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SPOT FORECAST FOR PEAK MATTERHORN MEDEVAC...USCG CGD-ARCTIC CC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
322 AM AKDT THU OCT 30 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0300 AKDT ON OCTOBER 30.
DISCUSSION
WITH YESTERDAY'S STORM EXITING THE AREA, CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
THROUGH ABOUT 1000 AKDT THIS MORNING. EXPECT DECREASING WINDS,
THOUGH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL PERSIST AND WAVE HEIGHTS WILL
BE SLOW TO DIMINISH. THE NEXT STORM MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF
AND INTO KODIAK ISLAND FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE REST OF
TODAY, BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SUSTAINED GALES. BEST
FLYING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 0600 TO 1000 AKDT, THOUGH
WAVES WILL LIKELY STILL BE ABOVE 20 FT DURING THIS PERIOD.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).STRONG WINDS. SOUTH WINDS 39 TO 45 KNOTS.
WAVE HEIGHT.........30 FEET.
FREEZING SPRAY......NONE.
SEA ICE COVERAGE....NONE.
SEA SURFACE TEMP....ABOUT 48 DEGREES F.
CEILING (KFT).......PREDOMINANTLY VFR (AROUND SCT025 BKN035), DROPPING TO MVFR
(AROUND OVC025) IN HEAVIER SHOWERS.
VISIBILITY..........PREDOMINANTLY VFR (AT P6SM), DROPPING TO MVFR (AROUND 4 SM)
IN HEAVIER SHOWERS.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE MORNING, THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 60-90% BY
AROUND 1000.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
SURFACE WINDS (KTS).VERY WINDY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 23 TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH
THE MORNING, SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 28 TO 36 KNOTS
IN THE AFTERNOON.
WAVE HEIGHT.........27 FEET SUBSIDING TO 17 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
FREEZING SPRAY......NONE.
SEA ICE COVERAGE....NONE.
SEA SURFACE TEMP....ABOUT 48 DEGREES F.
CEILING (KFT).......PREDOMINANTLY VFR IN THE MORNING, BECOMING MVFR AROUND 1000,
THEN LIKELY DROPPING TO IFR IN HEAVIER RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY..........PREDOMINANTLY VFR IN THE MORNING, BECOMING MVFR AROUND 1000,
THEN LIKELY DROPPING TO IFR IN HEAVIER RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...CHEN
REQUESTED BY...MATTHEW BARNABY
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 2524758.0/AER
.DELDT 10/30/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JRCCJUNEAU@USCG.MIL
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