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PKZ036 Clarence Strait- 323 Am Akdt Tue May 21 2024
Today - NW wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less then 3 ft. Tonight - NW wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt late. Seas 3 ft. Wed - NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wed night - W wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain.Thu - NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Fri - NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Sat - NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

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Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Juneau AK 354 PM AKDT Mon May 20 2024

SHORT TERM
/ Through Tuesday night / The remains of the surface low can be seen in the satellite imagery spinning off of Cross Sound this afternoon. The low is expected to continue to weaken and dissipate while moving into the central panhandle. Expect the showers to taper off by morning.

Surface ridge builds of the central and eastern gulf overnight and into Tuesday. So should see some clearing sky conditions. Which will create havoc for high and low temperatures, and morning fog development. A frontal band extending from Norton Sound to Kodiak Island and then southward will move eastward to the central gulf nearing 140W longitude by late Tuesday night.


LONG TERM
/ Wednesday through Saturday night / Active pattern set to continue for SE Alaska for the remainder of the week. The next system will move into the northern Gulf on Wednesday, with a weakening front making its way towards the panhandle Wednesday afternoon and slowly push inland through Thursday. While not an impressive system, tightening of the pressure gradient near shore will still lead to winds of 25 to 30 kt for the Northern and NE gulf coast for a time Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night.
Consequently not expecting to see any significant wave height increases.

Total precipitation from this system has been trending upwards slightly, but overall is still expected to be light to moderate by SE AK standards, with most rain coming Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Storm total QPF for the panhandle ranges from around 0.75 inches for the northern Gulf coast to around 0.5 inches from the Icy Strait Corridor southward. Once the rain moves through and accompanying low diminishes into a weak open trough, skies are set to clear later in the day Thursday and into Friday. This will allow for potential fog development in areas which can see maximized radiational cooling in the overnight hours along with light winds.

Clearing skies on Friday means warmer temperatures once more, with daytime highs rebounding back to upper 50s and near 60 for the majority of the panhandle heading into Saturday. Unfortunately unsettled weather looks to move in once more for the second half of the holiday weekend with increasing rain chances Saturday afternoon into Sunday.

AVIATION
/Through Tuesday afternoon/...Diminishing shower activity and improving CIGs /VSBY from north to south. Reduced visibility to less than 3 sm due to fog in locations that clear out before sunrise, but conditions not expected to persist past mid morning. Most of SEAK should scatter out by Tuesday afternoon. Light winds and no turbulence below the flight levels apart from the far northern inner channels in the evening and then again beginning late Tuesday morning.

AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory for PKZ022-642>644-651-661>664-671.

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Divide Head
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Tue -- 03:30 AM AKDT     Moonset
Tue -- 04:29 AM AKDT     Sunrise
Tue -- 06:08 AM AKDT     0.10 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 12:31 PM AKDT     12.72 feet High Tide
Tue -- 06:05 PM AKDT     3.24 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:32 PM AKDT     Moonrise
Tue -- 09:03 PM AKDT     Sunset
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Divide Head, Cholmondeley Sound, Alaska, Tide feet

Saltery Cove
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Tue -- 03:29 AM AKDT     Moonset
Tue -- 04:28 AM AKDT     Sunrise
Tue -- 06:18 AM AKDT     0.10 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 12:44 PM AKDT     12.92 feet High Tide
Tue -- 06:15 PM AKDT     3.24 feet Low Tide
Tue -- 07:33 PM AKDT     Moonrise
Tue -- 09:04 PM AKDT     Sunset
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Saltery Cove, Skowl Arm, Kasaan Bay, Alaska, Tide feet

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