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Spot Forecast for USCG Dixon Entrance And Western PoW Island...Coast Guard
National Weather Service Juneau AK
701 PM AKDT Thu May 1 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 AKDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (907) 790-6824, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...This forecast discussion will include  areas between
the Southern Dixon Entrance stretching North to Cape Decision. The
individual forecast point referenced is between Dall Island and
Forester Island.

A frontal band currently situated West of Haida Gwaii in a line moving N
along the outer coast, will advance through the panhandle by Friday
morning. Sustained winds through the evening hours will remain strong
breeze to near gale (22-33 kt). By late Thursday night, winds will begin
to diminish, becoming fresh breezes (17 to 21 kt) west of Prince of
Wales Island, although parts of the Dixon Entrance will continue to see
strong breezes (22 to 27 kt). On Friday, winds from the Dixon Entrance
to Cape Decision will largely remain moderate breezes(11 to 16 kt).

Waveheights of between 10 to 12 ft are expected Thursday evening,
slowly subsiding to 6 to 8 ft through Friday.

Flying weather: Ceilings largely between 1000 ft and 2500 feet. Winds
near 3000 feet indicate a low level jet of SSE winds 35 to 45 kt before
06z. Winds diminish to under 30 kt by 09z.



.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Rain likely early in
                    the evening, then rain in the late evening and
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 44.
Surface winds (kts).South winds 22 to 33 knots decreasing to
southwest around 17 to 27
                    knots after 3 am.
Swell height........West swell 6 feet.
Wave height.........10 feet.
Sea surface temp....47 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (AKDT)      7 PM      10 PM     1 AM      4 AM
Sky (%).........100       100       100       100
Weather cov.....LIKELY    DEFNTE    DEFNTE    DEFNTE
Weather type....RAIN      RAIN      RAIN      RAIN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70        80        100       100
Temp............49        48        48        46
SFC wind (kts)..SE 23G32  SE 19G29  S 17G25   SW 12G20
Swell hgt (ft)..SW 6      SW 6      SW 5      W 5
Wave height (ft)10        9         8         8
SST (F).........47        47        47        47

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (60-70 percent). Rain early in the
                    morning, then chance of rain in the morning.
                    Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 11 to 16 knots.
Swell height........West swell 4 feet.
Wave height.........8 feet.
Sea surface temp....47 Degrees Fahrenheit.

TIME (AKDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........100       82        75        68
Weather cov.....DEFNTE    CHANCE    CHANCE    S CHC
Weather type....RAIN      RAIN      RAIN      RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).100       50        30        20
Temp............45        45        46        47
SFC wind (kts)..SW 12G20  SW 10G18  SW 13G21  SW 13G21
Swell hgt (ft)..W 5       W 4       W 4       W 4
Wave height (ft)8         8         7         7
SST (F).........47        47        47        47

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Forecaster...Spann
Requested by...Randy Robinson
Type of request...SAR
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.DELDT 05/01/25
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.EMAIL randy.a.robinson@uscg.mil