A 970 MB low lifted northward from the Pacific and up into Prince William Sound. High east-southeast winds developed along the front associated with this system, as it raced northward through Southeast Alaska.
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The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A 970 MB low lifted northward from the Pacific and up into Prince William Sound. High east-southeast winds developed along the front associated with this system, as it raced northward through Southeast Alaska. Some peak wind gusts included: Sitka Airport 69 mph, Sisters Island 66 mph, Skagway Airport 63 mph, Mayflower Island 63 mph, Hydaburg 61 mph, Juneau Federal Building 59 mph, Yakutat Airport 58 mph, Eldred Rock and the Juneau Airport at 54 mph.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 22, 11:00 AM AST, 13 hours earlier.
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
1100 AM AST TUE NOV 22 2005
.SHORT RANGE...
WILL COVER TWO PERIODS IN SHORT RANGE DISCUSSION THIS MORNING AND
HAND OFF WED NIGHT PERIOD AND BEYOND TO LONG TERM DESK. FLOOD
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE ALL ON TRACK.
EXPECT AFTERNOON ZONES WILL DEVIATE LITTLE FROM CURRENT PACKAGE.
TROPICAL FEED OF MOISTURE CONTINUES FROM WAY UPSTREAM AND AIMED
SMACK INTO NE GULF COAST. POLAR ORBITING AMSU SAT IMAGERY
INDICATES DEEPEST MOISTURE PLUME...INCH AND QUARTER PRECIPITABLE
WATER...CONNECTED ALL THE WAY TO JUST NORTH OF HAWAII AND THEN
WEST INTO EQUATORIA PACIFIC. THIS HOSE OF MOISTURE RIPPLED INLAND
BRIEFLY LAST NIGHT. A WAVE CREST ON THIS PLUME IS NOW BACKING
NORTHWARD AGAIN BEING PULLED UP BY MAIN CIRCULATION CENTER NEAR
50N/150W AT 19Z. FRZG LVL 12Z AT PANT 10K FT WHILE NEAR 3K FT
SAME TIME AT YAKUTAT. BOTH RAOBS HAVE LIFTED INDICIES OF 15 SO
PCPN WILL BE GOOD AND STEADY. SFC FEATURES HARD TO PINPOINT BUT
APPEARS A TRIPLE POINT LOW HAS SHOT QUICKLY NORTH OF YAKUTAT THIS
MORNING. WARM FRONTAL WIND AND TEMP CHARACTERISTICS IN VICINITY
OF CROSS SOUND AND ICY STR AT 19Z AND PROPAGATING N AND E AT
18KTS. FLUCTUATIONS OF WIND SPEEDS AND RAIN INTENSITIES OVER THE
NEXT 24HRS WILL BE BRIEF AND SUBTLE AS THE SURFACE FRONTAL WAVES
PASS THROUGH THE PANHANDLE.
THE GENERAL FORECAST CALLS FOR HEAVIEST RAINS TO OCCUR OVER
NORTHERN HALF PANHANDLE 00Z-18Z WED. TWO TO FIVE MORE INCHES VERY
LIKELY. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE ABOUT HALF THAT FROM ABOUT SUMNER
STRAIT SOUTH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BEHIND THE WARM FRONT AND
CONCENTRATED OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING
TO 45KTS AT HYDABERG AND SHIP OBS FROM VICINITY OF LOW ARE
SUSTAINED 40KTS.
GLOBAL MODELS PREFERRED FOR GUIDANCE TODAY BASED ON POSITION AND
STRENGTH OF LOW AT 50/150. GFS/UK/ECMWF ALL AGREE THIS LOW WILL
TRACK TO NEAR CORDOVA BY 12Z WED. THIS KEEPS SE AK ON WARM WET
AND WINDY SIDE OF BAROCLINIC ZONE. MID LEVEL WINDS INCREASE
THROUGH 12Z AND ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE TOPO SO PRECIP RATES
TONIGHT MIGHT EXCEED 1/2 INCH PER HOUR FROM CROSS SOUND TO
YAKUAT. RAINS AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY WED AS
LOW CENTER LEAVES THE AREA. HOWEVER A SIMILAR LOOKING WAVE MOVES
NORTH INTO FORECAST AREA WED NIGHT. TA
.LONG RANGE...THE MEAN UPPER TROF OVER THE WESTERN ALASKA WILL
DROP SOUTHEAST AND INTO THE NORTH GULF BY FRIDAY. AS THIS HAPPENS
THE RELATIVE FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTHWEST CONUS WILL
SHARPEN WITH A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE NORTH
PACIFIC ON THURSDAY. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL FINALLY MOVE THE RIDGE
TO THE EAST WITH SHOWER PERSISTING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
BEFORE THE BREAK THERE WILL BE ONE MORE MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEM TO
MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF AND SOUTHEAST ALASKA. AS OF RIGHT
NOW THE FORECAST MODELS A STILL INDICATING THAT THE 972MB LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL BE A DOUBLE
BARREL LOW. THE NORTHERN LOW WILL START TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN AND VERY STRONG WINDS. THE LOW
CENTER WILL BE IN THE FAR EASTERN PART OF THE GULF SO THE WINDS
ALONG THE SOUTHERN OUTER COAST AND SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS WILL
BE AS HIGH AS 50 MPH BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT IT CAN GET TO
HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THERE IS STILL SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES SO WILL
PUT IN MAX WIND ADVISORY WINDS. THE WINDS ELSEWHERE WILL BE WINDY
WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. THE RAIN AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 3
INCHES ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL
BE STROM FORCE WINDS OVER THE OUTER COAST AND GALES OVER THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.
THE SOUTHERN LOW WILL BE OFF THE SOUTHERN OUTER COAST BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND PRODUCING AGAIN VERY STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT
RAIN AMOUNTS. THE RAIN WILL NOT BE AS INTENSE AS IN THE PAST DAYS
BUT WITH CURRENT RIVER LEVELS THE RAIN WILL BRING WATER LEVELS
UP. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTHEAST AND INTO CANADA
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND THE WINDY AND RAINY
CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT.
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE ONSHORE FLOW AND
COLD AIR ALOFT MOVES OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH A SURFACE LOW
AND UPPER LOW SPINNING IN THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH SUNDAY.
BEGINNING ON THURSDAY THERE COULD BE SOME SNOW MIXED IN WITH THE
SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF.
.AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...PUBLIC...FLOOD WARNING...ZONE 25
...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVY...ZONES 17>24-26
...WIND ADVY ALL ZONES EXCEPT 18
MARINE...STORM...PKZ041>043-051-310
...GALE...ALL REMAINING ZONES EXCEPT SCA PKZ012-013
...SCA...PKZ012-013
TA/ABJ10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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