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Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
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Spot Forecast for USCG D17 - SKIERS IN DISTRESS...Coast Guard
National Weather Service Juneau AK
1105 AM AKDT Fri May 10 2024
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 AKDT on May 10.
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...Precipitation has mostly come to an end and winds have
lightened over the ice field and these conditions are expected to remain
through Saturday. Visibility and ceilings should be improving through
Friday afternoon and will remain mostly above 6 miles and 10k feet
through Saturday afternoon. Precipitation and lowering clouds will
return for Sunday with snow expected on the ice field Sunday into
early next week. Visibilities and ceilings will drop below VFR
conditions Sunday as snow increases. Winds will also be increasing
but will not be as intense as they were with Thursday`s storm.
Widespread blowing snow is not expected.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Scattered snow
showers.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 21.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Dewpoint............16.
Wind chill..........2.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 23 to 28 mph with gusts to
around 41 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.02 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.2 inches.
Snow level..........1100-1600 ft.
TIME (AKDT) NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........80 81
Weather cov.....SCTTRD SCTTRD
Weather type....SNSHWR SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40 30
Temp............20 21
Dewpoint........16 17
RH..............83 86
Wind chill (F)..2 4
Surface wind....SW 28G41 SW 24G38
Snow lvl (kft)..1.1 1.4
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Scattered snow
showers early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 14.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............15.
Wind chill..........0.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 15 to 23 mph with gusts to
around 36 mph decreasing to south 12 to 13 mph
overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
Snow level..........1100-1600 ft.
TIME (AKDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM
Sky (%).........83 87 87 81
Weather cov.....SCTTRD
Weather type....SNSHWR NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30 10 10 0
Temp............20 18 16 14
Dewpoint........17 16 15 14
RH..............86 91 96 97
Wind chill (F)..3 2 1 0
Surface wind....SW 23G36 SW 20G32 SW 15G25 SW 13G22
Snow lvl (kft)..1.6 1.6 1.3 1.1
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
snow showers late in the morning. Chance of
snow showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 24.
Min humidity........79 percent.
Dewpoint............16 increasing to 19 late in the afternoon.
Wind chill..........0.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 12 to 20 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.02 inches.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.
Snow level..........1300-2000 ft increasing to 2400-2700 ft in the
afternoon.
TIME (AKDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........80 63 66 57
Weather cov..... S CHC CHANCE
Weather type....NONE NONE SNSHWR SNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 10 20 30
Temp............14 19 22 23
Dewpoint........14 16 17 18
RH..............99 89 81 79
Wind chill (F)..0 7 11 12
Surface wind....S 12G20 S 13G22 S 14G23 S 16G25
Snow lvl (kft)..1.3 1.5 2.0 2.4
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Snow. Lows around 20. Highs in the mid 20s. South winds
around 20 mph.
.MONDAY...
Snow. Lows around 18. Highs in the mid 20s. South winds around
16 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Snow. Lows around 19. Highs in the mid 20s. South winds around
13 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Liske
Requested by...LTJG AIDAN BECKER
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2413614.1/AJK
.DELDT 05/10/24
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.EMAIL JRCCJUNEAU@USCG.MIL