Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Metlakatla, AK

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Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Juneau AK 1020 AM AKDT Thu Apr 24 2025

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SHORT TERM
Vertically stacked low in the central Gulf will continue to track NE through the day Thursday and weaken. Observations show the warm front that pushed into the panhandle on Wednesday has somewhat stalled, or otherwise jumped from Northern Lynn Canal into the interior, as Haines reports ENE wind with gusts to around 25 mph, while Eldred Rock reports a light southerly wind. Follow up cold front extending from the low will gradually push into the panhandle this morning leading to a transition from blanket stratiform precipitation to showers by the afternoon. Once again rain is expected at sea level while at the higher elevations of the Klondike Highway temperatures will remain cool enough for wet snow and some minor accumulation.


LONG TERM
/Friday through Wednesday/...
The low currently in the Gulf is expected to continue tracking northeast in the Gulf by Friday. Showers will diminish into the evening Friday as the low center moves inland and weakens.
Relatively drier conditions are expected for Southeast Alaska into the weekend given the exiting low pressure system. Light rainfall may persist as the axis of moisture shifts increasingly over the southern portion of the region, including Sitka and Prince of Wales Island. Ensembles trend towards the open wave trough solution. From there operational models diverge. Another surface low and associated front is expected in the western gulf and impacting SE AK early Monday into Tuesday. Model agreement is increasing towards a elongated northwest oriented trough to push over much of SE AK, bringing a return to widespread rainfall and near gale-force winds along the Gulf coast waters.
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