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Storm Warning 30, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this storm warning at Nov 5, 2014, 4:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2014, 4:00 PM AKST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2014, 11:02 PM AKST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
187 FZAK51 PAJK 060052 CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 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. PKZ098-061400- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A STORM FORCE LOW WILL MOVE N TO THE PANHANDLE AROUND CAPE DECISION THIS EVENING AND THEN WEAKEN RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. A SECOND LARGER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF THU NIGHT WITH THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT SPREADING GALE FORCE WINDS NORTHEASTWARD TO THE COAST. $$ PKZ011-061400- GLACIER BAY- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS LATE. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ012-061400- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT...THEN SUBSIDING TO 6 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS LATE. .THU...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS BUILDING TO 4 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ013-061400- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ021-061400- ICY STRAIT- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING W LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ022-061400- CROSS SOUND- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING... THEN BECOMING SW 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS LATE. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING... THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ031-061400- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING S LATE. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES...GUSTS TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ032-061400- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING S 25 KT LATE. SEAS 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ033-061400- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 45 KT INCREASING TO 50 KT IN THE EVENING... THEN BECOMING S 35 KT LATE. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT LATE. RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS. .THU...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 8 FT...EXCEPT 11 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 10 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ034-061400- FREDERICK SOUND- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 40 KT IN THE EVENING... THEN BECOMING SE 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT IN THE EVENING...THEN SUBSIDING TO 6 FT LATE. RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ035-061400- SUMNER STRAIT- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...E WIND 50 KT BECOMING SW 35 KT LATE. OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES...GUSTS TO 65 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 7 FT LATE. RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT LATE. RAIN LATE. .FRI...E GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ036-061400- CLARENCE STRAIT- 400 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 ...STORM WARNING TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE WIND INCREASING TO 55 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 11 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 15 FT SUBSIDING TO 10 FT LATE. RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 45 KT LATE. OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES...GUSTS TO 60 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 14 FT LATE. RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE GALE TO 45 KT. SEAS 9 FT...EXCEPT 13 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
1 follow-up statement
200 FZAK51 PAJK 060802 AAA CWFAJK COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 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. PKZ098-070215- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA INNER CHANNELS COASTAL WATERS... A STORM FORCE LOW WILL MOVE N TO THE PANHANDLE AROUND CAPE DECISION THIS EVENING AND THEN WEAKEN RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. A SECOND LARGER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF THU NIGHT WITH THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER FRONT SPREADING GALE FORCE WINDS NORTHEASTWARD TO THE COAST. $$ PKZ011-070215- GLACIER BAY- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ012-070215- NORTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...N WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 8 FT SUBSIDING LATE. RAIN. .THU...N WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...N WIND 10 KT BECOMING SE 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS BUILDING TO 4 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS. .FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. $$ PKZ013-070215- SOUTHERN LYNN CANAL- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...N WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...VARIABLE WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...N WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ021-070215- ICY STRAIT- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ022-070215- CROSS SOUND- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...NE WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT LATE. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .SAT...E WIND 10 KT. SEAS 6 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ031-070215- STEPHENS PASSAGE- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...N WIND 30 KT BECOMING S 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT LATE. OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES...GUSTS TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. GUSTS TO 40 KT OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ032-070215- NORTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT..N WIND 25 KT BECOMING S 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 20 KT DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ033-070215- SOUTHERN CHATHAM STRAIT- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 8 FT...EXCEPT 14 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .THU...S WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 40 KT LATE. SEAS 8 FT...EXCEPT 11 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT...EXCEPT 10 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...EXCEPT 8 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .SAT...S WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ034-070215- FREDERICK SOUND- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SW WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND INCREASING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE WIND 30 KT. SEAS 6 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...NE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...NE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. $$ PKZ035-070215- SUMNER STRAIT- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 8 FT. RAIN. .THU...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 FT. SHOWERS. .THU NIGHT...E WIND 25 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 5 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT LATE. RAIN LATE. .FRI...E GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...E WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$ PKZ036-070215- CLARENCE STRAIT- 1102 PM AKST WED NOV 5 2014 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .REST OF TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT BECOMING SE LATE. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .THU...SE WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 FT. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .THU NIGHT...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 45 KT LATE. OUT OF INTERIOR PASSES...GUSTS TO 60 KT LATE. SEAS 6 FT BUILDING TO 9 FT LATE. NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES...SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 14 FT LATE. RAIN LATE. .FRI...SE GALE TO 45 KT. SEAS 9 FT...EXCEPT 13 FT NEAR OCEAN ENTRANCES. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 5 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm warning 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 storm warning went out at Nov 5, 6:17 AM AKST, 9 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 6:17 AM AKST, 9 hours 43 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
617 AM AKST WED NOV 5 2014
.SHORT TERM...THE STAGE IS SET AND LIT: A VERY SHARP UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE GULF, A 300 MB SOUTHERLY JET IN
EXCESS OF 150 KT, AND A SHARP BAROCLINIC ZONE SEPARATING WARM
MOIST AIR OF SUBTROPICAL ORIGIN FROM THE COLDER AIR OF BERING SEA
ORIGINS. THIS 976 MB STORM FORCED SURFACE FEATURE WILL STRENGTHEN
AS IT CURVES NORTHWARD TO CAPE DECISION AND MOVE THROUGH THE GATES
OF SOUTHEAST AROUND CAPES DECISION/OMMANEY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. IT WILL RAVAGE THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
WITH HIGH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 70 MPH AND THE SOUTHEAST GULF AS
WELL AS SUMNER AND CLARENCE STRAITS WITH AT LEAST 50 KT OF WIND
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
MONDAY'S STORM WAS FASTER THAN MOST OF THE MODELS HAD PREDICTED,
AND THIS WORRIES US. WITH THE MODEL SPREAD OF SPEED AND TRACK AT
THIS LATE HOUR, RATHER THAN GOING WITH ONE SOLUTION, DECIDED TO
HANDLE AS BEST WE COULD A MIX OF SOLUTIONS, HEDGING WITH HIGHER
SPEEDS FROM ANY ONE PARTICULAR TRUSTED MODEL. THUS UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE WIND FORECAST OVER RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCES SOMEWHAT
HIGH. CONFIDENCE GREAT FOR HIGH WIND EVENT FOR THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE (ZONES 27 AND 28) AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN AREAS OF ZONE
26. CONFIDENCE FALLING FOR ZONE 23, AS THE ECMWF AND BOTH THE HIGH
RES ARW AND NMM ARE IMPRESSIVELY RAPID WITH ITS FORWARD MOVEMENT
AND FARTHER EASTWARD TRACK, PERHAPS MIMICKING MONDAY'S STORM. IF
THIS OCCURS, NORTHEAST HIGH WINDS MAY BE AVOIDED WITH THE SYSTEM
OVER SOUTHERN BARANOF. HOWEVER, IF THE STORM JOGS A LITTLE
WESTWARD FROM OUR BEST ANSWER, SOUTHEAST HIGH WINDS MAY BE THE
BIGGEST CONCERN THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN BARANOF ISLAND.
SOUTHEASTERLY LOWER LEVEL JETS OF PLUS/MINUS 70 KT ARE INDICATED
BY ALL THE MODELS EXCEPT THE GFS AHEAD OF THE STORM. ALTHOUGH
SOUTHWEST WINDS DO NOT SEEM TO RECORD AS HIGH AT SOME OF OUR
METEOROLOGICAL SITES ON PRINCE OF WALES, THE SECOND WRAP WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST COLD AIR ADVECTION ARE JUST AS
WORRISOME. IF ANYTHING, WE DID TRY TO SHIFT WIND DIRECTIONS A
LITTLE EARLIER IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS LIKE ZONE 27 TO ACCOUNT FOR AN
ANTICIPATED HIGHER FORWARD SYSTEM SPEED.
TO ADD TO OUR STORM ENTERING STAGE SOUTH, A VERY STRONG ASSOCIATED
WAVE OF VORTICITY ALOFT...COUPLED WITH STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON STRENGTHENING THE INVERSION...WILL RELEASE THE
MOMENTUM OF STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS ABOVE THE INVERSION. THUS WE FEEL
STRONGLY THAT MOUNTAIN WAVE WIND GUSTS WILL REACH HIGH WIND
CRITERIA OVER DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
INCREASING THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING AS THE RAIN AND
SOUTHERLY WINDS CUT IT OFF FROM THE SOUTH. HIGH RES MODELS HAVE
STRENGTHENED THIS TENDENCY FROM YESTERDAY'S RUNS. THEREFORE A SECOND
HIGH WIND WARNING WAS ISSUED TO COVER THE MOUNTAIN PRECEDING THE
STORM ENTERING THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE.
RAINS WILL SPREAD WITH THE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTH AS OFFSHORE WINDS
OVER THE NORTH WILL DIMINISH THE SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORM THREAT
SHOULD FALL THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF. AS COLDER AIR
ALOFT WRAPS IN WITH THE SYSTEM, RAIN WILL BECOME MORE CONVECTIVE
THIS EVENING PANHANDLE WIDE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY BRING UP TO
3 INCHES FOR THE HIGHWAYS LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR IS PULLED
SOUTH FROM THE YUKON.
USED ECMWF/HIGH RES ARW AND NMM TO STRENGTHEN WINDS WHERE THE
EXISTING STRENGTH WAS SUB-REPRESENTED. FEW CHANGES WERE MADE ON
OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FORECAST.
.LONG TERM...QUICK SURFACE RIDGE HELPING TO PUSH FIRST FRONTAL
BAND INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. A SECOND LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE
EASTERN ALEUTIANS TOWARDS KODIAK ISLAND BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE
FRONTAL BAND WITH THIS LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE GULF AND INTO THE
PANHANDLE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE FRONTAL BAND
IS TAPPING SOME MOISTURE FROM THE MID TROPICS AND THIS LOOKS TO BE
INCREASING SOME OF THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY FOR THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE. THE BEST RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE
APPROACHING THE 1 TO 2 INCHES RANGE FOR 12 HOUR PERIODS ON FRIDAY.
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT LOOK TO BE INCREASING TO GALE FORCE AS
THE LOW MOVES TO THE COAST.
RIVER LEVELS BELOW MOST FLOODING ISSUES AND WHILE THE RAINS WILL
BRING LEVELS UP DO NOT EXPECT FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE.
THE LONGER RANGE SOLUTIONS WHILE HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES SATURDAY
OVER THE GULF ARE ATTEMPTING TO HANDLE THE VERY DEEP LOW MOVING
INTO THE FAR WESTERN BERING SEA FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER 920S MB.
SOME POSITIONING DIFFERENCES HOWEVER THEY SEEM TO TRY AND PUT
FRONTAL BAND IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS AND SHOULD SEE IT MOVE TO THE
CENTRAL GULF BY SUNDAY. WHILE THE PARENT LOW STAYS OVER THE
CENTRAL BERING SEA REGION AND WEAKENS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT AKST
TONIGHT FOR AKZ023-025-026.
STRONG WIND FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
AKZ023-026.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FOR
AKZ027-028.
STRONG WIND FROM NOON AKST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR AKZ029.
MARINE...STORM WARNING FOR PKZ033-035-036-041-042.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ012-013-022-031-032-034-043.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ011-021-051-052.
&&
ADKINS/BEZENEK
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Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 7 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM AKST | Storm Warning | AJK | 7 hr | |
| Nov 5, 10:45 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 17 hr | |
| Nov 5, 10:45 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 5 hr | |
| Nov 5, 11:02 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 17 hr | |
| Nov 5, 11:02 PM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 17 hr | |
| Nov 6, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Nov 6, 4:00 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Nov 6, 4:00 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Nov 6, 4:00 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Nov 6, 4:33 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | 8 hr |
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