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SOUTHEAST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1224 PM AKST FRI FEB 20 2026
KEY MESSAGES:
- SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS OUTFLOW STARTS TO
BECOME MORE PREVALENT. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW IMPACTS HAVE EXPIRED.
- HIGH WIND COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BRING
IMPACTS TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ALASKA PANHANDLE THROUGH
SUNDAY.
- MARINE IMPACTS REMAIN SIGNIFICANT THROUGH SUNDAY, WITH STRONG
SUSTAINED WINDS AT GALE FORCE WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS FROM THE
NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN 2/3RDS OF THE INSIDE WATERS OF SOUTHEAST
ALASKA.
- FREEZING SPRAY EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE INSIDE WATERS OF SOUTHEAST
ALASKA STARTING TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE GREATEST RISK
OF SIGNIFICANT FREEZING SPRAY EXPECTED NORTH OF FREDERICK SOUND.
UPDATE ISSUED 1224 PM AKDT FRI FEB 20 2026
QUICK UPDATES SENT TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS FOR THE INSIDE
WATERS TO REFLECT LATEST PLACEMENTS OF GALE AND STORM WARNINGS,
FREEZING SPRAY AND WINDS. LATEST MWWAJK (MARINE WEATHER WARNING
MESSAGE) HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT HAZARDS OVER THE WATER
AREAS. MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE FREEZING SPRAY TONIGHT THROUGH
MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. 05/GARMON
PREV DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 935 AM AKST FRI FEB 20 2026.
UPDATE
WE CONTINUE TO REFINE MESSAGING FOR IMPACTS DUE TO
HIGHER WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING. UPDATES
FORTHCOMING SHORTLY TO LIKELY UPGRADE THE HIGH WIND WATCHES FOR
SKAGWAY BOROUGH/KLONDIKE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS FOR DOWNTOWN JUNEAU
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. FOR JUNEAU, WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG
INDICATORS FOR A MORE SIGNIFICANT TAKU WIND EVENT TAKING SHAPE
TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY, WITH STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 65
MPH FOR THE DOWNTOWN DOCKS AND THANE AREAS. WE ARE GETTING REPORTS
OF LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG EGAN HIGHWAY SOUTH OF
THE JUNEAU AIRPORT AS WELL AS THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AREA. WE
WILL BE STARTING OUT WITH A WIND ADVISORY TO HIGHLIGHT LOCALIZED
AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW FOR PARTS OF JUNEAU
(EGAN HIGHWAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN JUNEAU) HERE SHORTLY AS WELL. THAT
WILL BE FOLLOWED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING
FOR DOWNTOWN JUNEAU AS WELL AS FOR THE SKAGWAY AND KLONDIKE
HIGHWAY AREAS. 05/GARMON
FOR THE MARINE AREAS...WE HAVE GALE WARNINGS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KTS
ADVERTISED FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN INNER CHANNELS OF SE ALASKA
TODAY INTO SUNDAY, WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RISK OF HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY EXPECTED FOR NORTHERN LYNN CANAL AND GLACIER BAY. UPDATES
COMING FOR THE MARINE FORECASTS AND WEATHER HAZARDS STATEMENTS
COMING LATER THIS MORNING AS WELL. 05/GARMON
FOR OUR AVIATION FORECASTS...GENERAL TREND TO VFR EXPECTED FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA CONTINUE SHIFTING
SOUTHWARD TODAY. WE DO SEE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR INCREASING FOR THE
NORTHERN 2/3RDS OF THE PANHANDLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH
TONIGHT WITH STRENGTHENING WINDS IN THE LOWEST 5 THOUSAND FEET AGL
IN A SIGNIFICANT OUTFLOW WIND PATTERN AS THE YUKON HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM STRENGTHENS. STRONG CROSS BARRIER FLOW NEAR JUNEAU IS SOME
OF THE STRONGEST INDICATORS FOR A TAKU WIND EVENT WE HAVE SEEN IN
A WHILE. 05/GARMON
AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PUBLIC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT FOR AKZ317.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
AKZ318.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM AKST SATURDAY FOR
AKZ319.
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM AKST
SATURDAY FOR AKZ319.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM AKST SUNDAY FOR
AKZ325.
MARINE...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ011-012.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FOR PKZ053.
STORM WARNING FOR PKZ053-644-651.
GALE WARNING FOR PKZ011>013-021-022-031>033-643-663-664-671-672.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ034-035-641-642-652-661-662.
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