE NORTHERN
PANHANDLE.

 THE RIDGE WILL NOT STICK AROUND FOR LONG. STARTING SAT MORNING,
THE AFFECTS OF THE NEXT FRONT COMING FROM THE SW WILL START TO BE
FELT IN THE GULF AND ALONG THE PANHANDLE. SE WINDS WILL BE
INCREASING IN THE GULF TO BECOME GALE FORCE OVER MUCH OF THE
OUTSIDE WATERS BY SAT AFTERNOON. A BARRIER JET ALONG THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST WILL ONLY INCREASE THE WINDS THERE TO BE MIN STORM
FORCE AROUND CAPE SUCKLING BY SAT AFTERNOON. AS FOR THE
PANHANDLE, THE HIGHER WINDS WILL NOT QUITE MAKE IT TO THE COAST
BY SAT AFTERNOON THROUGH SMALL CRAFT WINDS WILL BE BLOWING IN THE
SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS, CROSS SOUND, AND WESTERN ICE STRAIT.

 IN REGARDS TO PRECIPITATION, SNOW WILL BE STARTING UP ON SAT FOR
MOST OF THE PANHANDLE EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
WHERE SE FLOW WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO BE JUST A BIT TOO WARM
FOR SNOW. PRECIP RATES WILL BE LIGHT ON SAT AS THIS IS JUST THE
INITIAL START UP OF THE OVERRUNNING PRECIP. THE HIGHER MOISTURE
CONTENT AIR MASS AND THE BETTER LIFT WILL NOT MAKE IT TO THE
PANHANDLE UNTIL SAT NIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE IN THE REALM OF LESS THEN 3 INCHES THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON
FOR MOST AREAS.

 SHORT RANGE MODELS WERE IN DECENT AGREEMENT TODAY. I DID NOT
REALLY LIKE HOW ANY OF THE MODELS INITIALIZED THE WEAK LOWS ALONG
THE PANHANDLE THIS MORNING BUT THE GFS ACTUALLY DID A DECENT JOB
REPRESENTING THE STRONG LOW IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. NAM AND EC
WERE A CLOSE SECOND FOR THAT FEATURE. DECIDED ON A BLEND TO THE
GFS TODAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE.

.LONG TERM...

WINDS AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL BE THE MAIN STORY FOR THE
BEGINNING OF THE LONG RANGE PERIOD. THE WEATHER FRONT WILL PUSH
EASTWARD AND MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE OUTER COAST ON SATURDAY
EVENING. COASTAL WATERS WILL SEE GALE FORCE WINDS FROM THE
SOUTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS THE
FRONT PUSHES INLAND.

HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION OF THIS WELL
ORGANIZED WEATHER FRONT. THIS WEATHER FRONT IS ALSO GOING TO BRING
IN WARMER AIR INTO THE PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS
SNOW FOR MOST OF THE PANHANDLE. SNOW CAN BE HEAVY AT
TIMES AND THUS REDUCING VISIBILITY ACROSS THE AREA. AS WARMER AIR
CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE AREA...CHANGEOVER TO RAIN WILL START
TO OCCUR STARTING FROM COASTAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS. THE CHANGEOVER
WILL WORK ITS WAY NORTHWARD AND INLAND DURING THE COURSE OF THE
NIGHT. NORTHERN AREAS SUCH AS HAINES AND SKAGWAY ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO SEE ANY CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
DETERMINED BY THE DURATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND TIMING OF THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGEOVER. RIGHT NOW...KEEPING 4 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE
FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS EVENT SHOULD
CONCLUDE BY SUNDAY DAYTIME AS SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO
SLOW DOWN BY THEN.

AFTER THIS WEATHER FRONT MOVES INLAND...WEATHER PATTERN IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ZONAL AND FAST MOVING. MINOR WEATHER
DISTURBANCES WILL PASS THROUGH THE PANHANDLE AND PRODUCE RAIN AND
SNOW FOR THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE LONG RANGE FORECAST.
HOWEVER...MODEL GUIDANCE HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN PINPOINTING SPEED
AND POSITION OF THESE DISTURBANCES TRANSITING THROUGH SOUTHEAST
ALASKA. ELECT TO KEEP LIKELY POPS OVER THE AREA FOR THE EXTENDED
RANGE. IN ADDITION...LOWER THE HIGH QPF AMOUNTS (GREATER THAN 0.5
INCHES PER 6 HOUR) TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MODEL UNCERTAINTY.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AT SEASONABLE LEVEL.

IN SUMMARY...A VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST THROUGH THE LONG RANGE.
CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE.

.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
     FOR AKZ017>022-024>026.
MARINE...STORM WARNING FOR PKZ052.
         GALE WARNING FOR PKZ041>043-051.
         SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ011-012-021-022-033>036.

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