Alert archive / Alaska / Gale Warnings in 2021
Gale Warning 236, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this gale warning at Oct 29, 2021, 3:51 PM AKDT. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Oct 29, 2021, 3:51 PM AKDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2021, 3:31 AM AKDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
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677 FZAK52 PAJK 292351 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. PKZ099-301800- 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A gale force front moves into the central gulf Friday night before stalling. A ridge of high pressure builds over BC. Offshore flow dominates Saturday through Sunday. $$ PKZ041-301800- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SAT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft building to 13 ft in the afternoon. W swell in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 14 ft. SW swell. .SUN...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 13 ft building to 19 ft. .WED...SE gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. $$ PKZ042-301800- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SAT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft building to 15 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. SW swell. .SUN...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...SE wind 30 kt increasing to gale to 40 kt. Seas 12 ft building to 17 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. $$ PKZ043-301800- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE wind 15 kt increasing to 25 kt late. Seas 10 ft. .SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft building to 18 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. S swell. .MON...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 15 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. $$ PKZ051-301800- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...GALE WARNING SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE wind 15 kt increasing to 25 kt. Seas 9 ft building to 13 ft late. Rain showers. .SAT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 22 ft. .SUN...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 18 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. S swell. .MON...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 14 ft. $$ PKZ052-301800- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 351 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021 ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...SE wind 20 kt increasing to 35 kt. Seas 7 ft building to 15 ft. Showers. .SAT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 22 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 25 ft. Showers in the evening. .SUN...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 21 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. .TUE...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .WED...SE wind 30 kt becoming S 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. $$
4 follow-up statements
314 FZAK52 PAJK 301149 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. PKZ099-310600- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A gale force front will remain stalled over the eastern Gulf. A ridge of high pressure builds over British Columbia. Offshore flow will dominate Southeast Alaska through Sunday. $$ PKZ041-310600- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft building to 11 ft in the afternoon. W swell. .TONIGHT...SE wind increasing to 25 kt late. Seas 13 ft. SW swell. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 18 ft building to 25 ft. .WED...S wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 20 ft subsiding to 12 ft. $$ PKZ042-310600- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft building to 16 ft. SW swell. .TONIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. SW swell. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 26 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt becoming S 25 kt. Seas 22 ft subsiding to 13 ft. $$ PKZ043-310600- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft building to 18 ft. .TONIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt becoming SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 12 ft building to 18 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 27 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Seas 24 ft subsiding to 14 ft. $$ PKZ051-310600- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft building to 20 ft. Rain showers early in the morning. .TONIGHT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 24 ft. .SUN...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. S swell. .MON...E wind 20 kt becoming SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 12 ft building to 17 ft. .TUE...SE wind 30 kt becoming E gale to 40 kt. Seas 18 ft building to 25 ft. .WED...SE gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 27 ft subsiding to 16 ft. $$ PKZ052-310600- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft building to 23 ft. Rain showers early in the morning. .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 28 ft. Showers in the evening. .SUN...E gale to 40 kt. Seas 23 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft building to 17 ft. .TUE...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft building to 24 ft. .WED...E gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 27 ft subsiding to 18 ft. $$
580 FZAK52 PAJK 301354 CCA CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. PKZ099-310600- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A gale force front will remain stalled over the eastern Gulf. A ridge of high pressure builds over British Columbia. Offshore flow will dominate Southeast Alaska through Sunday. $$ PKZ041-310600- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft building to 11 ft in the afternoon. W swell. .TONIGHT...SE wind increasing to 25 kt late. Seas 13 ft. SW swell. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 18 ft building to 25 ft. .WED...S wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 20 ft subsiding to 12 ft. $$ PKZ042-310600- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft building to 16 ft. SW swell. .TONIGHT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. SW swell. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. SW swell. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 26 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt becoming S 25 kt. Seas 22 ft subsiding to 13 ft. $$ PKZ043-310600- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft building to 18 ft. .TONIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .MON...E wind 20 kt becoming SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 12 ft building to 18 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 27 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Seas 24 ft subsiding to 14 ft. $$ PKZ051-310600- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...GALE WARNING TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind increasing to 35 kt. Seas 10 ft building to 20 ft. Rain showers early in the morning. .TONIGHT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 24 ft. .SUN...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. S swell. .MON...E wind 20 kt becoming SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 12 ft building to 17 ft. .TUE...SE wind 30 kt becoming E gale to 40 kt. Seas 18 ft building to 25 ft. .WED...SE gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 27 ft subsiding to 16 ft. $$ PKZ052-310600- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 349 AM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 40 kt. Seas 14 ft building to 23 ft. Rain showers early in the morning. .TONIGHT...E wind 40 kt. Seas 28 ft. Showers in the evening. .SUN...E gale to 40 kt. Seas 23 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft building to 17 ft. .TUE...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft building to 24 ft. .WED...E gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 27 ft subsiding to 18 ft. $$
783 FZAK52 PAJK 302342 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. PKZ099-311745- 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A gale force front will remain stalled over the eastern Gulf. A ridge of high pressure builds over British Columbia. Offshore flow will dominate Southeast Alaska through Sunday. A system will move N through the outer coastal waters on Monday. $$ PKZ041-311745- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. SW swell. .SUN...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 18 ft building to 24 ft. .WED...S wind 30 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 16 ft subsiding to 12 ft. .THU...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. $$ PKZ042-311745- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. SW swell. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 24 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt becoming S 25 kt. Seas 18 ft subsiding to 12 ft. .THU...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 11 ft. $$ PKZ043-311745- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft. SW swell in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...E wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 17 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 22 ft. .WED...SE gale to 35 kt diminishing to 25 kt. Seas 20 ft subsiding to 12 ft. .THU...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. $$ PKZ051-311745- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE wind 35 kt. Seas 24 ft. .SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 20 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. S swell in the evening. .MON...E wind 25 kt. Seas 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...E gale to 35 kt. Seas 19 ft. .WED...SE gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 22 ft subsiding to 14 ft. .THU...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. $$ PKZ052-311745- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 342 PM AKDT Sat Oct 30 2021 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 27 ft. Showers in the evening. .SUN...SE wind 40 kt. Seas 24 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft. .TUE...E wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .WED...E gale to 40 kt diminishing to 30 kt. Seas 22 ft subsiding to 15 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 11 ft. $$
101 FZAK52 PAJK 311131 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. PKZ099-010545- 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A gale force front will remain stalled over the eastern Gulf. High pressure over British Columbia will result in offshore flow across Southeast Alaska through Sunday. A low will enter the Gulf from the south Monday night and track north through Tuesday $$ PKZ041-010545- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt increasing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 14 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 18 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 45 kt. Seas 22 ft. .WED...S gale to 35 kt diminishing to 15 kt. Seas 18 ft subsiding to 10 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ042-010545- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt. Seas 15 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 19 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 23 ft. .WED...S gale to 35 kt diminishing to 20 kt. Seas 20 ft subsiding to 11 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ043-010545- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 25 kt increasing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 17 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...E wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 19 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 40 kt. Seas 24 ft. .WED...S wind 25 kt. Seas 23 ft subsiding to 13 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ051-010545- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 20 ft. .TONIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. .MON...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 18 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 19 ft building to 26 ft. .WED...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 26 ft subsiding to 16 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ052-010545- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 331 AM AKDT Sun Oct 31 2021 ...GALE WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT... .TODAY...E wind 40 kt. Seas 24 ft. .TONIGHT...E wind 35 kt. Seas 15 ft. .MON...E gale to 35 kt. Seas 15 ft. Showers. .MON NIGHT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 17 ft. Showers. .TUE...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 23 ft. .WED...SE wind 30 kt diminishing to 15 kt. Seas 26 ft subsiding to 16 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$
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 Oct 29, 2:52 PM AKDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 2:52 PM AKDT, 59 minutes before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
252 PM AKDT Fri Oct 29 2021
.SHORT TERM...We begin the short term with a trough passing over
the region. Showers have been pretty consistent all day and should
continue under onshore flow into the evening, however, will begin
to see precip chances decrease steadily overnight and into
Saturday as a ridge begins to build over the panhandle. This ridge
will prevent the eastward progression of a frontal system into the
forecast area as a whole, but should continue to see decent
chances for showers in Yakutat until the evening hours Saturday.
The pressure gradient created between the frontal system and the
high pressure over Canada will be the catalyst for gale force
winds in the open Gulf waters and along the northern Gulf coast.
Other coastal areas and Cape Spencer will see small craft
advisory winds. The rest of the inner channels may still see a bit
of wind but should be largely unaffected. Expect skies to clear
out over the course of the day for most locations Saturday which
will provide excellent viewing conditions for what is shaping up
to be an incredible aurora this weekend, but you better wear a
jacket (or coat) because clear skies at night also means that we
will be able to radiate out which should drop temperatures to
colder than what we have seen at night in recent days. This also
could be the impetus for fog. For Halloween, we will be entering a
bit of a "Warm Spell" if you will. Plenty of sun during the day
should help bring temperatures up and 850mb temps increasing to
6-7C will provide some rather warm temperature for the last week
of October. Will need to monitor the conditions on Sunday, as if
any locations are able to break their night time inversion, we
may just have temperatures too low in the forecast.
.LONG TERM.../Sun through Fri as of 10 pm Thur/ Warm dry start to
the extended period is still in the cards before we start
trending wetter into the middle of next week. The upper level
pattern has not changed all that much from yesterday with a strong
upper ridge over the panhandle and Western Canada to start the
long range period out. This ridge gradually shifts east into mid
next week allowing some troughs from the S to sneak into the area.
By later next week the panhandle will be stuck in the southerly
flow between the ridge in Canada and the trough over the Bering
Sea.
The forecast for the early part of the long range has not changed.
We are still looking at a period of dry and warmer weather as
southerly flow pushes a warmer air mass into the area. 850 mb
temps are still forecast to push 4 to 7 degrees C Sun through Mon
night across the panhandle resulting in surface high temps
reaching into the 40s or low 50s and freezing levels rising to
5000 to 6000 feet Sun into Mon. Panhandle winds will generally be
20 kt or less. One change to the forecast was to warm day time
highs Sunday and Monday. There is the potential for Monday
temperatures to reach around 60 degrees as 850mb temps of 8-10 C
will be present. Confidence is low at this time though as there
is uncertainty on if these temperatures will be able to mix to the
surface.
The Gulf water however, are expected to be rather windy with high
wave heights during this time, particularly in the central gulf
where a front that will be blocked from moving further E remains
mostly stationary. Wide spread 30-40 kt winds for the central
gulf and sea heights reaching 20 ft or more are likely.
Tue into the rest of next week has a trend toward wetter and
cooler again (though not very cool). Uncertainty remains on when
the rain will return, but Mon night into Tuesday morning is
looking more favorable. The return of the rain is brought by a
series of lows that will move NW through the eastern gulf from Tue
onward. Drastic disagreement on where those lows go and how fast
they track though. How much rain and wind various areas of the
panhandle get depends on where these lows track and when, so other
then a general trend toward wetter and possibly more wind the mid
to late week forecast remain rather uncertain at this time.
&&
.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...None.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ051-052-310.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ012-022-031-041>043-053.
&&
JDR/CC
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Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 4:32 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AJK | 57 hr | |
| Oct 29, 4:39 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AJK | 59 hr | |
| Oct 29, 11:02 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 17 hr | |
| Oct 29, 3:49 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 6 days | |
| Oct 29, 3:52 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 6 days |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.