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Spot Forecast for USCG D17 - SKIERS IN DISTRESS...Coast Guard
National Weather Service Juneau AK
749 AM AKDT Thu May 9 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 AKDT on May 09.
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...Conditions are expected to continue to
deteriorate through the day Thursday as precipitation is expected
to pick up and increase during the day. Some convection is
possible during the day on Thursday as lightning has been
detected over the Mt Fairweather region. Precipitation is expected
to come to an end by Friday afternoon. Ceilings and visibilities
will also increase during this time and are expected to rise to
around 10k feet and greater than 6SM through Saturday. Conditions
will worsen starting Sunday morning as the next system starts to
approach the area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Areas of blowing snow.
                    Snow.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 25.
Min humidity........98 percent.
Dewpoint............23.
Wind chill..........2.
Surface winds (mph).Windy. South winds 36 to 47 mph. Gusts up to 55
                    mph increasing to 59 mph late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....1.40 inches.
Snowfall amount.....17.7 inches.
Snow level..........3600-4400 ft increasing to 4500-4600 ft in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (AKDT)      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM      5 PM
Sky (%).........100       100       100       100
Weather cov.....DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE
Weather type....SNOW      SNOW      SNOW      SNOW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).100       100       100       100
Temp............22        23        25        25
Dewpoint........22        23        25        25
RH..............100       100       100       100
Wind chill (F)..2         4         5         5
Surface wind....S 36G47   S 39G51   S 44G55   S 47G59
Snow lvl (kft)..3.6       4.4       4.6       4.5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Areas of blowing snow
                    early in the evening. Snow in the evening. Snow
                    likely overnight.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 19.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............23 decreasing to 18 overnight.
Wind chill..........-2.
Surface winds (mph).Windy. South winds 41 to 47 mph with gusts to
                    around 59 mph decreasing to southwest 29 to 36
                    mph with gusts to around 51 mph in the late
                    evening and overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.95 inches.
Snowfall amount.....10.4 inches.
Snow level..........3700-4500 ft decreasing to 2400-3100 ft
                    overnight.

TIME (AKDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........100       100       100       77
Weather cov.....DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE    LIKELY
Weather type....SNOW      SNOW      SNOW      SNOW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).100       100       90        60
Temp............25        23        21        19
Dewpoint........25        23        21        18
RH..............100       100       100       95
Wind chill (F)..4         3         2         1
Surface wind....S 47G59   S 41G54   S 33G45   S 29G40
Snow lvl (kft)..4.5       4.2       3.7       3.1

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow showers in
                    the morning, then snow showers likely in the
                    afternoon. Areas of blowing snow early in the
                    morning.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 21.
Min humidity........77 percent.
Dewpoint............18 decreasing to 15 early in the morning.
Wind chill..........-2.
Surface winds (mph).Windy. Southwest winds 24 to 36 mph with gusts
                    to around 51 mph decreasing to around 21 mph
                    with gusts to around 33 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.18 inches.
Snowfall amount.....2.5 inches.
Snow level..........1500-2400 ft.

TIME (AKDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........89        87        82        77
Weather cov.....LIKELY    DEFNTE    LIKELY    CHANCE
Weather type....SNOW      SNSHWR    SNSHWR    SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70        80        60        50
Temp............19        20        20        21
Dewpoint........17        15        15        15
RH..............93        78        82        80
Wind chill (F)..-2        2         1         4
Surface wind....SW 36G51  SW 30G45  SW 29G43  SW 24G38
Snow lvl (kft)..2.4       2.0       1.5       1.5

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of snow showers. Lows around 17. Highs
in the lower 20s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Snow. Lows in the lower 20s. Highs in the upper 20s. South winds
around 13 mph.
.MONDAY...
Snow. Lows around 19. Highs in the upper 20s. South winds around
13 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Fielding
Requested by...LTJG AIDAN BECKER
Type of request...SAR
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