Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Covenant Life, AK
 | Sunrise 7:28 AM Sunset 5:59 PM Moonrise 9:21 PM Moonset 3:49 PM |
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PKZ011 Glacier Bay- 144 Pm Akdt Mon Oct 13 2025
.small craft advisory Tuesday - .
Tonight - SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain.
Tue - SE wind 15 kt increasing to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft building to 6 ft in the afternoon. Rain.
Tue night - S wind 30 kt diminishing to 15 kt late. Seas 6 ft subsiding to 3 ft late. Rain in the evening.
Wed - SE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Wed night - E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain.
Thu - SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
Fri - S wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
Sat - N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Covenant Life, AK
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| Composite Island Click for Map Mon -- 12:55 AM AKDT 0.57 feet Low Tide Mon -- 07:27 AM AKDT 13.14 feet High Tide Mon -- 07:39 AM AKDT Sunrise Mon -- 10:14 AM AKDT Last Quarter Mon -- 01:02 PM AKDT 6.33 feet Low Tide Mon -- 04:48 PM AKDT Moonset Mon -- 06:03 PM AKDT Sunset Mon -- 07:07 PM AKDT 15.03 feet High Tide Mon -- 10:20 PM AKDT Moonrise Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION |
Composite Island, Glacier Bay, Alaska, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 1.2 |
| 1 am |
| 0.6 |
| 2 am |
| 1.5 |
| 3 am |
| 3.8 |
| 4 am |
| 6.7 |
| 5 am |
| 9.6 |
| 6 am |
| 11.8 |
| 7 am |
| 13 |
| 8 am |
| 13 |
| 9 am |
| 11.9 |
| 10 am |
| 10.2 |
| 11 am |
| 8.3 |
| 12 pm |
| 6.9 |
| 1 pm |
| 6.3 |
| 2 pm |
| 6.9 |
| 3 pm |
| 8.4 |
| 4 pm |
| 10.5 |
| 5 pm |
| 12.6 |
| 6 pm |
| 14.3 |
| 7 pm |
| 15 |
| 8 pm |
| 14.6 |
| 9 pm |
| 13 |
| 10 pm |
| 10.6 |
| 11 pm |
| 7.6 |
| Muir Inlet Click for Map Mon -- 12:57 AM AKDT 0.57 feet Low Tide Mon -- 07:28 AM AKDT 13.14 feet High Tide Mon -- 07:38 AM AKDT Sunrise Mon -- 10:14 AM AKDT Last Quarter Mon -- 01:04 PM AKDT 6.33 feet Low Tide Mon -- 04:47 PM AKDT Moonset Mon -- 06:01 PM AKDT Sunset Mon -- 07:08 PM AKDT 15.03 feet High Tide Mon -- 10:18 PM AKDT Moonrise Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION |
Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 1.3 |
| 1 am |
| 0.6 |
| 2 am |
| 1.5 |
| 3 am |
| 3.7 |
| 4 am |
| 6.6 |
| 5 am |
| 9.5 |
| 6 am |
| 11.8 |
| 7 am |
| 13 |
| 8 am |
| 13 |
| 9 am |
| 11.9 |
| 10 am |
| 10.2 |
| 11 am |
| 8.3 |
| 12 pm |
| 6.9 |
| 1 pm |
| 6.3 |
| 2 pm |
| 6.8 |
| 3 pm |
| 8.3 |
| 4 pm |
| 10.4 |
| 5 pm |
| 12.6 |
| 6 pm |
| 14.3 |
| 7 pm |
| 15 |
| 8 pm |
| 14.6 |
| 9 pm |
| 13.1 |
| 10 pm |
| 10.6 |
| 11 pm |
| 7.7 |
FXAK67 PAJK 132355 AFDAJK
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Juneau AK 355 PM AKDT Mon Oct 13 2025
SHORT TERM
The remnants of the gale force front that has been impacting the area this morning continue to bring some elevated winds through the afternoon and evening. These winds will diminish into the overnight hours before the next gale force low moves into the Gulf tomorrow. Rain across the area has already starting diminish for most locations with accumulations remaining fairly light with the exception of the NE Gulf coast. With the next low moving into the area, the heaviest precipitation is once again expected for the NE Gulf coast region Tuesday morning through the afternoon. Amounts during this time could reach up to 1-2" in 12 hours, especially for places from Fairweather north and west to Icy Bay. As the low moves inland, a surge in winds is expected to move up Lynn Canal tomorrow into tomorrow evening. This surge is expected to bring strong winds to the Lynn Canal. Winds in the Skagway area are likely to gust to 60mph during the afternoon and evening, as such, went ahead and issued a high wind warning.
Headed into early Wednesday morning, precipitation and winds starts to diminish for most locations across the panhandle before the next system arrives in the long term period.
LONG TERM
/Wednesday through Saturday/...
Key Points: - Gale force front Wednesday into Thursday - Moderate to heavy rain Thursday with the potential for strong winds to continue for the inner channels into Friday - Another system reaches the southern panhandle Saturday
Details: An active weather pattern continues to impact the panhandle, bringing consistent rain with periods of gusty winds through the week. A gale force system supported by an upper level low moving northeast along the Aleutians will send a strong gale force front towards the northeastern gulf Wednesday afternoon, bringing 35 to 45 kt sustained winds off the coast from Cape Fairweather to Kayak Island. Many of the models are leaning towards high end strong gales to storm force winds off the coast of Cape Suckling, but the EC is still leaning towards maximum gale force winds going into Wednesday evening. As the front moves onshore overnight, gulf winds will decrease, but inner channel winds will generally stay elevated as the pressure gradient turns more N/S oriented. Northern Lynn Canal is expected to see strong breezes to near gales, with the potential to reach gale force sustained southerly winds. Pressure guidance is looking very similar to the system from Tuesday, so it will be helpful to compare to those peak wind speeds. This tight pressure gradient will continue near gales to gale force winds for the outer gulf waters on the back end of the front, which will also influence strong westerly wave heights reaching between 20 to 26 ft on Thursday. This system is also expected to bring moderate to heavy rain rates to the Northern Panhandle and along the outer coast, picking up Wednesday night and staying elevated through Thursday.
Within the first 12 hours, around 1 to 1.5 inches of rain are expected for most coastal communities as well as Juneau. Yakutat will feel the brunt of this system as it jumps onshore, expecting between 1.5 and 2 inches within the first 12 hours and calming down from there. Rain will continue Thursday, bringing another 1 to 2 inches to a majority of the panhandle, and reaching up to 3 inches in higher elevated areas.
The panhandle won't see much of a break in between systems, as another fast moving surface low jumps onshore in the southern panhandle overnight into Saturday. Less than an inch of rain is actually expected on Friday, with the majority around an inch impacting the S Panhandle Saturday. Winds won't be as strong with this system, currently peaking at high end near gales early Saturday morning and weakening quickly as the low dips inland and directions start to turn offshore. Northerly outflow winds will try to strengthen through Saturday, though they won't last long as another front moves into the gulf overnight Sunday into Monday.
Temperatures will be cooling through the week, with highs in the mid to high 40s up north and low to mid 50s down south.
AVIATION
System moving onshore today is bringing light rain and generally MVFR flight conditions. VIS and CIGs will likely be IFR at times for Yakutat due to steadier rain with onshore flow. Although rain will let up tonight, MVFR flight conditions will likely continue into Tuesday morning across most TAF sites, as CIGs will likely remain lower. Another quick moving system is expected to move onshore Tuesday, bringing more rain and continued MVFR flight conditions, with IFR continuing for Yakutat.
With the system moving through this late afternoon, seeing some elevated winds (12-20g25-28kt) and modest LLWS across the northern TAF sites. Winds will generally be less than 10kts across the southern panhandle through the period. Winds will increase further across the north through the day Tuesday as the second system moves onshore, generally becoming 15-25kts with gusts up to around 35kt. For PAGY, winds could increase higher, up to around 40G50+kts, by late Tuesday afternoon. Strong LLWS is also expected to develop for PAYA by Tuesday morning, and for the northern panhandle airports by Tuesday afternoon.
MARINE
Outside Waters: An active weak will continue for the Gulf of Alaska as several gale force lows driving bring elevated winds and seas into the Gulf of Alaska. Our next large system arrives Tuesday as a fast moving low pushes into the northeast coast. This system will once again bring gale force winds along the coast from Cape St.
Elias to the Fairweather grounds. This quick moving low will once again build seas to 12 to 15 ft.
A much stronger system increases winds in the gulf Wednesday as a front pushes its way through the gulf into the panhandle. This front drives widespread gales of 35 to 40 kts across the eastern coast.
Along with gale force winds, seas build to 20 to 30 ft behind the front in the central gulf. Along with high waves, areas of significant swell has a chance go develop with waves of 15 to 20 ft at a period of 15 to 18 seconds.
Inside Waters: For the rest of today, fresh to strong breezes continue across the inside channels north of Sumner Strait. Some isolated areas across Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage are likely to see times of near gales up to 30 kts this evening. These winds will diminish slightly tonight ahead of the next system that arrives Tuesday. Confidence has greatly increased that the quick moving low on Tuesday will create gale force winds over the northern inner channels. The strongest of these winds will mainly be throughout Lynn Canal as a strong pressure gradient quickly develops Tuesday afternoon. Sustained winds of 35 to 40 mph are likely with a chance of storm force wind gusts up to 55 kts. Since this is a quick moving system, winds are likely to diminish rapidly early Wednesday morning.
There is then a short time frame weaker winds, around 10 to 15 kts across the inner channels, before the next gale force system arrives Wednesday night into Thursday. This frontal system will once again likely to increase winds to fresh to strong breezes of 17 to 27 kts across the area.
AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...High Wind Warning from 1 PM Tuesday to 1 AM AKDT Wednesday for AKZ318.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ012-013-022-053-644-651-652-663-664-671-672.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ011-021-031>033-641>643-661-662.
Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Juneau AK 355 PM AKDT Mon Oct 13 2025
SHORT TERM
The remnants of the gale force front that has been impacting the area this morning continue to bring some elevated winds through the afternoon and evening. These winds will diminish into the overnight hours before the next gale force low moves into the Gulf tomorrow. Rain across the area has already starting diminish for most locations with accumulations remaining fairly light with the exception of the NE Gulf coast. With the next low moving into the area, the heaviest precipitation is once again expected for the NE Gulf coast region Tuesday morning through the afternoon. Amounts during this time could reach up to 1-2" in 12 hours, especially for places from Fairweather north and west to Icy Bay. As the low moves inland, a surge in winds is expected to move up Lynn Canal tomorrow into tomorrow evening. This surge is expected to bring strong winds to the Lynn Canal. Winds in the Skagway area are likely to gust to 60mph during the afternoon and evening, as such, went ahead and issued a high wind warning.
Headed into early Wednesday morning, precipitation and winds starts to diminish for most locations across the panhandle before the next system arrives in the long term period.
LONG TERM
/Wednesday through Saturday/...
Key Points: - Gale force front Wednesday into Thursday - Moderate to heavy rain Thursday with the potential for strong winds to continue for the inner channels into Friday - Another system reaches the southern panhandle Saturday
Details: An active weather pattern continues to impact the panhandle, bringing consistent rain with periods of gusty winds through the week. A gale force system supported by an upper level low moving northeast along the Aleutians will send a strong gale force front towards the northeastern gulf Wednesday afternoon, bringing 35 to 45 kt sustained winds off the coast from Cape Fairweather to Kayak Island. Many of the models are leaning towards high end strong gales to storm force winds off the coast of Cape Suckling, but the EC is still leaning towards maximum gale force winds going into Wednesday evening. As the front moves onshore overnight, gulf winds will decrease, but inner channel winds will generally stay elevated as the pressure gradient turns more N/S oriented. Northern Lynn Canal is expected to see strong breezes to near gales, with the potential to reach gale force sustained southerly winds. Pressure guidance is looking very similar to the system from Tuesday, so it will be helpful to compare to those peak wind speeds. This tight pressure gradient will continue near gales to gale force winds for the outer gulf waters on the back end of the front, which will also influence strong westerly wave heights reaching between 20 to 26 ft on Thursday. This system is also expected to bring moderate to heavy rain rates to the Northern Panhandle and along the outer coast, picking up Wednesday night and staying elevated through Thursday.
Within the first 12 hours, around 1 to 1.5 inches of rain are expected for most coastal communities as well as Juneau. Yakutat will feel the brunt of this system as it jumps onshore, expecting between 1.5 and 2 inches within the first 12 hours and calming down from there. Rain will continue Thursday, bringing another 1 to 2 inches to a majority of the panhandle, and reaching up to 3 inches in higher elevated areas.
The panhandle won't see much of a break in between systems, as another fast moving surface low jumps onshore in the southern panhandle overnight into Saturday. Less than an inch of rain is actually expected on Friday, with the majority around an inch impacting the S Panhandle Saturday. Winds won't be as strong with this system, currently peaking at high end near gales early Saturday morning and weakening quickly as the low dips inland and directions start to turn offshore. Northerly outflow winds will try to strengthen through Saturday, though they won't last long as another front moves into the gulf overnight Sunday into Monday.
Temperatures will be cooling through the week, with highs in the mid to high 40s up north and low to mid 50s down south.
AVIATION
System moving onshore today is bringing light rain and generally MVFR flight conditions. VIS and CIGs will likely be IFR at times for Yakutat due to steadier rain with onshore flow. Although rain will let up tonight, MVFR flight conditions will likely continue into Tuesday morning across most TAF sites, as CIGs will likely remain lower. Another quick moving system is expected to move onshore Tuesday, bringing more rain and continued MVFR flight conditions, with IFR continuing for Yakutat.
With the system moving through this late afternoon, seeing some elevated winds (12-20g25-28kt) and modest LLWS across the northern TAF sites. Winds will generally be less than 10kts across the southern panhandle through the period. Winds will increase further across the north through the day Tuesday as the second system moves onshore, generally becoming 15-25kts with gusts up to around 35kt. For PAGY, winds could increase higher, up to around 40G50+kts, by late Tuesday afternoon. Strong LLWS is also expected to develop for PAYA by Tuesday morning, and for the northern panhandle airports by Tuesday afternoon.
MARINE
Outside Waters: An active weak will continue for the Gulf of Alaska as several gale force lows driving bring elevated winds and seas into the Gulf of Alaska. Our next large system arrives Tuesday as a fast moving low pushes into the northeast coast. This system will once again bring gale force winds along the coast from Cape St.
Elias to the Fairweather grounds. This quick moving low will once again build seas to 12 to 15 ft.
A much stronger system increases winds in the gulf Wednesday as a front pushes its way through the gulf into the panhandle. This front drives widespread gales of 35 to 40 kts across the eastern coast.
Along with gale force winds, seas build to 20 to 30 ft behind the front in the central gulf. Along with high waves, areas of significant swell has a chance go develop with waves of 15 to 20 ft at a period of 15 to 18 seconds.
Inside Waters: For the rest of today, fresh to strong breezes continue across the inside channels north of Sumner Strait. Some isolated areas across Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage are likely to see times of near gales up to 30 kts this evening. These winds will diminish slightly tonight ahead of the next system that arrives Tuesday. Confidence has greatly increased that the quick moving low on Tuesday will create gale force winds over the northern inner channels. The strongest of these winds will mainly be throughout Lynn Canal as a strong pressure gradient quickly develops Tuesday afternoon. Sustained winds of 35 to 40 mph are likely with a chance of storm force wind gusts up to 55 kts. Since this is a quick moving system, winds are likely to diminish rapidly early Wednesday morning.
There is then a short time frame weaker winds, around 10 to 15 kts across the inner channels, before the next gale force system arrives Wednesday night into Thursday. This frontal system will once again likely to increase winds to fresh to strong breezes of 17 to 27 kts across the area.
AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...High Wind Warning from 1 PM Tuesday to 1 AM AKDT Wednesday for AKZ318.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ012-013-022-053-644-651-652-663-664-671-672.
Small Craft Advisory for PKZ011-021-031>033-641>643-661-662.
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air | Water | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
| CSPA2 - Cape Spencer, AK | 47 mi | 23 min | 0G | 46°F | 29.98 | 46°F | ||
| CSXA2 | 47 mi | 31 min | ESE 8G | 29.87 | ||||
| GEXA2 | 47 mi | 31 min | NE 8.9G | 46°F | 43°F | |||
| ELFA2 - 9452634 - Elfin Cove, AK | 49 mi | 45 min | 49°F | 30.02 |
| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Air | DewPt | RH | inHg |
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