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Spot Forecast for Sea Ranger Vessel sinking...NOAA
National Weather Service Juneau AK
132 PM AKDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 AKDT on August 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...Weak ridge over the panhandle holds as low pressure over
the gulf continues a Southeast flow pattern in the gulf waters and
easterly flow out of Cross Sound.

Overview winds Gustavus from 06z the 1st - Light NW-N winds of 3 to 4 kt.
Sisters Island Webcam  NE 7 to 11 kt
Rocky Island E 10 gust to 16 tk til about 7 am and the East 5 gusts to 8 kt
and decreasing through midday to under 5 kt.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Surface winds (kts).East winds around 10 knots.
Swell height........Southeast swell 1 feet.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Sea surface temp....59 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (AKDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62  62  62  66  66
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............58  58  59  58  58
SFC wnd dir.....E   E   E   E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.10  10  10  10  10
SFC wnd gst.....17  17  17  16  16
Swell direction.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Swell hgt (ft)..1   1   1   2   2
Wave height (ft)4   4   4   4   4
SST (F).........59  59  59  59  59

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 10 to 11 knots.
Swell height........Southeast swell 2 feet.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Sea surface temp....59 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (AKDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........66  82  82  82  84  84  84  85  85  85  76  76
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                            RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............58  58  58  57  57  57  56  56  56  56  57  56
SFC wnd dir.....E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.10  10  10  10  11  11  11  11  11  11  10  10
SFC wnd gst.....16  16  16  16  17  17  17  17  17  17  16  16
Swell direction.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Swell hgt (ft)..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SST (F).........59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain early in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 7 to 11 knots.
Swell height........Southeast swell 2 feet.
Wave height.........4 feet.
Sea surface temp....59 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (AKDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76  78  78  78  65  65  65  45  45  45  44  44
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  56  57  57  58  58  58  59  59  59  59  59
SFC wnd dir.....E   NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.10  11  11  11  10  10  10  9   9   9   7   7
SFC wnd gst.....16  17  17  17  16  16  16  14  14  14  13  13
Swell direction.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Swell hgt (ft)..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SST (F).........59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59  59

$$
Forecaster...Bezenek
Requested by...Liza Sanden
Type of request...HAZMAT
.TAG 2519088.0/AJK
.DELDT 08/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL liza.sanden@noaa.gov