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Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
328 PM AKDT Sat Nov 1 2025

.SYNOPSIS...

Key Messages:

- Onshore flow continues persistent showers through the weekend,
  steadily decreasing into early next week.

- Gusty winds with a front pushing through the panhandle Saturday
  afternoon and into the evening.

- Isolated thunderstorms along the eastern gulf coast on the back
  side of the front through Saturday night.

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.SHORT TERM...Active weather continues this weekend as another
frontal band moves into the northern panhandle early Saturday
afternoon. Gale force winds with storm force gusts are currently
following up the eastern gulf coast, with 15 to 25 kt winds over
the panhandle increasing through the next few hours. The southern
and central panhandle are still seeing widespread shower
development in the wake of the previous front with the continued
SW onshore flow. These will continue for the next few hours before
the frontal band pushes down the panhandle, bringing potential
periods of gusty winds and heavier rain rates as they pass over.
Some of these showers are producing lightning, continuing the
chance for thunderstorms along the outer coastal waters and
coastal communities for the next few hours. Winds across some
locations, especially for areas from Sitka Sound northward and
including Juneau, will likely see gusts up to 35 kt by the late
afternoon and evening hours. Winds across the gulf and a majority
of the panhandle will quickly decrease through Sunday, though near
gale to gale force winds in northern Lynn canal and northern
Frederick Sound will linger into early Monday morning.

Widespread moderate to heavy rain will also occur through the
northern panhandle into early Sunday morning, with the heaviest
rainfall across the NE Gulf Coast. Around an inch is expected in
24 hours. The southern panhandle will see more light rain rates
with this band, expecting around a quarter to a half an inch of
rain in 24 hours. Accumulating snow is also expected along the
Klondike Highway, mainly above elevations of 2000 feet, with
between 4 to 5 inches expected in 12 hours. Rates will quickly
diminish through Sunday.

.LONG TERM.../Monday through Friday/...Mostly benign start to the week,
transitioning back into wet weather primarily for the southern half
of the panhandle by midweek, followed by continued active weather
with multiple rounds of energy moving up from the south.

Monday will begin off the week with a weak trough moving up along
the Coast Mountains from the south. Expecting this trough to mostly
impact the southern panhandle, with much of the organization
shearing apart on the mountains. Needless to say, a bulk of the rain
showers are expected in the extreme southern panhandle, with
decreasing rain chances the further north. Keeping a bit more
uncertainty in the forecast as roughly 25% of ensemble members
indicate a deeper trough, which would travel further inland,
although chances drop below 30% around the Icy Strait area.

For midweek, looks like the active pattern continues, with a deep
surface low moving up from the south, settling in the southeastern
gulf by Tuesday. With the initial front to sweep across up the
panhandle, there is roughly an 75% chance of at least gale force
winds in the outer gulf and at least strong breezes in the southern
inner waters, such as Clarence Strait and Sumner Strait. With the
low placement, expecting to see a kickup in northerlies out of
interior passes, such as Taku Inlet and Taiya Inlet. With the
initial band, there is the possibility of snow down to around 800 ft
near Haines and Skagway. The big question right now is how strong
the front will be, and therefore, how far the front will push
northward.

While the parent low in the gulf is expected to be fully stacked and
well occluded, multiple shortwave troughs aloft SW of Haida Gwaii
continuously moves energy northward for the rest of the week. Hence
enters the uncertain portion of the forecast, which could lead to
some larger changes as we get closer in time. What can be said,
however, is the southern half of the panhandle is largely expected
to stay wet and windy into the weekend.

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.AVIATION...Mixed bag flying conditions continue Saturday
afternoon with VFR conditions that consistently drop down to MVFR
with onshore flow and showers. Thunderstorm continue to pop up
along the coastal waters and along coastal mountains due to
orographic uplift. The majority of thunderstorm activity remains
in the vicinity of Sitka as well as in the northeast gulf near
Yakutat. These convective showers will persist into the evening
hours Saturday before a front moves through bringing widespread
MVFR conditions and lowering CIGs. With this frontal passage,
periods of rain along with some LLWS are expected across a
majority of the outer coast as well as the central panhandle up to
Icy Strait. Once again on the backside of this frontal passage,
instability will remain along with onshore flow,k Widespread
showers and gusty surface winds will finally start to fall off
later Sunday as the low in the gulf begins to weaken and
eventually push northward into the gulf coast.

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.MARINE...Main story: Elevated winds and seas continue tonight
with diminishing wind and waves tomorrow. Area of low pressure
passing to the south of the panhandle will bring back elevated
wind and waves Tuesday into Wednesday. Active weather continues
late next week into the weekend.

Outside Waters: A center of low pressure spinning in the north-
central gulf will be the main character in the short term forecast
period. On the east side of the low, is the associated front that
is producing wind speeds up to 35 to 40 kts, based on polar
satellite passes. This front will track north and eastward through
this evening, bring east to south winds at speeds up to 30 to 40
knots to areas along the northeast gulf coast this evening. Mid to
late evening, around 7 to 10PM, wind speeds will begin to
decrease to around 20 to 25 knots out of the south to southwest.

South to southwest winds will continue to decrease Sunday into
Monday. Tuesday into Wednesday, an area of low pressure that will
pass to the south of the panhandle looks to swing easterly gale
force winds to the far southern waters.

Inside Waters: The incoming front from the low in the gulf will
be the weather maker for the inside waters. As the front tracks
through, southerly winds will sweep through the inner channels
with increasing wind speeds to around 20 to 30 kts with gusts
nearing 40 to 45 kts. But speeds like this will mainly last
through the night.

Speeds will decrease from south to north tomorrow so by Sunday
afternoon, speeds will be around 10 to 15 kts. The exceptions will
be near Point Couverden, North Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage
where speeds may be closer to 20 to 25 kts. Those areas will see
speeds decrease to 15 kts or less by Monday morning. Elsewhere
around the inside waters, speeds will be around 5 to 10 kts by
Monday afternoon.

Tuesday into Wednesday, speeds will increase as the expected low
moves into the area south of the panhandle. Northernly wind speeds
up to 30 kts are possible. The rest of the week has some
uncertainty to it but for now, expect elevated winds as the
pattern looks to remain active with more passing low pressure
systems.

&&

.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...Winter Weather Advisory until 1 AM AKDT Sunday for AKZ318.
MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ012-642>644-651-652-662>664-671-672.
     Small Craft Advisory for PKZ011-013-021-022-031>036-053-641-661.

&&

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SHORT TERM...ZTK
LONG TERM...NC
AVIATION...STJ
MARINE...GJS

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