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Small Craft Advisory 326, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this small craft advisory at Jul 3, 2021, 3:37 AM AKDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2021, 3:37 AM AKDT (11:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2021, 3:22 AM AKDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
The text
As transmitted.
780 FZAK52 PAJK 031137 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 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. PKZ099-040545- 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A front will weaken over the northeastern Gulf Saturday morning. A surface ridge will build in over the central Gulf on Saturday and persist through Monday. $$ PKZ041-040545- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .TUE...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ042-040545- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ043-040545- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. W swell in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ051-040545- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...W wind 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. SW swell in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ052-040545- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 337 AM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 .TODAY...W wind 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. SW swell in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. SW swell in the evening. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...W wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...S wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$
4 follow-up statements
049 FZAK52 PAJK 040004 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 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. PKZ099-041815- 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A ridge of high pressure will persist over the eastern Gulf and Panhandle until midweek while lower pressure persists over the Yukon and northern British Columbia provinces. $$ PKZ041-041815- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas building to 9 ft late. .SUN...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ042-041815- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas building to 9 ft late. .SUN...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ043-041815- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft in the evening. .SUN...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ051-041815- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas building to 8 ft. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ052-041815- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 404 PM AKDT Sat Jul 3 2021 .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. SW swell in the evening. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...S wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$
511 FZAK52 PAJK 041119 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 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. PKZ099-050530- 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A ridge of high pressure will persist over the eastern Gulf and Panhandle until midweek while lower pressure persists over the Yukon and northern British Columbia provinces. $$ PKZ041-050530- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...W wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .WED...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ042-050530- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. W swell early in the morning. .TONIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ043-050530- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .TODAY...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. W swell early in the morning. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ051-050530- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. SW swell early in the morning. .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...S wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ052-050530- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 319 AM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...W wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...S wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...S wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$
196 FZAK52 PAJK 042322 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 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. PKZ099-051730- 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... A ridge of high pressure will persist over the eastern Gulf and Panhandle until midweek while lower pressure persists over Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia. $$ PKZ041-051730- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH MONDAY... .TONIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .TUE...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ042-051730- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .WED...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ043-051730- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ051-051730- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .MON...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ052-051730- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 322 PM AKDT Sun Jul 4 2021 .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...W wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...S wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...S wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$
581 FZAK52 PAJK 051122 CWFAEG Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska National Weather Service Juneau AK 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 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. PKZ099-060530- 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 2021 .SYNOPSIS FOR OUTSIDE WATERS... Surface ridge of high pressure will persist through Monday then begin to break down Tuesday as low pressure passes over southern Alaska. $$ PKZ041-060530- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision- 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 2021 .TODAY...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ042-060530- Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe- 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 2021 .TODAY...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...S wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ043-060530- Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Fairweather- 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 2021 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...W wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...S wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...S wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ051-060530- Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape- 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 2021 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ052-060530- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling- 322 AM AKDT Mon Jul 5 2021 .TODAY...W wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 10 kt becoming S late. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...S wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jul 2, 2:37 PM AKDT, 13 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:37 PM AKDT, 13 hours before
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Juneau AK 237 PM AKDT Fri Jul 2 2021 .SHORT TERM.../Through Saturday night/...As the front over the eastern Gulf continues progressing to the east, the ridge over the far eastern Gulf and Panhandle is being displaced south as initially expected. The net effect of this has been to disrupt the marine layer and is creating partial clearing on the central outer coast this afternoon. High resolution short range model data is also indicating an area of significantly drier over the central inner channels from Tenakee Springs south to Clarence Strait. Satellite imagery this afternoon validates this depiction, with a growing area of clear skies over Chatham Strait, Frederick Sound, Stephens Passage, Clarence Strait, and the surrounding land areas. Smaller holes in the cloud cover are also showing up near Juneau, Icy Strait, and upper Glacier Bay. It is not often that the sky forecast in Southeast Alaska become so challenging. To the east, the upper low over British Columbia is making slow progress further east, carrying with it the showers and thunderstorms that have been an issue these past few days. Regarding the approaching front, the parent low is well to the west over Bristol Bay, occluded, and weakening fast. The trailing edge of the front is highly defined on satellite imagery, but much of its energy is being expended getting over/through the ridge. The net result of this is that precipitation chances are slight along the northeast Gulf coast, the outer coast of the Panhandle, most of Chichagof Island, and the Icy Strait corridor east to Hawk Inlet. Look for an increase in cloud cover tonight, but post-frontal (tomorrow morning), expect decreasing clouds and at least partly cloudy skies on Saturday for most locations except the outer coast and northeast Gulf coast. Small craft southerlies are expected this afternoon and early evening over northern Lynn Canal and breezy conditions are already in Skagway. Expect the same sort of conditions for Saturday afternoon. .LONG TERM.../ Sunday through Friday / The long term forecast opens up with Sunday and it is looking dry with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies overall. That being said, along the coast, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies are possible due to lingering marine layer clouds. Sunday’s temperatures will top out in the 60s to low 70s. Have also included a chance for rain and thunderstorms near Hyder during the heat of the day. With temps in the 70s and dew points in the 50s, scattered to isolated pop up thunderstorms are possible but most of the activity should be farther east in Canada. As we turn the page on the weekend and start the next work week, the main question is - how long with the ridge of high pressure hold off the next chance for rain? Still have the rain arriving on Monday but have pushed the arrival time to Monday night for the bulk of the panhandle. Rain chances continue the rest of the week as an upper level low moves southeast from central Alaska towards the panhandle. High temps next week will be cooler than this upcoming weekend, mostly in the 50s to 60s with lows in the 40s to 50s. && .AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory for PKZ012. && Fritsch/JLC/Ferrin/GJS Visit us at http://www.weather.gov/Juneau
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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.