Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
Issued by NWS Juneau, AK
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Spot Forecast for USCG Wrangell Narrows...Coast Guard
National Weather Service Juneau AK
747 AM AKDT Thu Jul 16 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 AKDT on July 16.
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...Conditions today are expected to be fairly quiet
with light winds mostly out of the NW potentially getting up to
6-8 kt. No precipitation is expected except for the chance of
light drizzle falling out of the marine layer. Marine layer clouds
are expected to thin through the morning into the afternoon but
some cloud cover could still persist especially around terrain.
Cloud cover around the Petersburg and Wrangell airports is
expected to lift starting here shortly but ceilings could remain
around 3,000-3,500ft. Low tide is expected later this morning
at 8:58am local time around -3.44ft with high tide expected
at 3:30pm around 16.57ft.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Dewpoint............54.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds up to 6 knots.
Swell height........North swell 0 feet.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Sea surface temp....52 Degrees Fahrenheit.
TIME (AKDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87 87 61 61 61 36 36 36 16 16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............57 59 60 63 66 69 71 72 74 72
Dewpoint........53 53 54 54 54 55 55 54 55 53
RH..............87 82 79 72 66 62 57 54 52 51
SFC wnd dir.....NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
SFC wnd spd kts.4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
SFC wnd gst.....7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
Swell direction.N N N N N N N N N N
Swell hgt (ft)..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SST (F).........52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 51.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Dewpoint............51 decreasing to 48 overnight.
Surface winds (kts).Northwest winds up to 6 knots early in the
evening becoming light.
Swell height........North swell 0 feet.
Wave height.........1 foot.
Sea surface temp....52 Degrees Fahrenheit.
TIME (AKDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........16 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............72 70 68 63 60 58 56 54 53 52 52 52
Dewpoint........53 51 52 52 51 50 50 49 48 48 48 48
RH..............51 51 57 67 73 76 81 84 85 87 87 87
SFC wnd dir.....NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
SFC wnd spd kts.6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
SFC wnd gst.....9 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3
Swell direction.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Swell hgt (ft)..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wave height (ft)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SST (F).........52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52
$$
Forecaster...Fielding
Requested by...Sector SE Command
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2617476.0/AJK
.DELDT 07/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL SCCSoutheastAlaska@uscg.mil