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Spot Forecast for Edna Bay medavac...Coast Guard
National Weather Service Juneau AK
537 PM AKDT Wed May 14 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 AKDT on May 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (907) 790-6824, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Current conditions around Edna Bay are calm with SE
wind around 10 mph and VFR conditions for both ceiling (around 4000
ft ceilings at PAKW) and visibility (10 mile Vis at PAKW). These
conditions are expected to deteriorate late tonight as a frontal
system moves in from the West. Expect increasing precipitation, and
SE winds (to 15 to 20 mph with higher gusts) through the night with
the heavier precip and winds arriving after 3 am. Ceilings and Visibility
will also likely drop to around 2000 ft and around 5 miles as heavier
rainfall moves in as well. Expect these difficult conditions to persist
through the day Thursday before starting to improve Thursday evening
after 6 pm.


Klawock Airport Taf forecast
PAKW 142321Z 1500/1524 21005KT P6SM FEW050
     FM150600 06007KT 6SM -RA BR SCT020 OVC040
     FM151400 18008G15KT 5SM -RA BR BKN020 OVC030 WS020/13035KT
     FM151800 18012G20KT 5SM -RA OVC020
     AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND=

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Drizzle early in the
                    evening, then rain likely early in the evening.
                    Rain in the late evening and overnight.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........98 percent.
Dewpoint............39.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 21 mph shifting to the east around 14
                    mph with gusts to around 29 mph after 3 am.
Rainfall amount.....0.22 inches.
Snow level..........2300-2700 ft increasing to 3500-4000 ft
                    overnight.

TIME (AKDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....DEF LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....DZL RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  70  70  70  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Temp............47  46  45  44  43  42  42  42  41  41  41  41
Dewpoint........39  39  38  38  39  38  39  39  39  40  40  40
RH..............74  81  81  81  91  91  91  94  94  94  96  96
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E
Surface wnd spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   8   10  10  10  14  14
Surface wnd gst.15  15  15  15  17  17  17  21  21  21  29  29
Snow lvl (kft)..2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.0

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Rain.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 50.
Min humidity........89 percent.
Dewpoint............42 increasing to 45 in the afternoon.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 13 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.33 inches.
Snow level..........4000-4500 ft increasing to 5200 ft late in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (AKDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Temp............41  42  43  43  45  46  47  48  48  49  48  48
Dewpoint........40  41  42  43  43  44  44  45  45  46  46  46
RH..............96  98  98  98  95  95  95  90  90  90  92  92
Surface wnd dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE
Surface wnd spd.14  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  13  13
Surface wnd gst.29  29  29  29  30  30  30  30  30  30  24  24
Snow lvl (kft)..4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.2 5.2

$$
Forecaster...Liske
Requested by...Sector SE USCG
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2514039.0/AJK
.DELDT 05/14/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sccSoutheastAlaska@uscg.mil