Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2017
Gale Warning 2, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Jan 12, 2017, 3:13 AM AKST. It was in force for 4 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2017, 3:13 AM AKST (12:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2017, 2:59 PM AKST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted.
380 FZAK67 PAJK 121213 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 313 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-130100- 313 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL INCREASE SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE INNER CHANNELS THU. A GALE FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF FROM THE SW FRI. $$ PKZ310-130100- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 313 AM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT... .TODAY...W WIND 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 35 KT LATE. SEAS 8 FT BUILDING TO 11 FT LATE. RAIN LATE. .FRI...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. .MON...SW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 20 FT. $$
11 follow-up statements
625 FZAK67 PAJK 130029 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 329 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-131830- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A GALE FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF FROM THE SW FRI. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT THE GULF AND INNER CHANNELS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. $$ PKZ310-131830- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 329 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 ...GALE WARNING FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN LATE. .FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 30 KT LATE. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$
813 FZAK67 PAJK 130658 AAA OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 1000 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-131830- 1000 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A GALE FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF FROM THE SW FRI. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT THE GULF AND INNER CHANNELS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. $$ PKZ310-131830- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 1000 PM AKST THU JAN 12 2017 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND INCREASING TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 9 FT. RAIN LATE. .FRI...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 14 FT. RAIN. .FRI NIGHT...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. .SAT NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 30 KT LATE. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 25 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 15 FT. $$
124 FZAK67 PAJK 131214 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 314 AM AKST FRI JAN 13 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-140100- 314 AM AKST FRI JAN 13 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A GALE FORCE FRONT MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF FROM THE SW FRI INTO FRI NIGHT THEN WEAKENS ON SAT. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT THE GULF AND INNER CHANNELS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. $$ PKZ310-140100- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 314 AM AKST FRI JAN 13 2017 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...S WIND 35 KT. SEAS 13 FT BUILDING TO 17 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW GALE TO 35 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...S GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 19 FT. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
658 FZAK67 PAJK 140033 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST FRI JAN 13 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-141845- 333 PM AKST FRI JAN 13 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE ON SAT WHILE WEAKENING. A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT THE GULF AND INNER CHANNELS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. $$ PKZ310-141845- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 333 PM AKST FRI JAN 13 2017 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN. .SAT...SW WIND 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT LATE. SEAS 16 FT. SW SWELL. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE GALE TO 40 KT BECOMING S 30 KT LATE. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. $$
961 FZAK67 PAJK 141208 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 308 AM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-150100- 308 AM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY WHILE WEAKENING. A STORM FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ PKZ310-150100- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 308 AM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 FT. RAIN SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...SW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO GALE TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...SE GALE TO 45 KT BECOMING S GALE TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS 22 FT. RAIN. .MON...SW GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 23 FT. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 12 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
798 FZAK67 PAJK 150017 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 317 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-151830- 317 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STORM FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ PKZ310-151830- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 317 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. .SUN...SE WIND 30 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .MON...W GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. S SWELL. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
761 FZAK67 PAJK 150152 AAA OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 452 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-151830- 452 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STORM FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF SUNDAY EVENING. $$ PKZ310-151830- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 452 PM AKST SAT JAN 14 2017 UPDATED ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT DIMINISHING LATE. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. .SUN...SE WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .SUN NIGHT...S GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 18 FT. RAIN. .MON...W GALE TO 35 KT. SEAS 21 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 18 FT. S SWELL. .TUE...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...W WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 13 FT. $$
729 FZAK67 PAJK 151233 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-160100- 333 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STORM FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GULF SUNDAY EVENING CROSSING OVER THE PANHANDLE THROUGH MONDAY. $$ PKZ310-160100- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 333 AM AKST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...GALE WARNING TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SW WIND 15 KT BECOMING S 30 KT IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING SE 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN. .TONIGHT...S WIND 40 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT LATE. SEAS 19 FT. RAIN. .MON...W GALE TO 40 KT. SEAS 21 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING. .MON NIGHT...SW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 19 FT. S SWELL SHIFTING TO THE SW LATE. .TUE...E WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 17 FT. $$
822 FZAK67 PAJK 160014 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 314 PM AKST SUN JAN 15 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-161815- 314 PM AKST SUN JAN 15 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A STORM FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A GALE FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF AND PANHANDLE ON MONDAY. $$ PKZ310-161815- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 314 PM AKST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .TONIGHT...S WIND 45 KT BECOMING SW 30 KT LATE. SEAS 20 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RAIN. .MON...W WIND 40 KT. SEAS 22 FT. .MON NIGHT...W WIND 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 19 FT. SW SWELL. .TUE...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SW SWELL IN THE MORNING. .TUE NIGHT...NW WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. S SWELL. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 11 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 11 FT. $$
286 FZAK67 PAJK 161241 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 341 AM AKST MON JAN 16 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-170100- 341 AM AKST MON JAN 16 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... A GALE FORCE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF AND PANHANDLE ON MONDAY AND ALLOW COLDER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST. $$ PKZ310-170100- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 341 AM AKST MON JAN 16 2017 ...GALE WARNING TODAY... .TODAY...SW WIND 35 KT BECOMING W 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 22 FT. .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT LATE. SEAS 19 FT. SW SWELL IN THE EVENING. .TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SW SWELL. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 9 FT. S SWELL. .WED...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .THU...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT. .FRI...S WIND 15 KT. SEAS 9 FT. $$
537 FZAK67 PAJK 162359 OFFAJK OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 259 PM AKST MON JAN 16 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR GULF OF ALASKA EAST OF 144W 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. PKZ398-171800- 259 PM AKST MON JAN 16 2017 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA... STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CANADIAN YUKON WILL CONTINUE NE AWAY FROM THE PANHANDLE MON NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE SE GULF TUE AND STRENGTHENS INTO A GALE FORCE LOW OFFSHORE OF BARANOF ISLAND WED. $$ PKZ310-171800- GULF OF ALASKA NORTH OF 55 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 144 DEGREES WEST- 259 PM AKST MON JAN 16 2017 .TONIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT LATE. SEAS 19 FT. .TUE...WINDS LIGHT INCREASING TO N 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SW SWELL. .TUE NIGHT...N WIND 20 KT INCREASING TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 9 FT. .WED...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT. S SWELL. .THU...NW WIND 30 KT. SEAS 15 FT. .FRI...N WIND 20 KT. SEAS 10 FT. .SAT...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 8 FT. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 11, 4:15 PM AKST, 10 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 4:15 PM AKST, 10 hours 58 minutes before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
415 PM AKST Wed Jan 11 2017
.SHORT TERM...Challenging forecast for the next 24+ hours. A low
deck of clouds moved into the central panhandle today and has
caused some flurries on and off most of the day in Pelican and
inland to Angoon. Sitka has warmed enough this afternoon for the
p-type to change to drizzle, but some inland areas on Baranof are
likely seeing snow still. Expect the clouds to continue to spread
across the remainder of the panhandle this evening with the light
snow developing overnight. Currently the low deck of clouds is
warm enough that whatever ice crystals are present will not be
able to grow into large flakes, or may even stay as drizzle (will
have to continue watching for risk of freezing drizzle). Think
that the snow that falls tonight will be very small in size or
needles and thus not accumulate much. Have a maximum accumulation
tonight of up to 2 inches tonight. However, models indicate that
after the precipitation starts this evening, temperatures at
850mb will cool several degrees. As this happens the snow flake
type will likely change to slightly larger flakes and allow for
more accumulation to occur, so have gone with up to 3 inches of
accumulation during the day tomorrow.
The pressure pattern across the region remains light this
afternoon, but low pressure developing over the northern gulf
looks to change that tonight. Expect most places to see a wind
shift to the south tonight. The far northern panhandle including
Haines/Skagway looks to stay more northerly, but light/variable
at times, then shift to the south by Thursday afternoon.
Temperatures were colder today due to the cloud cover and little
mixing. Think that there will be some cooling as the precip starts
this evening since the dewpoints area so low, but then stay fairly
steady overnight. Tomorrow the wind shift to the south will warm
things up closer to the freezing point, but think that the high
will be later than normal.
Used mainly the NAM12 for adjustments to this forecast package.
Forecast confidence in snow amounts is lower than normal.
.LONG TERM...Transitions to active weather pattern progressing
with mid to upper level flow pattern becoming consolidated across
the gulf and into the Southeast Alaska. Expecting first of the
waves out of central Pacific, to be gale force for the marine
areas ushering a pool of warmer air to the panhandle through
Friday. Precipitation likely to begin as overrunning snow then the
panhandle should be moving to more of rain.
The Haines and Hyder areas look like that there were is a
favorable period for snow accumulation, Friday to Saturday, so
have started with a Watch for Heavy Snow. Further model solutions
may be modifying the snow forecasts.
The next system will impact the eastern gulf and Southeast Sunday
to Monday. The extended forecasts from the various model solution
had a similar track it had a larger than normal strength
differences between them, although Southeast Alaska to stay wetter
with onshore flow pattern.
&&
.AJK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
PUBLIC...Winter Storm Watch from Friday afternoon through Saturday
morning for AKZ019-029.
MARINE...None.
&&
Ferrin/Bezenek
Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/JuneauThe office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:44 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:18 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 12, 3:23 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Jan 12, 7:45 AM AKST | Winter Weather Advisory | AJK | 4 hr |
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