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PKZ036 Clarence Strait- 241 Pm Akdt Thu May 9 2024
.small craft advisory through early this evening - .
Tonight - SE wind 25 kt diminishing to 15 kt late. Seas 5 ft. Rain in the evening. Fri - NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, except 5 ft near ocean entrances. Fri night - NW wind 10 kt in the evening becoming light. Seas 2 ft or less. Sat - NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Sat night - SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain.Sun - SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Mon - SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Tue - SW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

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Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Juneau AK 211 PM AKDT Thu May 9 2024

SHORT TERM
/Through Friday night/ Very gray, wet, and somewhat windy day today as mother nature does its best impression of fall. An atmospheric river is currently aimed right at the northern panhandle with wide spread windy conditions and generally wet weather. Rainfall amounts over the last 12 hours have ranged as high as 1.75 inches near Yakutat and upper Glacier Bay to lower amounts as you go farther south and east (no amounts over 1 inch south of Sitka though). Snow levels have also been low with a few inches of snow reported at White Pass (elevation around 3000 ft)
this morning. Winds generally have been gusting to around 35 to 40 mph in the central and northern panhandle at low elevations today with wide spread small craft winds to 30 kt in the inner channels north of Sumner Strait.

The worst conditions are expected this afternoon and evening before things get better. Expect around 1 to 2 inches total of rainfall for the northern half of the area with some areas reaching 3 inches. The atmospheric river will then get pushed east overnight taking the rain and winds with it. The timing of the move east has the northern panhandle out of the heavier rain and wind by 10 pm this evening and it should be east of even Hyder by 5 am tomorrow morning. Behind it, W to SW flow takes over with showers continuing across the north into Friday morning as a weak trough moves through. As for snow levels after briefly rising this afternoon they will again drop low enough for some snow possible at White Pass (accumulations should stay at an inch or two or less) and on the lower mountain tops of the north again tonight.

Friday afternoon and night is looking much better as a ridge builds over the eastern gulf lowering winds and shutting off the showers. Gardeners will have to watch low temperatures for late Friday night in the north as breaks in the clouds and low winds may allow temperatures to get cold enough (mid to low 30s) for some frost formation.


LONG TERM
The long term starts with the return of the wet weather for SE AK. Rain chances will increase from west to east as our next system moves across the gulf during the day on Saturday and into Saturday evening. With this, weather across the area will continue to feel more like late summer and early fall rather than late spring with the continued wet weather. As of right now, the weather looks to remain wet and unsettled but rainfall amounts each day should become less compared to the rain amounts being seen today. With the continued clouds and rain, temperatures continue to remain cool and should continue on a trend similar to where they have been. As we head farther into the long term, CPC guidance continues to show in the 6 to 10 day a more cool and wet pattern for SE AK. This is backed up by the 8 to 14 day guidance that suggests a continued cool and dry pattern with the exception of the southern panhandle. Probabilities of precipitation remain near equal for locations south of Frederick sound.

AVIATION
Generally MVFR prevailing across SE Alaska today due to reduced VSBY/CIGS in rain/fog with a few spots of IFR across the northern Panhandle where the rain has been heavier today. One of the larger impacts today has been the strong winds with LLWS being detected most areas, but the strongest LLWS has been noted between Sitka, Gustavus and Juneau. These impacts to aviation will continue into tonight before gradually diminishing through Friday morning as the front moves by and southwesterly low level flow ensues going through tomorrow.

MARINE
Active day in the marine areas of the panhandle and gulf today. Wide spread small craft winds to 30 kt across the gulf waters and inner channels north of Sumner Strait. Isolated areas of gale are also being observed in areas like Young Bay and Cross Sound. Seas in the gulf are also up with 13 ft seas observed at the Cape Edgecombe buoy. These higher winds and seas will persist through the evening hours before starting to diminish everywhere except in northern Lynn Canal tonight. Northern Lynn will likely keep southerly 25 kt through early Friday morning before diminishing there as well. Into Friday night, the marine forecast looks much improved with low winds for the inner channels and eastern gulf. The central gulf does have some increasing winds to 30 kt from the next system late Friday night, but it will take until Sat night to make it anywhere near the inner channels and even then it will be weakening as it comes.

AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...Strong Wind from 4 PM AKDT this afternoon through Friday morning for AKZ318.
Strong Wind until 7 PM AKDT this evening for AKZ319.
Strong Wind until 7 PM AKDT this evening for AKZ323-325.
Strong Wind until 1 PM AKDT this afternoon for AKZ327.
Strong Wind from 4 PM this afternoon to 7 PM AKDT this evening for AKZ327.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ022-642-643-662-663.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ012-013-021-031>036-641-644-651-652-661- 664-671-672.

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Fri -- 12:07 AM AKDT     Moonset
Fri -- 02:40 AM AKDT     18.21 feet High Tide
Fri -- 04:44 AM AKDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 05:33 AM AKDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 09:17 AM AKDT     -3.21 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 03:43 PM AKDT     14.98 feet High Tide
Fri -- 08:47 PM AKDT     Sunset
Fri -- 09:15 PM AKDT     2.96 feet Low Tide
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Fri -- 12:09 AM AKDT     Moonset
Fri -- 02:39 AM AKDT     18.81 feet High Tide
Fri -- 04:43 AM AKDT     Sunrise
Fri -- 05:30 AM AKDT     Moonrise
Fri -- 09:17 AM AKDT     -3.11 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 03:42 PM AKDT     15.58 feet High Tide
Fri -- 08:48 PM AKDT     Sunset
Fri -- 09:15 PM AKDT     3.06 feet Low Tide
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