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Gale Warning 239, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Nov 26, 2020, 7:35 PM AKST. It was in force for 56 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 26, 2020, 7:35 PM AKST (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2020, 4:02 AM AKST
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
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 Nov 26, 3:03 PM AKST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 3:03 PM AKST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
303 PM AKST Thu Nov 26 2020
.SHORT TERM.../Through Sat/ Short range forecast is much quieter
for the first 24 hours compared to yesterday. The front from last
night passed through the area rather quickly and was mostly out of
the panhandle by mid to late Thu morning. We are left with onshore
flow and showers, some of which have been strong enough to produce
lightning against the terrain of the northern gulf coast earlier
today.
Friday's forecast features a drying trend in the morning (at least
for the southern 2/3rds) as a surface ridge moves over the area.
This does not last long as a weak low approaches from the W. There
is still disagreement on where this low goes for Fri afternoon.
All guidance has trended northward with its track, but there are
still two camps on where it goes. GFS and Nam are still in the
southern camp with the low now heading toward POW Island (Southern
panhandle mainly getting wet). The ECMWF and the Canadian are in
the northern camp with the low now heading toward Icy Bay (and
spreading showers over most of the panhandle). Favored the GFS
and the more southerly solution through still have some chances of
showers reaching over the rest of the panhandle Fri evening.
Fri night into Sat is the major concern as a gale force front
moves in from the west. Setup appears similar to the front that
just went through last night, but this one is stronger, wetter,
and will be coming through at a different time of day (during the
day Sat rather then at night). As a result while most areas will
see rain, areas around Icy Strait, Petersburg, and Hyder may see
some snow early on in the event with a few inches of accumulation.
The exception is the Haines and Klondike Highway areas where they
are likely to stay snow throughout the event. With higher QPF
expected from this system a Winter Storm Watch has been issued for
both areas with around 5 to 9 inches possible on the Highways
Sat. The towns of Haines and Skagway themselves are much more
uncertain as temperatures will be warming throughout the event and
those two places could mix with or change over to rain mid day
lowering possible snow totals there.
Winds will also be a concern for the outer coast and southern
panhandle. Highest winds are expected more toward Sat afternoon
and night as the front moves closer. Gusts could reach as high as
40 to 55 mph in exposed areas. Marine areas will see wide spread
small craft winds and gales at the same time. We will continue to
update the forecast as we get closer to the event.
.LONG TERM.../Saturday through Thursday night/...The song remains
the same for the long term. The train of storm systems will
continue throughout the period. Models remain in decent agreement
with respect to the timing of precipitation, showing the greatest
rates Saturday into early Sunday and then again Monday into
Tuesday with another bucket-full in the works for later in the
week. Each of these storms will draw in enough warm air to make
rain the predominant precipitation type, with the exception of the
northern inner channels and mountain peaks where snow may mix in
from time to time. With QPF amounts on the order of 1-2 inches
with each storm, the snowpack will definitely take a hit. Rivers
and streams will be watched as there will be no shortage of liquid
from the rain and melting snow.
In addition to being a wet week, each of these fronts will bring
southerly gales to the outside waters and near ocean entrances,
with small craft conditions expected throughout the inner channels
with each frontal passage.
To sum up the next week, expect to get wet and be safe if you're
on the waters.
-Linstid
&&
.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...Winter Storm Watch from Saturday morning through Saturday
evening for AKZ018-019.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory for PKZ012-022-041>043-051>053.
&&
EAL/Fritsch/Linstid
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Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:38 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | 24 hr | |
| Nov 26, 7:37 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 9 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:24 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 11 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:24 AM AKST | Storm Warning | AJK | 35 hr | |
| Nov 27, 5:43 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | 42 hr |
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