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Southeast Alaska Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Juneau AK
332 PM AKDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.SHORT TERM.../through Tuesday night/...
The above normal temps and clear skies continue for SE AK.

Key Messages:
- Clear skies with near 0% chance for precip.
- Above normal afternoon highs in the 70s to around 80 likely for
  most of the area.
- With the exception of sea breezes, wind speeds will remain
  light.
- Some concern for spotty areas of marine layer development.

Details: High pressure continues over the gulf and it is the main
character in our weather story. This high pressure is keeping the
rain at bay and keeping the dry/sunny weather in place.

We are also seeing some very warm air aloft, upwards of 10+
degrees C above normal for this time of year at the 850mb level.
So, once that warm air is able to mix down to the surface, highs
in the 70s to around 80 are likely around the panhandle. That
being said, for those along the coast, slightly cooler temps in
the 60s to around 70 are most likely.

A couple variables that can break this temperature forecast are
sea breezes and marine layers.

For those near the water, if a sea breeze is able to develop,
that will keep temps much lower than the forecasted 70s. So the
farther away from the water you are, the more likely of seeing 70s
Tuesday afternoon.

The marine layer, while a lower chance of happening, would keep
temps cooler. For now, mainly looking at Yakutat for any marine
layer impacts, that would include fog, but if the extra moisture
is able to slide east into Icy Strait, it would keep afternoon
temps cooler for those in the northern panhandle.


.LONG TERM...
Continuing to see the high pressure linger over the Gulf,
allowing for warmer weather and preventing precipitation and cloud
cover from reaching the panhandle. This will keep the clear skies
and warmer than average temperatures across the panhandle through
Thursday, with the warmest temperatures in the mid to high 70s up
to around 80 degrees extending into Wednesday now. NBM guidance
for the southern panhandle and parts of Juneau and Haines show
probabilities of around a 40-60% chance of exceeding 80 degrees on
Wednesday afternoon. This is alongside 850 mb temperatures still
remaining 13-15 degrees C over the northern panhandle and 17-19
degrees C over the southern panhandle into 00Z Thursday. Inland
areas will be the warmest across these areas Wednesday, before
generally beginning to decrease into the end of the week. Thursday
looks to still be rather warm, still having some 13-15 degree C
temperatures at 850 mb and clearer skies in the northern panhandle
that morning and afternoon, but not expected to be as warm as
Wednesday.

Precipitation will begin to slowly push into the northeast Gulf
coast around Yakutat Thursday night into Friday, bringing some
light rain chances across parts of the panhandle throughout the
day Friday. These chances remain low still with between 15 and 30%
PoPs Friday into the weekend, as there is potential for the
surface high to still linger and prevent as much moisture actually
pushing into the panhandle. The largest barrier to precipitation
moving in will remain dependent on when the surface high pressure
actually breaks down and begins to allow for systems to move in
from the west.

&&

.AVIATION.../through 00z Wednesday/

Widespread VFR flight conditions under general sky clear
conditions with CIGs AOA 10000ft. By late Monday night through
early Tuesday morning, potential for redevelopment of IFR to LIFR
visbys in patchy fog, particularly across N Gulf coast and
southern panhandle TAF sites like Yakutat, Sitka, Wrangell, and
Klawock. Any fog and marine layer development should be similar to
previous days, dissipating and elevating through early Tuesday
afternoon with widespread VFR flight conditions under clear skies
prevailing by 20z Tuesday.

Strongest winds through the rest of the afternoon up to and
around 15kts and gusts up to possible 25kts under any sea breeze
interactions. Winds largely return near 10kts or less and variable
overnight into Monday. No LLWS concerns through the TAF period.

Forecast Confidence:
-Low to medium forecast confidence on fog/visbys.
-High forecast confidence on ceilings and winds.

&&

.MARINE...

Outside: High pressure continues to control our skies here in SE
AK. Swell remains out of the south at 2ft 14-18 seconds, with wind
waves of 6 to 10ft less than 10 seconds along the Prince of Wales
(PoW) Coast and Dixon Entrance. These wind waves are being driven
by fresh to strong breezes (17 to 27 knots) out of the NW,
highest winds off the coast of PoW and Cape Fairweather. There is
a decent chance to see near 30 knots of wind for a few hours off
the coast of PoW Monday evening into Monday night. Wind speeds
look to decrease for the second half of the week as the high
pressure weakens.

Inside: Sea breezes continue to be the primary concern for the
inner channels over the next 48 hours. Reported winds speeds have
been getting up to around 10 to 15 kts in the usual trouble spots,
Near Point Couverden, the tighter spots in Stephen`s Passage, and
in Southern Chatham Strait. Winds should calm down during the
overnight and stay lighter into Tuesday morning before picking
back up again for Tuesday afternoon. Wind speeds look to decrease
for the second half of the week as the high pressure weakens.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Hot and dry conditions continue with poor RH recovery, relative
to rainforest standards, for areas above the marine influence
(above 1500ft). FFMC continues to drive the fire danger indices,
residing in the upper 80s to low 90s in select areas of Prince of
Wales, Ketchikan, and Skagway. The message remains consistent, we
do not expect large 10+ acre fire growth in old growth timber;
however, fire danger for fine flashy fuels continues to persist.

&&

.AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PUBLIC...Heat Advisory from noon Tuesday to 7 PM AKDT Wednesday for
     AKZ319-325-328-330-332.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory for PKZ641>644-661>664.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...GJS
LONG TERM...Contino
AVIATION...NM
MARINE...GJS/AP
FIRE...AP

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