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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Juneau, AK

February 28, 2018

NWS Juneau, AK issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2018, 5:42 AM AKST. It took effect at Feb 28, 2018, 11:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2018, 5:42 AM AKST (14:42 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2018, 11:00 PM AKST
Expired
Mar 1, 2018, 11:00 PM AKST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Juneau, AK

The text

As transmitted.

261 
WWAK77 PAJK 281442
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
542 AM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018

AKZ025-010115-
/O.NEW.PAJK.HW.W.0005.180301T0800Z-180302T0800Z/
Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island-
Including the city of Juneau
542 AM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM
AKST THURSDAY...

The National Weather Service in Juneau has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM AKST
Thursday. 

* LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas.

* WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph.

* TIMING...Winds will increase through day with strongest winds
  late tonight through Thurday night.

* IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There
  is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats could
  break loose.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts
of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage

This statement will be updated by 4 PM AKST Wed or sooner should 
conditions warrant..

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
010 
WWAK77 PAJK 010005
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
305 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018

AKZ025-010800-
/O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.180301T0800Z-180302T0800Z/
Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island-
Including the city of Juneau
305 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 PM AKST THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas.

* WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 
  mph.

* TIMING...Winds will increase this evening with strongest winds 
  late tonight through Thursday night. 

* IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There 
  is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats 
  could break loose. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts
of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage

This statement will be updated by 11 pm AKST Wednesday or sooner 
should conditions warrant.

&&

$$
757 
WWAK77 PAJK 010724
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
1024 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018

AKZ025-011500-
/O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.180301T0800Z-180302T0800Z/
Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island-
Including the city of Juneau
1024 PM AKST Wed Feb 28 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas.

* WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 
  mph. 

* TIMING...Winds will be strongest winds late tonight through 
  Thursday night. 

* IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There 
  is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats 
  could break loose. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts
of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage

This statement will be updated by 6 AM AKST Thursday or sooner 
should conditions warrant.

&&

$$
212 
WWAK77 PAJK 011421
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
521 AM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018


AKZ025-020100-
/O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T0800Z/
Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island-
Including the city of Juneau
521 AM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas.

* WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 
  mph. 

* TIMING...Winds will be strongest this afternoon, then diminish
  late Thursday night.

* IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There 
  is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats 
  could break loose. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts
of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage

This statement will be updated by 4 PM AKST Thursday or sooner 
should conditions warrant.

&&

$$
347 
WWAK77 PAJK 020018
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
318 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018

AKZ025-020800-
/O.CON.PAJK.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T0800Z/
Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island-
Including the city of Juneau
318 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AKST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...Downtown Juneau and Douglas.

* WINDS...Northeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 
  mph. 

* TIMING...Winds will be strongest this evening, then diminish 
  late Thursday night. 

* IMPACTS...Loose objects may be blown around by the wind. There 
  is a potential for loss of power. Improperly moored boats 
  could break loose. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 MPH or gusts
of 58 MPH or more can lead to property damage

This statement will be updated by 11 pm AKST Thursday night or 
sooner should conditions warrant.

&&

$$
656 
WWAK77 PAJK 020743
NPWAJK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Juneau AK
1043 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018


AKZ025-020845-
/O.EXP.PAJK.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180302T0800Z/
Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island-
Including the city of Juneau
1043 PM AKST Thu Mar 1 2018

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

The gusty Taku winds occurring in downtown Juneau and including 
West Juneau and Douglas Island have been slowly decreasing. Wind 
gusts of 40 to 55 mph are expected to persist for the next couple
of hours and gusts to 58 mph or higher are not expected to 
continue. The High Wind Warning will be allowed to expire at 11 PM
this evening.

A strong wind headline will be mentioned for the remainder of
tonight into early Friday morning. 

This will be the final statement on this event. 

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 27, 4:15 PM AKST, 13 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 4:15 PM AKST, 13 hours 27 minutes before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
415 PM AKST Tue Feb 27 2018

.SHORT TERM.../ Tuesday night to Thursday / Weather system coming
into the northeast gulf and northern panhandle was the focus for
todays forecast. There was a blend of the GFS and ECMWF and the
early NAM, for any of the adjustments. . With the low moving up to
the northeast gulf coast looking for northern tier zones to get
2-6 inches though the Haines area to is expected to receive about
5-9 inches of snow. Nearby areas, out to the border on the Haines
Road, and along the Klondike High only expecting 2 to 4 inches of
snow. The Yakutat, Hoonah and Juneau areas should see about 2 to 4
inches as well. Have issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the
coastal area near Cross Sound and a Winter Storm Warning for the
Haines area of Lynn Canal.

Along with this low is band of potential stronger convection so we
are not ruling out the possibility of isolated Thunderstorms
embedded in the shower activity. Mainly of the coastal marine
areas to the coast lines. Am not anticipating it moving inland.

A second wave further south will be moving to the southern Haida
Gwaii area by midday Wednesday and this will sap energy from the
northern system so through Wednesday a stronger outflow of
northerly winds will be picking up and will be seeing drying
conditions through Wednesday night for the panhandle.

Also slowed the cooling down with the north winds out of the
interior more until later Wednesday into Thursday time frame.

.LONG TERM.../Thursday through Tuesday/ As of 10 pm Monday. Dry,
cold, windy weather pattern for the start of the long range
forecast. Strong northerly pressure gradient between low pressure
over Haida Gwaii and high pressure over the Yukon will produce
outflow and northerly winds in the 35 to 40 kt range over the
inner channels. Due to orientation of the gradient not expecting a
Taku wind event for Juneau. Cold arctic airmass with 850 mb temps
in the -15C range will also move over the panhandle due to the
offshore flow. This along with clear skies and radiational cooling
will produce overnight lows in the teens to possible single
digits for the central and northern regions with lows in the 20s
for coastal and southern areas. As the low and Yukon high weaken
and drift to the southeast winds will diminish and temps will
begin to warm slightly. The 500 mb blocking ridge extending from
the N Pacific into the Arctic will last through Saturday keeping
the panhandle dry. Timing of the ridge breaking down is still
uncertain. GFS/Canadian are starting to fall more in line with
allowing a fast moving short wave to over ride a flattening ridge
and bring in next chance of precip Saturday night into Sunday.
Better agreement the ridge will fully break down to more zonal
flow Monday into Tuesday with a return to more moderate
temperatures and wet weather.

With models remaining in good alignment for the early part of the
forecast used only some NAM to nudge up wind speeds. Due to
uncertainty later in the forecast only made minor adjustments
using GFS to increase PoP to slight chance and began to warm
temperatures. If GFS/Canadian/ECMWF start to fall in line as
indicated by newer runs, later forecast will likely need to increase
PoPs Sunday. Forecast confidence is average early on then drops
by the weekend as the ridge breaks down.

&&

.AJK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
PUBLIC...Winter Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM AKST
     Wednesday for AKZ022.
     Winter Storm Warning from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM AKST
     Wednesday for AKZ019.
     Strong Wind until 6 PM AKST this evening for AKZ018.
     Strong Wind from Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday
     night for AKZ018.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ012-013-022-043-051-053.
     Small Craft Advisory for PKZ011-021-031>035-041-042-052.

&&

JWA-Bezenek/PRB

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 3:42 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK35 hr
Feb 27, 3:48 PM AKSTGale WarningAJK12 hr
Feb 27, 3:48 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK12 hr
Feb 27, 3:48 PM AKSTSmall Craft AdvisoryAJK48 hr
Feb 28, 4:04 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK72 hr
Feb 28, 4:04 AM AKSTStorm WarningAJK60 hr
Feb 28, 4:06 AM AKSTGale WarningAJK48 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.