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UPDATE...update for the 06Z TAF issuance

Only minor edits to the forecast this evening. Sped up winds a touch early, especially across the northern inner channels and out of Cross Sound. Snow still on track to work into the southern panhandle after midnight and spread north overnight and through the day Saturday, reaching the northern panhandle by tomorrow afternoon. Overall snowfall forecast for the weekend remains on track.

MARINE

Outside: Northeasterly outflow wind speeds decrease tonight. Then, outflow gap winds increase again, up to around 35-45 kt, for the same areas for the weekend. Some freezing spray is possible for the northeastern gulf.

Inside: The outflow pattern continues through Friday with an overall weakening trend. Friday night into Saturday, wind speeds pick back up to 25 to 35 kts, with near 35 to 40 kts back in Lynn Canal as a low pressure system tracks northward, tightening the pressure gradient over SE AK. Wind directions will, more-or-less, go unchanged through this time frame across the northern panhandle. Freezing spray continuing for Stephens Passage, Northern Chatham, Icy Strait Corridor, and Lynn Canal through the weekend, progressively getting heavier towards early week. A weak system will push into the southern panhandle through Saturday, with a swap to southerly winds within Clarence Strait.

AJK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

PUBLIC...Winter Storm Watch from late Saturday night through late Sunday night for AKZ320>327-329. Winter Weather Advisory from 9 AM to 9 PM AKST Saturday for AKZ326-327-329. Winter Weather Advisory from 3 AM to 3 PM AKST Saturday for AKZ328-330-332. Winter Storm Warning from 6 AM Saturday to 6 AM AKST Monday for AKZ331. MARINE...Gale Warning for PKZ011>013-022-053-643-644-651-663-664-671. Small Craft Advisory for PKZ021-031-032-034-641-642-652-661-662- 672.