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SPOT FORECAST FOR CG SAR NATHAN E STEWART...COAST GUARD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
746 PM AKST SUN DEC 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1531 AKST ON DECEMBER 18.
.DISCUSSION...THE FAST MOVING WEATHER FRONT HAS MOVED ONSHORE.
WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST THROUGH 10 PM AKST AND HOLD STEADY
AROUND 25 KT AND GUSTY TO 35 KT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A FEW BANDS OF
SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH 3 AM. SEAS WILL SETTLE WITH LESS
WIND WAVE ON TOP OF THE BASE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................50 PERCENT DECREASING TO 30 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................1
SWELL HEIGHT........SOUTHWEST SWELL 14 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........12 SECONDS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........20 FEET.

TIME (AKST)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM
SKY (%).........96     91     91     91
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE NUMRUS NUMRUS NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............41     41     40     40
WIND............SW 20  SW 10  SW 10  SW 10
WIND GUST.......35     25     25     25
CWR.............50     30     30     30
LAL.............1      1      1      1
SWELL ..........SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15
SWELL PERIOD (S) 11     11     12     12
WAVE HEIGHT (FT) 18     18     17     17

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1
SWELL HEIGHT........SOUTHWEST SWELL 15 FEET.
SWELL PERIOD........13 SECONDS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........17 FEET.

TIME (AKST)      3 AM   5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM
SKY (%).........83     83     83     68     68     68
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............40     39     39     39     39     40
WIND............SW 10  SW 10  S 5    SE 0   SE 0   E 5
WIND GUST.......20     20     10     5      5      10
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
SWELL ..........SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15
SWELL PERIOD (S) 13     13     13     13     13     13
WAVE HEIGHT (FT) 17     17     17     17     17     16

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FORECASTER...BEZENEK
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT GIARD
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20111218.CGSAR.01/AJK