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FWSAJK

SPOT FORECAST FOR USCG SITKA...USCGAS SITKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
818 PM AKST SUN JAN 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1944 AKST ON JANUARY 23.
.DISCUSSION...
.SYNOPSIS...AN OCCLUDDED FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST ALASKA THIS EVENING.
THERE IS A SECOND SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY 80 NM WEST OF SITKA MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 15 KT. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA
AT NEAR SEA LEVEL LOCATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING AND TRNSITIONS TO SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. SOME SNOW IS MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN ACROSS THE FAR NORTH
WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 1200 FEET RISING TO 3000 FEET LATE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PANHANDLE.
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.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN
                    THE LATE TONIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT LATE TONIGHT                    EVENING AN

TIME (AKST)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........100    100     100     95     85
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE SCTTRD SCTTD
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............41     40     40     40     39
RH..............95     98     98     90     88
20 FT WIND......S 15   S 12  S 11   SW 11   SW 11
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     25     25     25

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 34 PERCENT LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (AKST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........76     76     84     84     84     100
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............39     40     40     41     42     42
RH..............89     87     85     82     80     83
20 FT WIND......S 12   S 12   S 13   SE 11  SE 11  SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     25     25     25     15

NOTE: SPOT FORECAST IS FOR GIVEN LAT/LONG. WILL FAX AREA AVIATION FORECASTS
BY AROUND 0540Z

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FORECASTER...MITCHELL
REQUESTED BY...LCDR MIKE FRAWLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110123.USCGS.01/AJK