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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska
Issued by the National Weather Service
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List of Active Alerts by County
Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
short term forecast
Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area
short term forecast
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area
short term forecast
Eastern Alaska Range
flood watch
Eastern Baranof Island, Southern Admiralty Island
short term forecast
Eastern Chichagof Island
short term forecast
Glacier Bay
short term forecast
Haines Borough, Lynn Canal
short term forecast
Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island
short term forecast
Juneau Borough, Northern Admiralty Island
short term forecast
Middle Tanana Valley
short term forecast
Misty Fjords
short term forecast
Northeast Prince William Sound
short term forecast
Northern Arctic Coast
short term forecast
Pribilof Islands
short term forecast
Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
short term forecast
Southern Inner Channels
short term forecast
Taiya Inlet, Klondike Highway
short term forecast
Upper Tanana Valley, the Fortymile Country
flood watch
Short Term Forecast
Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YAKUTAT AK
539 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ017-090700-
CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING COASTAL AREA
INCLUDING YAKUTAT-
539 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
TEMPERATURES NEAR 50 DEGREES GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH 11 PM.
$$
DC JUL 08
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Short Term Forecast
Taiya Inlet, Klondike Highway (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ018-090500-
TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-
INCLUDING...SKAGWAY
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE EVENING. SOUTHWEST
WIND TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Haines Borough, Lynn Canal (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ019-090500-
HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-
INCLUDING...HAINES
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE IN
FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING...MAJORITY OF THE RAIN IS
ALONG LYNN CANAL. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Glacier Bay (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ020-090500-
GLACIER BAY-
INCLUDING...GUSTAVUS
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THE
EVENING. EXPECT EMBEDDED SHOWERS AT TIMES. SOUTHEAST WIND TO 15
MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Eastern Chichagof Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ021-090500-
EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-
INCLUDING...HOONAH
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS CHICHAGOF ISLAND
THIS EVENING. EAST WIND TO 15 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ022-090500-
SALISBURY SOUND TO CAPE FAIRWEATHER COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING...ELFIN COVE...PELICAN
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 15 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ023-090500-
CAPE DECISION TO SALISBURY SOUND COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING...SITKA...PORT ALEXANDER
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
SOUTH WIND AROUND 15 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Eastern Baranof Island, Southern Admiralty Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ024-090500-
EASTERN BARANOF ISLAND AND SOUTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING...ANGOON
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING.
EXPECT EMBEDDED SHOWERS AT TIMES. SOUTH WIND TO 15 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Juneau Borough, Northern Admiralty Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ025-090500-
JUNEAU BOROUGH AND NORTHERN ADMIRALTY ISLAND-
INCLUDING...JUNEAU
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH
THE EVENING. EXPECT SOME EMBEDDED SHOWERS. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND
15 MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ026-090500-
INNER CHANNELS FROM KUPREANOF ISLAND TO ETOLIN ISLAND-
INCLUDING...PETERSBURG...WRANGELL...KAKE
3 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
CLOUDY SKIES WITH RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. EXPECT
EMBEDDED SHOWERS ALONG SUMNER STRAIT. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20
MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE AK
500 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ027-090600-
DIXON ENTRANCE TO CAPE DECISION COASTAL AREA-
INCLUDING...CRAIG...KLAWOCK
500 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15
MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Southern Inner Channels (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE AK
500 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ028-090600-
SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS-
INCLUDING...KETCHIKAN...METLAKATLA
500 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15
MPH.
$$
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Short Term Forecast
Misty Fjords (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANNETTE AK
500 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ029-090600-
MISTY FJORDS-
INCLUDING...HYDER
500 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND TO 15 MPH.
$$
CW JUL 08
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Short Term Forecast
Northeast Prince William Sound (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
334 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ131-090500-
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
334 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
RAIN SHOWERS FLOWING SOUTH OUT OF THE COPPER RIVER BASIN...WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PRINCE SOUND...WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TO
THE NORTH AND WEST OF VALDEZ. LOWER CLOUDS MOVING INTO THE LOCAL AREA
WILL PRESS AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE THOMPSON PASS SUMMIT...AND
MAY RESTRICT THE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS THROUGH THE
EVENING.
$$
RQB JUL 08
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Short Term Forecast
Pribilof Islands (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST PAUL AK
155 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ195-090400-
PRIBILOF ISLANDS-
INCLUDING...ST PAUL...ST GEORGE
155 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
...ST PAUL...
THROUGH 8 PM EXPECT CLOUDY SKIES WITH RAIN AND FOG. WIND WILL BE
SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN IN LOW TO MID 40S.
...ST GEORGE...
THROUGH 8 PM EXPECT CLOUDY SKIES. FROM 4 PM THROUGH 8 PM EXPECT FOG
AND RAIN TO DEVELOP. WIND WILL BE SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURE
WILL REMAIN IN MID 40S.
$$
RAM JUL 08
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Short Term Forecast
Northern Arctic Coast (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK
400 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ202-090600-
NORTHERN ARCTIC COAST-
INCLUDING...BARROW...ALAKTAK...PITT POINT...NULAVIK
400 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
$$
*** JUL 08
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Short Term Forecast
Middle Tanana Valley (Alaska)
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
553 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ222-090400-
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER...
NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA...
CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP
553 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
.NOW...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH 8PM. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
...SMALL HAIL AND UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.
$$
APW JUL 08
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Flood Watch
Upper Tanana Valley, the Fortymile Country (Alaska)
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
215 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ224-090400-
/X.CON.PAFG.FA.A.0008.000000T0000Z-080709T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
INCLUDING...TOK...TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN...
CHICKEN...BOUNDARY
215 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
ALONG THE ALASKA HIGHWAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY.
* UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
* HEAVY RAIN FELL IN MANY AREAS FROM DOT LAKE TO NORTHWAY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS MORNING AND MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY. NORTHWAY HAS REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY
IN THIS SAME AREA. THE NEBESNA RIVER AT NORTHWAY HAS RISEN 2
FEET SINCE YESTERDAY.
* FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THIS AREA IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON LARGER
RIVERS SUCH AS THE TANANA AND NEBESNA RIVERS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
$$
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Flood Watch
Eastern Alaska Range (Alaska)
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
215 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
AKZ226-090400-
/X.CON.PAFG.FA.A.0008.000000T0000Z-080709T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
215 PM AKDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
FROM THE TOK CUTOFF EAST...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE.
* UNTIL 8 PM AKDT THIS EVENING
* HEAVY RAIN FELL IN MANY AREAS FROM DOT LAKE TO NORTHWAY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS MORNING AND MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY. NORTHWAY HAS REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY
IN THIS SAME AREA. THE NEBESNA RIVER AT NORTHWAY HAS RISEN 2
FEET SINCE YESTERDAY.
* FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THIS AREA IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON LARGER
RIVERS SUCH AS THE THE TOK...CHISANA AND NEBESNA RIVERS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
$$
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