On this date a 983MB Low tracked north along the Eastern Gulf coast. High winds were measured in the Southern Panhandle.
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The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
On this date a 983MB Low tracked north along the Eastern Gulf coast. High winds were measured in the Southern Panhandle. The highest recorded gust of 69 mph, occurred at the Ketchikan Airport. Minor damage was reported.
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 Oct 24, 5:30 AM AST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
630 AM ADT MON OCT 24 2005
.SYNOPSIS...
.SHORT RANGE...ANOTHER ACTIVE SHORT TERM PERIOD FOR THE AREA. 980
MB LOW IS NOW JUST SW OF BUOY 46205 AND WILL MOVE NNW TO NEAR
CAPE EDGECUMBE BY MID AFTERNOON...THEN TO JUST S OF PAYA AREA
TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE E THRU ALL BUT THE
FAR SERN AREA TODAY...THEN STALL TONIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE WAVE
MOVES N THRU THE PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT AND TUE. THIS LOW WILL
LIKELY TRACK THRU THE FAR ERN INNER CHANNELS INTO WRN BC E OF
PAJN.
WITH FIRST LOW...DECIDED TO GO WITH WIND ADVYS FOR THE SRN ZONES
AND CENTRAL COAST TODAY...WITH GALES FOR ADJACENT MARINE AREAS.
REMAINING MARINE AREA WILL SEE SCA LEVEL WINDS...WITH ADJACENT
LAND AREAS LOCALLY BREEZY TO WINDY. RAIN WILL INCREASE OVER MUCH
OF THE AREA TODAY...AND REACH THE FAR NRN INNER CHANNEL AREA BY
THIS AFTERNOON. THE PAYA AREA WILL DRY OUT THIS MORNING AS
OFFSHORE FLOW INCREASES...BUT RAIN WILL LIKELY GET INTO THERE
TONIGHT AS LOW PULLS UP TO JUST S OF THE PAYA AREA AND WEAKENS.
MAY EVEN SEE SOME SNOW MIX IN THERE AS LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME
FAIRLY LIGHT OVERNIGHT MON.
NEXT LOW MOVING IN WILL BRING MORE RAIN TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
TUE...WITH THE MOST RAIN OVER THE INNER CHANNELS. WITH LOW LEVEL
FLOW BECOMING LIGHT ON THE W SIDE OF THE LOW TRACK...MAY HAVE TO
WATCH FOR POTENTIAL SNOWMELT COOLING ALOFT WHICH MIGHT ALLOW THE
SNOW TO REACH SEA LEVEL...IF PRECIP RATES ARE HEAVY ENOUGH. ONLY
AREAS MENTIONING SNOW FOR TONIGHT ARE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE
ABOUT 1500 FT UP N...WITH POSSIBLE MIX FOR NEAR CANADIAN BORDER
IN PAHN ZONE...BUT MAY NEED TO ADD OTHER NRN ZONES DEPENDING ON
HOW FAR W THE STRONG 850-700 LAYER UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION GET.
MAY SEE PRECIP BEGIN A TRANSITION TO SHOWERS LATE TUE ALONG COAST
ONCE SECOND LOW MOVES IN AND DEEPER COLD AIR MOVES IN...BUT DID
NOT WANT TO MENTION THAT ATTM...AS STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM MOVING THRU.
.LONG RANGE...LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT AND SHOW
A 990 MB LOW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN
YUKON CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO
BUILD OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA FROM THE SOUTH WHILE A SECOND
WEAKER LOW DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA WEDNESDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AROUND THE REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
NEXT LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC IS FORECAST TO
BECOME A STRONG STORM CENTER ONCE IT ENTERS THE SOUTHERN GULF
OF ALASKA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
BE MOVING NORTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST ALASKA THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY DELIVERING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
THE LOW CENTER VERTICALLY STACKED IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
FRIDAY MORNING WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF
ALASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE WEAKENING. AS A
RESULT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN SHOWERS FROM THE SOUTH
FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE
REGION WITH THE LOW TURNING NORTHWEST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF
ALASKA ON SATURDAY AND MOVING TO A POSITION SOUTH OF PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE T9
DELIVER SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
.AJK...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...WIND ADVYS...ZONES 23..27..28..29
MARINE...GALE...PKZ036-041
...SCA...ALL REMAINING WATERS2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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