FNAK77 PAJK 111713 FWSAJK SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUNDHOG BAY...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 913 AM AKDT FRI JUN 11 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0718 AKDT ON JUNE 11. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG WEATHER FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE TODAY BRINGING RAIN AND HIGHER WINDS. RH VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE 70S TO NEAR 100 PERCENT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. MEASURABLE RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ICY STRAIT AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE ICY STRAIT AREA THROUGH TODAY TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SEA HEIGHTS WILL BUILD THROUGH THE DAY TO BE AROUND 3 FT BY THE AFTERNOON AND 5 FT OVERNIGHT. SEA HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 4 FT THROUGH SAT BUT SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH SUNDAY TO BE 2 FT BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE EASTERN GULF BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE LOW DISSIPATES OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WIND 10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE HEIGHT.........BUILDING TO 3 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....EAST WIND 10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (AKDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM SKY (%).........60 60 89 89 89 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............54 54 56 57 58 RH..............60 67 75 76 87 WIND............E 5 E 5 E 10 SE 15 E 15 WIND GUST.......10 10 15 20 30 EYE LEVEL WIND..E 5 E 5 E 10 SE 15 SE 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 15 20 25 CWR.............0 0 30 40 60 WAVE HEIGHT (FT)1 1 2 2 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. CWR.................90 PERCENT. WAVE HEIGHT.........4 FEET. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. TIME (AKDT) 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM SKY (%).........92 92 92 90 90 90 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............58 58 57 54 51 48 RH..............87 88 90 90 92 92 WIND............SE 25 SE 25 SE 20 SE 20 SE 15 SE 15 WIND GUST.......35 35 30 30 25 25 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 20 SE 20 SE 20 SE 20 SE 15 SE 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..30 30 30 30 20 20 CWR.............90 90 90 90 90 90 WAVE HEIGHT (FT) 4 5 5 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH. CWR.................90 PERCENT. WAVE HEIGHT.........4 FEET. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. TIME (AKDT) 4 AM 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............46 46 48 49 51 52 RH..............91 91 87 81 76 72 WIND............SE 15 SE 15 SE 20 SE 20 SE 20 SE 20 WIND GUST.......20 20 25 25 25 25 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 SE 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 20 20 20 20 20 CWR.............90 90 90 90 90 90 WAVE HEIGHT (FT) 4 4 4 4 4 4 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY NIGHT... RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. .SUNDAY... RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 60. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTHEAST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .MONDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...JACOBS REQUESTED BY...SHAWN STANFORD REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100611.GROUN.01/AJK