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SPOT FORECAST FOR ORCA EXERCISE...SITKA FD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
243 PM AKDT MON MAR 25 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0914 AKDT ON MARCH 25.
.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
EVENING. WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME GUSTY TO 30 KT BY
LATE THIS EVENING. W TO SW SWELLS WILL BE INCREASING FROM THE GULF
OF ALASKA INTO SITKA SOUND TONIGHT AND TUE MORNING...WITH UP TO
5 FOOT SWELLS BY LATE TONIGHT. WIND WAVES WILL GENERALLY BE IN
THE 1 TO 3 FOOT RANGE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
SWELL HEIGHT........SOUTHWEST SWELL 1 FOOT.
WIND WAVE...........3 FEET.


TIME (AKDT)      3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........90     90
WEATHER COV.....NUMRUS NUMRUS
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............41     42
RH..............80     78
WIND............S 15   S 15
WIND GUST.......22     22
CWR.............10     10
SWELL ..........SW 1   SW 1

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
SWELL HEIGHT........SOUTHWEST SWELL 1 FOOT INCREASING TO 5 FEET LATE.
WIND WAVE...........3 FEET.
LOW TIDE (SITKA)....0.47 FEET AT 6:38 PM.
HIGH TIDE (SITKA)...9.98 FEET AT 12:51 AM.

TIME (AKDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........78     78     78     70     70     70
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............41     39     38     37     35     34
RH..............80     82     84     86     89     91
WIND............SW 10  SW 15  SW 15  W 15   W 15   W 15
WIND GUST.......20     30     30     25     25     25
CWR.............10     10     10     0      0      0
SWELL ..........SW 1   SW 2   SW 3   SW 4   SW 4   SW 5

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
SWELL HEIGHT........WEST SWELL 5 FEET.
WIND WAVE...........2 FEET.
LOW TIDE (SITKA)....0.61 FEET AT 7:00 AM.
HIGH TIDE (SITKA)...9.89 FEET AT 1:06 PM.

TIME (AKDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........71     71     71     65     65     65
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............33     35     36     38     40     39
RH..............93     85     78     71     65     63
WIND............W 10   W 10   SW 5   W 5    W 5    W 5
WIND GUST.......20     20     15     15     15     15
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
SWELL ..........W 5    W 5    W 5    W 5    W 5    W 5

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FORECASTER...TSCHANTZ
REQUESTED BY...JEFF ENNENGA
REASON FOR REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20130325.ORCAE.01/AJK