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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska
Issued by the National Weather Service
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List of Active Alerts by County
Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
short term forecast
special weather statement
wind advisory
Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area
short term forecast
special weather statement
Central Interior
winter weather advisory
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area
short term forecast
special weather statement
wind advisory
Eastern Baranof Island, Southern Admiralty Island
short term forecast
special weather statement
Eastern Chichagof Island
short term forecast
special weather statement
Glacier Bay
short term forecast
special weather statement
Haines Borough, Lynn Canal
short term forecast
special weather statement
Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island
short term forecast
special weather statement
wind advisory
Juneau Borough, Northern Admiralty Island
short term forecast
special weather statement
Misty Fjords
short term forecast
special weather statement
Northeast Prince William Sound
short term forecast
Northern Arctic Coast
short term forecast
Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
short term forecast
special weather statement
wind advisory
Southern Inner Channels
short term forecast
special weather statement
wind advisory
Taiya Inlet, Klondike Highway
short term forecast
special weather statement
Upper Koyukuk Valley
winter weather advisory
Short Term Forecast
Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YAKUTAT AK 916 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017-041200- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA INCLUDING YAKUTAT- 916 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CONTINUING CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH 3 AM. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30`S DROPPING INTO THE LOW 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ KH NOV 09Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Taiya Inlet, Klondike Highway (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ018-041100- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY- INCLUDING...SKAGWAY 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS...MIXING WITH SNOW AT TIMES MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH 2 AM. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW 30S...RANGING TO THE LOW 20S NEAR WHITE PASS. LIGHT NORTH WIND. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Taiya Inlet, Klondike Highway (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Haines Borough, Lynn Canal (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ019-041100- HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- INCLUDING...HAINES 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...MIXING WITH SNOW AT TIMES MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH 2 AM. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW 30S. NORTHWEST WIND TO 10 MPH. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Haines Borough, Lynn Canal (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Glacier Bay (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ020-041100- GLACIER BAY- INCLUDING...GUSTAVUS 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CLOUDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH WITH SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MOVING UP THROUGH 2 AM. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. PATCHY FOG. OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR 30. LIGHT WINDS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Glacier Bay (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Eastern Chichagof Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ021-041100- EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- INCLUDING...HOONAH 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CLOUDY SKIES WITH PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH 2 AM. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR 30. LIGHT WINDS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Eastern Chichagof Island (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ022-041100- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CLOUDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING TO MOVE UP THROUGH 2 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT EAST WIND INLAND...EAST WIND TO 15 MPH ALONG COASTAL AREAS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area (Alaska)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .TWO LOWS WILL CONVERGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ONE LOW FROM THE SOUTH AND THE OTHER FROM THE WEST. AS THEY ADVANCE INTO THE LOCAL AREA WINDS WILL INCREASE STARTING WITH THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN SPREADING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AKZ022-040900- /X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0079.091104T2100Z-091106T0000Z/ SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG LOW THAT WILL QUICKLY MERGE WITH A LOW FROM THE WEST IN THE GULF. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW DEEPENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST TONIGHT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ023-041100- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CLOUDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING TO MOVE UP THROUGH 2 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area (Alaska)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .TWO LOWS WILL CONVERGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ONE LOW FROM THE SOUTH AND THE OTHER FROM THE WEST. AS THEY ADVANCE INTO THE LOCAL AREA WINDS WILL INCREASE STARTING WITH THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN SPREADING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AKZ023-040900- /X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0079.091104T1800Z-091106T0000Z/ CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG LOW MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS TWO LOWS MERGE IN THE GULF AND DEEPEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST TONIGHT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Eastern Baranof Island, Southern Admiralty Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ024-041100- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INCLUDING...ANGOON 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH 2 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WIND TO 10 MPH. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Eastern Baranof Island, Southern Admiralty Island (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Juneau Borough, Northern Admiralty Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ025-041100- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INCLUDING...JUNEAU 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS MOVING UP FORM THE SOUTH THROUGH 2 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Juneau Borough, Northern Admiralty Island (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ026-041100- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- INCLUDING...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE 815 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... CLOUDY SKIES WITH RAIN SHOWERS DIMINISHING THROUGH 2 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island (Alaska)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .TWO LOWS WILL CONVERGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ONE LOW FROM THE SOUTH AND THE OTHER FROM THE WEST. AS THEY ADVANCE INTO THE LOCAL AREA WINDS WILL INCREASE STARTING WITH THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN SPREADING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AKZ026-028-040900- /X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0079.091105T0000Z-091106T0000Z/ INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS TWO LOWS THAT WILL MERGE IN THE GULF WITH STRONG WINDS SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST TONIGHT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE AK 830 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ027-041200- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING...CRAIG...KLAWOCK 830 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS DIMINISHING THROUGH 2 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 40S. EAST WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH INCREASING GUSTS. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area (Alaska)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .TWO LOWS WILL CONVERGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ONE LOW FROM THE SOUTH AND THE OTHER FROM THE WEST. AS THEY ADVANCE INTO THE LOCAL AREA WINDS WILL INCREASE STARTING WITH THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN SPREADING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AKZ027-040900- /X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0079.091104T1500Z-091106T0000Z/ DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...KLAWOCK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG LOW MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS TWO LOWS MERGE IN THE GULF AND DEEPEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST TONIGHT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Southern Inner Channels (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE AK 830 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ028-041200- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS- INCLUDING...KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA 830 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS DIMINISHING THROUGH 2 AM. OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR 40. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Southern Inner Channels (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Wind Advisory
Southern Inner Channels (Alaska)
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .TWO LOWS WILL CONVERGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ONE LOW FROM THE SOUTH AND THE OTHER FROM THE WEST. AS THEY ADVANCE INTO THE LOCAL AREA WINDS WILL INCREASE STARTING WITH THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN SPREADING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AKZ026-028-040900- /X.NEW.PAJK.WI.Y.0079.091105T0000Z-091106T0000Z/ INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 3 PM AKST THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS TWO LOWS THAT WILL MERGE IN THE GULF WITH STRONG WINDS SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST TONIGHT OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Misty Fjords (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE AK 830 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ029-041200- MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING...HYDER 830 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH RAIN SHOWERS DIMINISHING THROUGH 2 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT WINDS NEAR HYDER... EAST WIND TO 20 MPH ALONG THE SOUTHERN OUTER COAST. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Misty Fjords (Alaska)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ017>029-041415- CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA- TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL- GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND- SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA- CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA- EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND- INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND- DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA- SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-MISTY FJORDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAKUTAT...SKAGWAY...HAINES...GUSTAVUS... HOONAH...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER...ANGOON... JUNEAU...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE...CRAIG...KLAWOCK... KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA...HYDER 333 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...STRONG STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHEAST ALASKA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS, HIGH SEAS, AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW ALONG WITH A LONG WIND FETCH WILL PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS AND SEA STATES GREATER THAN 25 FT IN THE GULF. VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE FORECAST FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PANHANDLE. SURGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ON TOP OF THE ALREADY VERY HIGH TIDES. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM TRACK HAS BEEN FURTHER SOUTH IN TODAYS MODEL RUNS AND THEREFORE EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURGE TO REMAIN SOUTH OF SITKA AND INTO DIXON ENTRANCE. NEAR YAKUTAT THE SURGE WILL REMAIN BELOW 1 FOOT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF BARANOF ISLAND ON THE 5TH AND 6TH OF NOVEMBER AT HIGH TIDE. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS ARE COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT. $$ PSSIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Northeast Prince William Sound (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK 1000 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ131-041200- NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 1000 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND WITH ACCUMULATION UP TO THREE INCHES...FIVE INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LOOK FOR RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SOUTH OF VALDEZ THROUGH 4 AM. $$ SNP NOV 09Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast
Northern Arctic Coast (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK 935 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ202-041200- NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST- INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK 935 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 .NOW... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES AND PATCHY FOG. EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. $$ GH NOV 09Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Upper Koyukuk Valley (Alaska)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 159 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ219-041515- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0059.091104T1500Z-091105T0900Z/ UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU MOUNTAIN... GOBBLERS KNOB 159 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER SUMMITS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG NORTHEAST GRADIENT WILL BE SETTING UP OVER AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Central Interior (Alaska)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 159 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 AKZ221-041515- /X.NEW.PAFG.WW.Y.0059.091104T1500Z-091105T0900Z/ CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING...NENANA...ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO... MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD 159 PM AKST TUE NOV 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT AKST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG NORTHEAST GRADIENT WILL BE SETTING UP OVER AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONE OR MORE WINTER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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