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Spot Forecast for Alaska State Trooper SAR Trainihg...MATSAR Search and Rescue
National Weather Service Juneau AK
616 AM AKDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 AKDT on October 02.
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...
As of Friday 0600 AKDT Sitka is in the calm before our next
storm; light rain showers with winds at or below 10 knots. Seas
along the coast are west southwest and below 5 ft. Impressively
low for October 2. Friday will be the best lower impact day: light
rain, light southerly wind, low sea state. Conditions worsen
Saturday.

This SPOT will be broken into two parts for SAR: Marine and land
based. While focused for Friday, incoming weather over the weekend
needs to be mentioned.

Marine Environment:
Friday will be the best day in the Sound. Buoy 84 is reporting
WSW seas 5 ft at 8 seconds, with some underlying swell from the
central and southern Pacific. Main focus is conditions worsening
through the day Saturday. Anticipate southeasterly winds to build
through Saturday, reaching 10 to 15 knots by Saturday afternoon
flowing out of Deep Inlet and Silver bay. Winds reach peak
intensity of 20 to 30 knots in the Sound overnight Saturday,
diminishing back to 15 knots Sunday. Fresh southwest seas of 6 ft
in the central sound are expected by 1pm to 3pm Saturday, building
to 10 to 12 ft by 4am Sunday. Expect heavy rain with temperatures
holding near 50F.

Land Based:
Winds at sea level hold true from what is mentioned in the marine
environment above. Winds will likely be a bit less in the lower
elevation areas near the city. If you are moving up to exposed
ridges in the mountains, expect 35 to 45 knot winds with heavy
rain. Temperatures will be near 50F at sea level, dropping to near
40F in the mountains.

We are available 24-7 at 907 790 6824.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the late morning and early
                    afternoon, then slight chance of rain showers
                    late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 5 to 6 mph.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 10 mph.

TIME (AKDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79  85  85  85  88  88  88  92  92
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............49  50  51  52  52  52  53  52  52
RH..............88  83  82  81  80  80  80  80  82
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.5   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
Surface wnd gst.7   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9

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Forecaster...Park
Requested by...Mark Stigar SAR Instructor
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2622780.0/AJK
.DELDT 10/02/26
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.EMAIL mstigar2@gmail.com