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Marine Weather and Tides Port Alexander, AK Version 3.4

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Sunrise 4:26AM

Sunset 9:41PM

Saturday July 21, 2018 7:12 PM AKDT (03:12 UTC)

Moonrise 4:04PM

Moonset 12:52AM

Illumination 68%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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Marine Forecasts

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PKZ033 Southern Chatham Strait- 327 Pm Akdt Sat Jul 21 2018 Tonight..NW wind 20 kt decreasing to 15 kt late. Seas 4 ft. Sun..NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft, except 6 ft near ocean entrances. Sun night..NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening then 2 ft or less. Mon..NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Mon night..NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Tue..NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wed..NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Thu..Light winds becoming nw 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Port Alexander, AK

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Area Discussion for -

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Fxak67 pajk 212252 afdajk southeast alaska forecast discussion national weather service juneau ak 252 pm akdt Sat jul 21 2018 Short term a strong ridge of high pressure will stay in place over the eastern gulf, at least through the short term period. The ridge will weaken and move over the panhandle late Sunday night into Monday. Minimal changes were needed to the overall pressure pattern, with some nudging to the GFS and a little bit of ECMWF to account for differences in Monday's pattern. Otherwise, mostly local effects. Winds were increased primarily in the afternoon to account for sea breeze and along cross sound CAPE decision with the tip jet along the coast. Pop's were updated using the NAM (although there isn't a lot of pop to speak of). The next chance for precipitation comes on Monday along the western boundary of the eastern gulf, then quickly retreats. One of the main challenges for today was the interaction between the sea breeze and the marine stratus. Temperatures were edited locally, staying above maximum guidance. Several locations may see near or exceeded record temperatures, especially tomorrow and possibly Monday. Cooler temperatures were moderated along the coast to account for the marine stratus layer. Still, as drier weather continues, fire weather will be concern over the northern panhandle. Some of the glacial rivers will see slight increases over the next few days with the warmer temperatures. Models continue to be in good agreement, the

exception being in timing differences when the ridge starts to break down. Long term Monday to Saturday upper level sections of the mid to long range forecast are in similar vein of what we have been seeing the last few days. The upper level ridge over the eastern gulf to just east of the panhandle by early Tuesday morning the rebuilds back over the panhandle by Wednesday afternoon. The closed upper level low slides southeast over the bering and into the western gulf southwest of kodiak island by Tuesday afternoon. There looks to be a short wave spinning out of the low and into the western side of the ridge that is trying to ridge over or through the ridge. It is this feature that will try to spread some light rain into the northern panhandle Wednesday or so. With ridge rebuilding the chances of rain are pushed back to the west. The very warm pool of air over northwest canada is expected to persist early next week early and the slowly receded some. 850 mb temperatures in british columbia are expected to be in the mid to upper teens. Surface temperatures over much of the inner channels will be upper 60s to mid-upper 70s possible. Warmer temperatures towards the start of the week. The coastal areas will likely have cooler temperatures as the lower level clouds will likely continue to play games with coastline, limiting the potential warming. Ajk watches warnings advisories Public... None. Marine... Small craft advisory for pkz022-041-042. Ss bezenek visit us at http:

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
PLXA2 - 9451054 - Port Alexander, AK	5 mi	49 min	Calm G 1	74°F	51°F		1023.7 hPa
CDXA2	31 mi	91 min	WNW 14 G 15	51°F			1024.8 hPa	47°F
FFIA2 - Five Finger, AK	94 mi	73 min	Calm G 0	66°F			1022.6 hPa (-1.2)

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure

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Tide / Current Tables for Cape Ommaney, Baranof Island, Alaska

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4.1	2.6	1.6	1.4	1.9	2.9	4.2	5.5	6.3	6.5	6.2	5.4	4.4	3.5	3	3.1	3.8	5	6.5	7.8	8.8	9.1	8.6	7.4

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Tide / Current Tables for Port Alexander, Baranof Island, Alaska

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4.7	2.8	1.6	1.2	1.8	3.1	4.8	6.3	7.5	7.9	7.6	6.5	5.1	3.7	2.9	2.9	3.7	5.2	7	8.7	10	10.4	10	8.6

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Weather Map and Satellite Images

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Wind Forecast for (23,6,7,8)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Biorka Is., AK

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